Photo: Adobe Stock / LicensedThe port has not published Asuka III's berth in Otaru for 27 May.
0:00The canal, early
0:45Sankaku Market for a built-to-order bowl
1:45Walk Sakaimachi street end to end
3:00Kitaichi Glass No.3, in a herring warehouseFollow this route5 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: The canal on foot (about 2h)
Each takes no more than the 27 May call leaves you. Booked through Viator; there is no tour desk at the pier.
Fits your 27 May callPrivate4.7★ · 23
Fits your 27 May callPrivate5.0★ · 90
Fits your 27 May callPrivate5.0★ · 2Tours are booked through Viator (a Tripadvisor company). If you book, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It never decides what we recommend.
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
Cut to the 27 May call. The half hour to get off and the hour before all-aboard are already kept free.
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Needs a 4-hour callabout 2hwalkviews
For anyone with two hours and no interest in transport at all.
Free
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Needs a 7-hour callabout 5hwalkshopping
For walkers who want the postcard canal plus glass and music-box shopping.
Free
Open in Google Maps, in 2 parts
Thu, 27 May 2027, 12:00–19:00 (7 h in port). Off the ship from 12:30, back at the gangway by 17:30. 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 Thu 27 May appears here from Fri 21 May.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Otaru station · The official figures →
Arrivals run 11:00–12:00 and departures 18:00–19:00: check your own date in the table before choosing a day.
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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.
11:00 or 12:00 to 18:00 or 19:00 · about 5 usable hours · gangway by 16:30 or 17:30
About 5 usable hours, back at the gangway by 16:30 or 17:30: one district or one sight with lunch, or a half-day guided tour that starts at the pier.
The guided day for these callsPrivate Customizable walking Tour in OtaruPrivatefrom US$165 per person · max 10 · fits 2 of 2 half-day calls · open on 1 of the 2 checkedWhy it is here, and the clockTour opening days from the operators' live schedules on Viator, checked 14 Nov; a date can close as seats sell.
The port has not published Asuka III's berth in Otaru for 27 May; ships here normally use No.3 Wharf, Berths 16–17 (every call 2024–2026; Katsunai, 3 km east, has had no calls since 2023). Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Thu, 27 May 2027: 12:00–19:00 (7 h in port); Thu, 26 Aug 2027: 11:00–18:00 (7 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 5 usable hours on the call of Thu, 27 May 2027, back at the gangway by 17:30.
2 of the port's timed days fit the call of Thu, 27 May 2027: The canal on foot (about 2h), Canal, glass and Sakaimachi (about 5h). 3 guided days fit the call.
On a usual May day Otaru reaches about 17 °C (62 °F), with a low of about 8 °C (46 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 9 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Otaru. From 7 days before the call, this page shows the forecast for the day itself.
Checked · Visited in person · 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.
