Reference entry · Ports outside Japan on Japan itineraries

Kaohsiung 高雄 · Taiwan

Taiwan's southern port city — warmer, slower and more spread out than Taipei, with a lotus pond of dragon and tiger pagodas.

What this page is, honestly. A researched reference entry — not a full guide. We have not walked Kaohsiung yet, and we have not verified its berth-to-town distances the way we do for our full guides, so you will find no walking times or timed plans here: we do not publish numbers we have not checked. What is here is accurate, sourced, and kept current.

RegionPorts outside Japan on Japan itinerariesMost Japan loops touch at least one of these. They count as sea days for your visa paperwork and not at all for your feet.

CountryTaiwanKaohsiung locally: 高雄

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Full guides near Kaohsiung

These Ports outside Japan on Japan itineraries ports have complete Port of Japan guides — timed shore plans for 2–3h, 4–6h and 8h+ calls, measured berth information and honest verdicts:

Busan — Korea's second city and the last one standing in 1950. Refugee cooking, a fish market run by women since the war, and a hillside of painted houses.
Keelung — Spain, the Dutch, France and Japan all took this harbour. Your ship docks downtown, ten minutes from one of Taiwan's best night markets.

Planning a call at Kaohsiung?

The site-wide tools work for any Japanese port day: the Shuttle & Berth Index explains how berth assignments decide your day, DIY or Book? covers the decision logic, and if Kaohsiung is your first Japanese port, read the immigration guide first.

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Does Kaohsiung have a cruise port?

Yes — Kaohsiung (高雄), in Taiwan, appears on Japan cruise itineraries. Taiwan's southern port city — warmer, slower and more spread out than Taipei, with a lotus pond of dragon and tiger pagodas.

Is there a full Kaohsiung port guide on this site?

Not yet — this is a researched reference entry, clearly labelled as such: we have not walked Kaohsiung or verified its berth-to-town details in person. Our full guides in the same region cover Busan, Keelung, each with timed shore plans measured from the gangway. Reader requests decide which reference ports we promote to full guides next.

Reference entry · researched from official sources · By Takumi Yamada, Shizuoka · All 82 ports →