The canal on foot

No transport at all. Timed from the gangway and back.

2 hr door to door5 stopsNeeds a 4-hour call

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Photo: Flickr user: Chi ing https://www.flickr.com/people/davelau/ / CC BY 2.0

Door to door

2 hr

From the gangway and back

Best for

A 4-hour call or longer

No transport at all

Room to spare

None

Fits a 4-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 ~¥2,500.

Booking

Nothing

Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated 6 November 2026 · 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.

+0:00
Walk from the berth to the canal
5–10 minutes. One of the few Japanese ports that needs no shuttle
What you will see here Full guide: The canal
+0:10
The canal and the warehouse row
Finished 1923. Half of it was paved for a road; you are walking beside the half that was saved
What you will see here Full guide: The canal
+0:40
Nichigin-dori — the bank street
Stone facades from the herring boom, when this was Hokkaido’s financial centre
What you will see here
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
+0:55
A bowl at Sankaku Market
Six small eateries by the station. Order what the board says is in season. Sushiya-dori is further on, so keep it for a longer call
What you will see here Full guide: Sankaku Market
Photo: Party0 / CC BY 2.0
+1:45
Walk back
About 20 minutes, downhill to the wharf