Sushi stalls at Karato Market, Shimonoseki

For a 4.5-hour call · Shimonoseki

Arcaport on foot: Karato Market and Akama Jingu

Short calls at Arcaport, best on a Friday, weekend or holiday when the sushi stalls run. From Choshu Dejima add a taxi each way, about 20 min. Timed from the gangway and back.

2 hr 30 min door to door6 stopsNeeds a 4.5-hour callStarts from Arcaport

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Photo: Rick888chen / CC BY-SA 4.0

Door to door

2 hr 30 min

From the gangway and back

Best for

A 4.5-hour call or longer

Room to spare

None

What it costs

¥0

Booking

None found

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Best for: Short calls at Arcaport, best on a Friday, weekend or holiday when the sushi stalls run. From Choshu Dejima add a taxi each way, about 20 min
Room to spare: Fits a 4.5-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: All on foot. Akama Jingu treasure hall ¥100; sushi priced per piece at the stalls.

Checked 15 November 2026 · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · 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.

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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.

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.

+0:00
Walk from Arcaport past the Kaikyokan and Karato Pier to Karato Market (about 1 km, about 15 min, our estimate)
Flat waterfront all the way; Kamon Wharf’s restaurants sit between the aquarium and the market
+0:15
Karato Market and the Iki-iki Bakangai sushi stalls
Stalls Fri–Sat 08:00–15:00, Sun and holidays 07:00–15:00, until the fish runs out; none Monday to Thursday. The market closes on most Wednesdays
Directions from the ship (on foot)Full guide: Karato Market
Photo: Rick888chen / CC BY-SA 4.0
+1:15
Walk to Akama Jingu (0.5 km, about 7 min, our estimate)
+1:25
Akama Jingu, Hoichi’s hall and the Heike graves
Grounds free; treasure hall 09:00–16:30, ¥100
Directions from the previous stop (on foot)Full guide: Akama Jingu
Photo: Rick888chen / CC BY-SA 4.0
+2:00
Walk back along the water to Arcaport (1.5 km, about 20 min, our estimate)
+2:25
Back at the gangway

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

Shimonoseki, along this route

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

Karato Market, Shimonoseki — Karato MarketPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5

Other routes

The other routes in Shimonoseki

Under the strait to Kyushu, back by ferryNeeds a 6.5-hour call · ~4.5hArcaport calls of 6 hours or more, any day of the week. From Choshu Dejima take a taxi to Akama Jingu first, about ¥3,900 (our estimate)

The whole strait from Choshu DejimaNeeds an 8.5-hour call · ~6.25hBig 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 · ~4.5hA 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 ship

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