Photo: Shiro_KUROGI / CC BY 4.0The port has not published Asuka III's berth in Hososhima for 28 Mar.
1:30Rowing boat, 30 min, if you booked online
2:15Walk the gorge path, about 1 km, to the lookout over Manai FallsFollow this route8 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: Cape Hyuga: Umagase, the Sea of the Cross and Omi Shrine (about 3h) · The cape, a seafood bowl at the harbour and Mimitsu old town (about 6h)
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
Cut to the 28 Mar call. The half hour to get off and the hour before all-aboard are already kept free.
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Needs a 5-hour callabout 3h
Any call. Everything is outdoors and open at any hour
One taxi kept for three hours, ¥16,680 for the car (tourism association’s cruise-day rate)
Needs an 8-hour callabout 6h
Calls of 8 hours or more on a Wednesday to Sunday, or a Tuesday that is not the 1st or 3rd of the month; on an 11:00 arrival eat first, as the last order is 14:00
Costs about ¥5,560 an hour for the taxi; five and a half hours comes to about ¥30,600, or pay by the meter between stops
Needs a 9-hour callabout 7h
Calls of 9 hours or more in port: Seabourn Encore (08:00–18:00), Seven Seas Explorer (07:00–17:00), Asuka III (10:30–19:30). Not a 7.5-hour call
Costs about ¥22,400 each way on the meter, our estimate; ask for a day rate
Sun, 28 Mar 2027, 10:30–19:30 (9 h in port). Off the ship from 11:00, back at the gangway by 18:00. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Rain on about 9 days in 30 — the rain-day plan if the day turns wet
A layer for the evening
The forecast for Sun 28 Mar appears here from Mon 22 Mar.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Nobeoka station · The official figures →
Every upcoming call keeps the same hours, 10:30–19:30: plan one day and repeat it.
Usable hours follow the one rule: off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, back at the gangway an hour before that. Overnight calls count the longest stretch ashore between 08:00 and 21:00 (the night is not touring time). Dates and times from the cruise line’s published itinerary; the port has not listed these calls yet; the daily programme has the final word.
10:30–19:30 · about 7 usable hours · gangway by 18:00
About 7 usable hours, back at the gangway by 18:00: one district or one sight with lunch, or a half-day guided tour that starts at the pier.
No guided day on this site fits these calls and is open on them; the timed plans below are the day.
The port has not published Asuka III's berth in Hososhima for 28 Mar; ships here normally use Industrial Port Quays No. 1 and No. 2 (細島工業港1・2号岸壁), Hyuga: the quay named by the Japan Tourism Agency and by every 2026 call notice from the city and its tourism association. A cargo quay with no terminal building; the city sets up a local product fair on call days. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Sun, 28 Mar 2027: 10:30–19:30 (9 h in port). Off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, back at the gangway an hour before that: plan for about 7 usable hours on the call of Sun, 28 Mar 2027, back at the gangway by 18:00.
3 of the port's timed days fit the call of Sun, 28 Mar 2027: Cape Hyuga: Umagase, the Sea of the Cross and Omi Shrine (about 3h), The cape, a seafood bowl at the harbour and Mimitsu old town (about 6h), Takachiho Gorge and Manai Falls (about 7h).
On a usual March day Hososhima reaches about 17 °C (62 °F), with a low of about 6 °C (43 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 9 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Nobeoka. From 7 days before the call, this page shows the forecast for the day itself.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · Takumi Yamada
Dates and times from the cruise line’s published itinerary; the port has not listed these calls yet. Schedules change; your ship's daily programme has the final word.
