Photo: mahlervv / CC BY 3.0The port has not published Asuka III's berth in Karatsu for 6 Oct.
0:50Yobuko morning market, 1 min from the stop
2:00Ika-maru to the Nanatsugama sea caves (10:30 sailing, 40 min)Follow this route11 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: The castle and the Takatori residence (about 2.5h) · The castle town: castle, floats, a Meiji house and the bank (about 4h)
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
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Needs a 4.5-hour callabout 2.5h
Any call of 4.5 hours or more; not on a Monday unless it is a holiday, nor the day after a Monday holiday (the residence is closed)
Two taxis, about ¥1,800 there and ¥1,600 back (our estimates)
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Needs a 6-hour callabout 4h
A 12:00–18:00 Star Seeker call: off at 12:30, back by 16:30, with no time to spare. The walks between the four places take 10 to 15 minutes each (OSM routing, our estimates); the bank is only if you are ahead
Two taxis, about ¥1,800 each way (our estimates)
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Needs a 7-hour callabout 5h
An 08:00–15:00 call: Star Seeker on 27 March, 6 May, 11 and 31 October 2027. Off at 08:30, back by 13:30, an hour before a 14:30 all-aboard
Showa bus there and back (fare not printed on the timetable) or two taxis, about ¥6,300 each way (our estimate)
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Wed, 6 Oct 2027, 08:00–17:00 (9 h in port). Off the ship from 08:30, back at the gangway by 15:30. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Rain on about 7 days in 30 — the rain-day plan if the day turns wet
A layer for the evening
The forecast for Wed 6 Oct appears here from Thu 30 Sept.
Normals 2010–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Karatsu station · The official figures →
Every upcoming call keeps the same hours, 08:00–17:00: 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.
08:00–17:00 · about 7 usable hours · gangway by 15:30
About 7 usable hours, back at the gangway by 15:30: 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 Karatsu for 6 Oct; ships here normally use East Port Quay (唐津港東港岸壁, 230 m, −9 m), beside the Karatsu–Iki ferry terminal at Higashi-Oshima-machi; every cruise call in 2025 and 2026. The deeper Myoken Pier (−12 m, 50,000-ton class) had no cruise call in those years. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Wed, 6 Oct 2027: 08:00–17:00 (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 Wed, 6 Oct 2027, back at the gangway by 15:30.
3 of the port's timed days fit the call of Wed, 6 Oct 2027: The castle and the Takatori residence (about 2.5h), The castle town: castle, floats, a Meiji house and the bank (about 4h), Yobuko: morning market, Nanatsugama by boat and squid (about 5h).
On a usual October day Karatsu reaches about 23 °C (73 °F), with a low of about 16 °C (60 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 7 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 2010–2020 normals for Karatsu. 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.
