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The lighthouse, the cape and a market bowl, Omaezaki

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The lighthouse, the cape and a market bowl

Any call; the whole of what the cape offers without a hired car. Timed from the gangway and back. On a 3-hour stop that leaves 1 hr spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.

2 hr door to door7 stops2–3 hours ashore
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Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
2 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
2–3 hours
Any call; the whole of what the cape offers without a hired car
Room to spare
1 hr
On a 3-hour stop that leaves 1 hr spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.
What it costs
the city shuttle if it runs (free on past calls), or taxis about ¥2,000 + ¥1,000 + ¥1,000 on the meter, our estimates
Transport spend: the city shuttle if it runs (free on past calls), or taxis about ¥2,000 + ¥1,000 + ¥1,000 on the meter, our estimates. Lighthouse ¥300 cash.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Shuttle or taxi from the wharf to the lighthouse (~10 min)

    Read the shuttle map at the tent first and note the last return

    What you will see here →Full guide: Omaezaki Lighthouse and the cape →
  2. +0:15
    Cape Park coast path past the Shiosai statue

    Free, windy; the lighthouse opens 9:00

    What you will see here →
  3. +0:45
    Climb the lighthouse

    ¥300 cash; steep spiral stairs; closed 12:00–13:00 and in strong wind

    What you will see here →Full guide: Omaezaki Lighthouse and the cape →
  4. +1:15
    Shuttle or taxi to Nabura Market (~5 min)

    Closed Tuesdays; cash

    What you will see here →
    Photo: 静岡県／御前崎市 / CC BY 4.0
  5. +1:25
    A bonito or seafood bowl, and the shirasu gelato

    Shokuyukan food hall from 9:00

    What you will see here →
    Photo: AyaKatase / CC BY 4.0
  6. +1:50
    Shuttle or taxi back to the wharf (~5 min)

    1.9 km; no walking out through the port gate

  7. +2:00
    Back at the gangway
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Omaezaki, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Rows of tea bushes across the Makinohara plateau
Rows of tea bushes across the Makinohara plateauPhoto: 久保嶋宏明 / CC BY-SA 3.0
The white wooden keep of Kakegawa Castle above its stone walls
The white wooden keep of Kakegawa Castle above its stone wallsPhoto: Dandy1022 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Tea Museum Shizuoka
Tea Museum ShizuokaPhoto: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Kunozan Toshogu and Nihondaira
Kunozan Toshogu and NihondairaPhoto: Zairon / CC BY-SA 4.0
Cape Park and the Marine Park shore
Cape Park and the Marine Park shorePhoto: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0
Hamamatsu Castle and an unagi lunch
Hamamatsu Castle and an unagi lunchPhoto: Toshihiro Gamo from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan / CC BY 2.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Omaezaki

Kakegawa Castle by hired taxi4–6 hours · ~4.5hA 6-hour call and one real sight beyond the capeCastle, tea museum and tea factory by hourly hire (07:00–16:00 call)8 hours or more · ~7hThe 9-hour Westerdam call, gangway by 15:00The wet-day Omaezaki: tea museum, palace and market hallA wet day · ~4.5hRain or strong wind, when the lighthouse is shut anyway
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