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The rainy-day Shimizu, Shimizu

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The rainy-day Shimizu

Wet weather — and if Fuji is hidden, this is the plan. Timed from the gangway and back.

4 hr door to door5 stopsA wet day
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Photo: Misei sen / CC BY 4.0
Door to door
4 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — and if Fuji is hidden, this is the plan
Room to spare
None
Fits a 6-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
~¥400 pp
Museum ~¥400.
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
    Walk to Kashi-no-Ichi

    25 minutes along the waterfront (or 5 by taxi in heavy rain); the fish shops close on Wednesdays, the restaurants set their own days

    What you will see hereFull guide: Kashi-no-Ichi
  2. +0:25
    Maguro-don, mixed cuts

    Japan’s leading tuna port, at fishmonger prices

    What you will see here
  3. +1:45
    Verkehr Museum, on the waterfront

    The port’s own museum — shipping, the tuna fleet, the harbour’s history. 9:30–16:30, ¥400; closed Mondays (open on holiday Mondays) — on a Monday go straight to Dream Plaza

    What you will see here
    Dream Plaza take-homes, Shimizu
    Photo: Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +2:50
    S-Pulse Dream Plaza, under cover

    Sushi alley, wasabi, green tea, and the local comic character

    What you will see here
    Sushi Yokocho alley, Shimizu
    Photo: lazy fri13th / CC BY 4.0
  5. +3:55
    Back to the pier

    10 minutes on foot

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

Shimizu, along this route

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

Mount Fuji at sunset over the fishing boats of Shimizu port
Mount Fuji at sunset over the fishing boats of Shimizu portPhoto: TMC48 / CC BY-SA 3.0
The great torii of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha, with Mount Fuji behind, Shimizu
The great torii of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha, with Mount Fuji behindPhoto: Ennui / Public domain
Wasabi terraces fed by a mountain stream at Ikadaba, Shizuoka, Shimizu
Wasabi terraces fed by a mountain stream at Ikadaba, ShizuokaPhoto: Batholith / Public domain
A scale model kit under assembly with tools and paints, Shimizu
A scale model kit under assembly with tools and paintsPhoto: Matias Luge / Pexels
A corner tower of Sunpu Castle in Shizuoka, Shimizu
A corner tower of Sunpu Castle in ShizuokaPhoto: Akahito Yamabe / CC BY-SA 4.0
The rainy-day Shimizu
Kashi-no-IchiPhoto: Misei sen / CC BY 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Shimizu

The walkable portNeeds a 5-hour call · ~2.75hAfternoon calls and cautious clocks — zero vehicles involvedFuji in the frameNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hClear mornings — the two great viewpoints in one arcThe mountain dayNeeds a 9.5-hour call · ~7.5hLong calls with confident train users (or book the guided version)
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