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For a 9-hour call · Sakata

The full merchant story

Long calls — MSC and Westerdam’s usual patterns fit. Timed from the gangway and back.

7 hr door to door6 stopsNeeds a 9-hour call
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Photo: くろふね / CC BY 3.0
Door to door
7 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 9-hour call or longer
Long calls — MSC and Westerdam’s usual patterns fit
Room to spare
None
Fits a 9-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
~¥4,300–5,700 pp
In admissions and lunch (Homma Museum ¥1,300, Ken Domon ¥900, then Somaro ¥2,500 or the villa ¥1,100), plus two taxi rides between town and the photography museum (about 10 min each; fares not published).
Booking
Book ahead
At least one step needs booking before you sail: the steps below say which

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
    Shuttle → Sankyo Warehouses + Iroha-gura

    Icon first

    What you will see hereFull guide: Sankyo Warehouses
  2. +1:15
    Homma Museum & Kakubuen garden

    ¥1,300 · open daily · 15 min walk toward the station

    What you will see hereFull guide: Homma Museum of Art & Kakubuen
    Homma Family Villa, Sakata
    Photo: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. +2:30
    Wonton-men lunch at Mangetsu

    The silk-wonton classic · closed Tuesdays — Kacho Fugetsu is the backup

    What you will see here
    Sakata wonton-men, Sakata
    Photo: くろふね / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +3:30
    Taxi ~10–15 min to the Ken Domon Photography Museum

    Japan’s great realist photographer in a lakeside modernist building

    What you will see here
    Homma Museum & Kakubuen, Sakata
    Photo: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. +5:00
    Taxi back → Somaro or the Homma Villa

    Whichever you have not seen — Somaro needs a reservation

    What you will see here
    Somaro maiko performance, Sakata
    Photo: さかおり / CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. +6:00
    Hiyoriyama Park before the shuttle

    The harbour and river-mouth view (sunset comes after your return time on autumn calls)

    What you will see here
    Hiyoriyama Park, Sakata
    Photo: Kasadera / CC BY 2.0
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

Sakata, along this route

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

Sankyo Warehouses, Sakata
Sankyo WarehousesPhoto: kiwa dokokano / CC BY-SA 3.0
Sakata Kaisen Ichiba
Sakata Kaisen IchibaPhoto: 運動会プロテインパワー / CC BY-SA 4.0
The Sankyo warehouses and their zelkova avenue, Sakata
The Sankyo warehouses and their zelkova avenuePhoto: さかおり / CC BY-SA 4.0
Wonton-men, the Sakata bowl
Wonton-men, the Sakata bowlPhoto: Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France / CC BY 2.0
The Homma family villa garden, Sakata
The Homma family villa garden, SakataPhoto: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0
A Sakata seafood bowl
A Sakata seafood bowlPhoto: Ocdp / CC0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Sakata

The merchant quarter on footNeeds a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5hShort calls — everything flat, inside a 10-minute-walk clusterWarehouses, seafood, and the maiko danceNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hThe signature Sakata day — if you reserved Somaro before sailingMerchant houses in the rainA wet day · Any hoursWet days — the cluster keeps the dashes short
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