Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5Door to door
8 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 10-hour call or longer
5 stops, nothing to reserve
Room to spare
None
Fits a 10-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
~¥1,000 pp
Rail. HTB 1DAY ¥7,600 (65+ ¥5,900). Opens 10:00.
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.
- +0:00Train to Huis Ten Bosch
~20 minutes. A full-scale Dutch town, larger than Tokyo Disneyland
What you will see hereFull guide: Huis Ten Bosch - +0:45The canals, the windmills and the tulips
Tulips in spring; illumination after dark all year
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 - +4:30Train back and a lemon steak
Thin beef, lemon and soy, and rice to finish the sauce. Invented here
What you will see here
Photo: Sayapiyo / CC BY 4.0 - +6:30The arcade before you sailWhat you will see hereFull guide: Sasebo Burger & the arcade
Photo: Atsasebo / CC BY-SA 3.0 - +7:30Back to Miura Wharf
The arcade ends near the water; the berth is central
What you will see here
Photo: South simabara / CC BY 3.0
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
Sasebo, along this route
Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.
