Photo: Flickr user: Chi ing https://www.flickr.com/people/davelau/ / CC BY 2.0Door to door
5 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 7-hour call or longer
5 stops, nothing to reserve
Room to spare
None
Fits a 7-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
¥0
Food and glass ~¥5,000.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada
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.
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- +0:45Sankaku Market for a built-to-order bowl
Sixteen shops, six of them eateries. Point at what you want
What you will see hereFull guide: Sankaku Market
Photo: bryan... / CC BY-SA 2.0 - +1:45Walk Sakaimachi street end to end
A kilometre of former merchant houses — glassworks, music boxes, and a steam clock
What you will see hereFull guide: Sakaimachi
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 - +3:00Kitaichi Glass No.3, in a herring warehouse
Lit by oil lamps. Sit down for coffee if there is a queue
What you will see hereFull guide: Sakaimachi
Photo: Wpcpey / CC BY 4.0 - +4:00Back along the water
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
Otaru, along this route
Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.
Different hours, different day