Photo: Adobe Stock / LicensedPrices, reviews and availability from the operators' Viator and GetYourGuide listings · checked · Takumi Yamada
When a guide earns its money here
Three tests. If a day fails all three, walk it and keep the money.
The clock does not work
Anything more than about an hour from the berth eats a short call alive. A driver who knows the road is the difference between seeing it and seeing the car park.
The thing needs explaining
A shrine, a battlefield, a craft workshop. Without someone to tell you what you are looking at, you are looking at a building.
You cannot get in alone
Private homes, tea rooms, workshops, some festivals. A booking is the door, not a convenience.
Everything else in Shimizu you can do on your own: the timed plans show how, and the DIY-or-book verdict says when a guide is worth the money here.
What Princess Cruises charges for its Shimizu excursions
A ship’s excursion comes with one promise nothing else can make: the ship waits for its own bus. An independent booking does not, which is why every day on this site is cut to the call with an hour kept before all-aboard. What you get for the difference is usually a smaller group, a start at the pier rather than a coach queue, and free cancellation until the day before.
Princess Cruises prices as shown on its public Shimizu excursion page on 25 October 2026, per person, before any sailing-specific change. Tour prices on this page are the operator’s current from price.
Every guided day from this berth
Short of time? The one to book →
Tours that fit the 10-hour call most ships make here come first. Then shared cars with a guide (what passengers actually book), private cars, and walks and workshops. Prices are the operator's "from" price and move with the season.
Shared car · per person4h tourHalf-day Tour to View Mt.Fuji at Various Angles from Shimizu Port
A four-hour shared car from Shimizu port to Mt. Fuji viewpoints that coaches cannot reach: a view people have painted for 400 years, Fuji with the bullet train, Fuji over tea fields, then Shiraito Falls or the World Heritage Centre.
US$130 each · US$260 for twoMeets at the pierneeds a 7-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 17 reviewsWhy it is here
Shared car · per person7h tourFuji Highlights Group Car Tour by Shimizu Port with Local Guide
The shared car into the Fuji foothills: Lake Tanuki, Shiraito Falls, a sake stop and the head Sengen shrine in six to seven hours, priced per person in a vehicle of no more than nine.
US$143 each · US$286 for twoMeets at the pierneeds a 9-hour callfits 71% of calls hereNon-refundable4.7★ · 168 reviewsWhy it is here![[Private] Shizuoka Shore Excursion: Zen, Matcha & Calligraphy, Shimizu](/img/viator/c077ca3ee28c.webp)
Private2h 30m tour[Private] Shizuoka Shore Excursion: Zen, Matcha & Calligraphy
A private 2.5-hour Zen, matcha and calligraphy morning written for Shimizu cruise passengers: the guide meets you at the information counter outside the Hinode Pier security gate.
US$149 each · US$298 for twoMeets at the pierneeds a 4.5-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 14 reviewsWhy it is here
Shared car · per person4h tourAll-about Mt.Fuji Short Tour from Shimizu Port
A four-hour small-group outing from Shimizu port to Mt. Fuji viewpoints, with a class making Fuji-shaped wagashi sweets.
US$130 each · US$260 for twoMeets at the pierneeds a 7-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 26 reviewsWhy it is here
Private car · per group4h 30m tourPrivate Sightseeing Tour from Shimizu Port /Small Bus
A private small-bus loop from the Shimizu pier to Nihondaira, Kunozan Toshogu by ropeway, and the Miho pine grove.
US$526 per person for 2 · US$1051 per carMeets at the pierneeds a 6.5-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h ahead5.0★ · 19 reviewsWhy it is here
Shared car · per person8h tourShimizu Shore Excursion: Lake Yamanaka and Oshino Hakkai (Small Group)
A small shared van from the Shimizu pier to Mt Fuji's north side: Lake Yamanaka, the swan boat and the spring ponds of Oshino Hakkai, back on the ship's clock.
US$136 each · US$272 for twoPickup at the pierneeds a 10-hour callfits 57% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h aheadNew listing · 8 reviewsWhy it is hereBooking through these links costs you nothing extra and pays for this site. We do not take money to rank anything, and we leave out the ones we would not send a friend on.
The Shimizu days we would book
Our own ten for this port already mark which ones we think are worth handing to a guide. Here is the reasoning.