Kaikyokan aquariumPhoto: At by At / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Getting there
- Next to Arcaport; Kaikyokan-mae bus stop 3 min. From Choshu Dejima a taxi, about 17 min to the Karato area (city figure)
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Shimonoseki’s aquarium, renewed on 1 August 2025 with a sea-lion beach and a fugu learning area, beside a large penguin exhibit and dolphin and sea-lion presentations. 09:30–17:30, last entry 17:00, open every day; adult ¥2,500, primary and junior high ¥1,200. Indoors, so the rain pick.
- Reachable on foot from the berth, so no timetable can strand you.
- 2 hr 30 min door to door needs a 4.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Kaikyokan aquarium and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 2 hr 30 min goes
The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.
If your ship is late, cut the 2 hr 20 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
The whole strait from Choshu DejimaNeeds an 8.5-hour call · ~6.25h door to doorBig ships at Choshu Dejima on an 08:00–17:00 call such as Norwegian Jade’s. Times assume off the ship at 08:30 and back by 15:30, an hour before a 16:30 all-aboard
Aquarium, the market hall and Kaikyo Yume TowerA wet day · ~4.5h door to doorA wet day at Arcaport: two roofed sights and a covered market. From Choshu Dejima, taxi to the aquarium and from the tower back to the shipWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
Eat · ~2hSushi stalls at Karato Market
On Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays the fishmongers of Karato Market sell sushi from their stalls, fugu nigiri among them: the Iki-iki Bakangai.
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See · ~2hAkama Jingu
The vermilion shrine of Emperor Antoku, who drowned aged eight at the battle of Dannoura in 1185; its Suitenmon gate was built to look like the Dragon Palace under the sea.
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