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The rainy-day Sakaiminato, Sakaiminato

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The rainy-day Sakaiminato

Wet weather — one dry ride in, then everything is close. Timed from the gangway and back.

3 hr 30 min door to door5 stopsA wet day
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Door to door
3 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — one dry ride in, then everything is close
Room to spare
None
Fits a 5.5-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
about ¥4,900 per car
By taxi (terminal to station ~¥2,300, road to market ~¥900, market back to the terminal ~¥1,700; tariff estimates), or about ¥250 pp by bus 41 into town. Carry cash — no cash machine near the terminal. Museum ¥1,000.
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.

  1. +0:00
    Taxi to Sakaiminato Station (~15 min), or bus 41

    The yokai road starts at the station

    What you will see here
  2. +0:30
    Mizuki Shigeru Museum

    An hour indoors, covering the yokai and the war

    What you will see hereFull guide: Mizuki Shigeru Road
    Mizuki Shigeru Road, Sakaiminato
    Photo: puffyjet / CC BY 2.0
  3. +1:40
    The covered arcade section of the road

    Shops, yokai sweets and the stamp rally

    What you will see here
  4. +2:30
    Crab or seafood bowl at the fish market

    Indoors, on the harbour — a short taxi from the road, beside the Showa berth

    What you will see hereFull guide: The fish market
    The fish market, Sakaiminato
    Photo: puffyjet / CC BY 2.0
  5. +3:15
    Back to the ship
Would rather have it arranged?Sakaiminato Private Vehicle Service with Restaurant ReservationOnly if you want a private car all day: non-refundable and unreviewed. The road and museum are on foot from the station. · from US$269 — why we list it
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

Sakaiminato, along this route

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

Bronze yokai figures along Mizuki Shigeru Road in Sakaiminato
Bronze yokai figures along Mizuki Shigeru Road in SakaiminatoPhoto: puffyjet / CC BY 2.0
Snow crab at a market in western Japan, Sakaiminato
Snow crab at a market in western JapanPhoto: Nishimuraya Kinosaki Onsen / CC BY 2.0
The worship hall of Izumo Taisha with its enormous straw rope, Sakaiminato
The worship hall of Izumo Taisha with its enormous straw ropePhoto: MaedaAkihiko / CC BY-SA 4.0
Lafcadio Hearn’s old residence in Matsue, looking out onto its garden, Sakaiminato
Lafcadio Hearn’s old residence in Matsue, looking out onto its gardenPhoto: irisgazer / Public domain
Matsue, Sakaiminato
MatsuePhoto: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
Mizuki Shigeru Museum, Sakaiminato
Mizuki Shigeru MuseumPhoto: Totti / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Sakaiminato

The yokai roadNeeds a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5hThe one-street day — ride in, then never need wheels againRoad + market feastNeeds a 6-hour call · ~4hYokai first, then Japan’s biggest crab port at lunchThe Adachi excursionNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hLong calls — Japan’s best garden needs the trip
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