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For a 7-hour call · Sendai–ShiogamaMatsushima by train
The one thing this port is for. Timed from the gangway and back.
- Room to spare
- Fits a 7-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
- Taxis ~¥3,000 per car + train ¥253 each way. Boat ¥1,500, Zuiganji ¥1,000.
Checked · Visited in person · times from official timetables and operators · 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.
Open in Google Maps, in 6 parts
- 1Your ship → JR Nakanosakaeby taxi
- 2JR Nakanosakae → JR Matsushima-Kaigantrain or bus
- 3JR Matsushima-Kaigan → Godaido → Matsushima sightseeing pieron foot
- 4Matsushima sightseeing pier → Zuiganji → Matsushima town, lunchon foot
- 5Matsushima town, lunch → JR Nakanosakaetrain or bus
- 6JR Nakanosakae → Back to the shiptrain or bus
Google Maps on a phone takes three stops between start and end, and none on a train or bus route, so the day opens in parts. Each step below also has its own directions.
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.
- +0:00Taxi to JR Nakanosakae (~10 min)
Suica works
Directions from the ship (by taxi) - +0:15Senseki Line to Matsushima-Kaigan (20 min)
Only trains for Takagimachi, Ishinomaki or Matsushima-Kaigan go there — every 20–45 min (e.g. 9:19, 9:49, 10:17, 10:49); others terminate short. Allow up to 40 min for the next one.
Directions from the previous stop (train or bus)Full guide: Matsushima, Zuiganji and the Bay CruisePhoto: lumoplank / CC0 - +1:05Godaido, over the red bridge
Seven minutes from the station
What you will see hereDirections from the previous stop (on foot)
Photo: 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0 - +1:25A fifty-minute boat among the islands
Hourly from the central pier
Directions from the previous stop (on foot)
Photo: John Seb Barber / CC BY 2.0 - +2:25Zuiganji
¥1,000 since April 2026
Directions from the previous stop (on foot)
Photo: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0 - +3:25Oysters or a bowl in townDirections from the previous stop (on foot)
- +4:05Train and taxi back
~40 min
Directions from the previous stop (train or bus) - +4:50Back at the gangwayDirections back to the ship (train or bus)
Sendai–Shiogama, along this route
Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.
