Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0Timed from the gangway and cut to this call. The hour before all-aboard is already kept free.
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2–3 h callabout 2.5heasycrafts
For short calls and tender-watchers: the ama demo and pearl museum, five minutes away.
Costs about ¥1,650 pp for the island — everything else on this plan is a free walk
4–6 h callabout 5hfamilyfood
For anyone with five hours: pearls, the aquarium and a fisherman’s rice bowl, no train.
Costs about ~¥6,000 pp: island ¥1,650 + aquarium ¥2,800 + tekone-zushi lunch ~¥1,600
8 h+ callabout 6.5hhistorywalk
For long calls and steady walkers: Japan’s holiest shrine, timed to the minute.
Costs about ~¥3,500 pp transit + lunch — the shrine itself is free
Shared cars with a guide first; each needs less time than this call allows. Booked through Viator; there is no tour desk at the pier.
Private5.0★ · 5needs a 9 h callSix hours with a local English-speaking guide covering Ise Jingu, Okage Yokocho and Mikimoto Pearl Island by t…
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Private5.0★ · 4needs a 5 h callA two-hour guided walk on Mikimoto Pearl Island with the museum entry and an ama diving demonstration included…
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Private4.0★ · 2needs a 6 h callA private four-hour half day in Toba with an English-speaking guide: you choose two or three sites from a form…
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At Sadahama (Toba Marine Terminal) — tender, according to the port's published schedule. From the berth: From the Sadahama landing: station 5–10 min, Mikimoto Pearl Island and the aquarium 10–15 min, all flat. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Sat, 10 Apr 2027: 07:30–17:00 (9.5 h in port). Allow half an hour to get ashore and be back an hour before departure, so plan for about 8 usable hours on the longest call.
3 of the port's timed days fit: Pearls at the pier (about 2.5h), Pearls, a dugong, and a fisherman’s lunch (about 5h), Ise Jingu, timed (about 6.5h). 3 guided days fit the call, shared cars first.
Dates, times and berths from Mie Prefecture Cruise Promotion Council: cruise call schedule for Mie (PDF) + Toba Port Cruise Council page for cancellations. Schedules change; your ship's daily programme has the final word.
