Photo: Wak89 / CC BY-SA 3.0The port has not published Asuka III's berth in Wakayama for 24 Jul.
0:20Kimiidera: cable car or the stone steps to the main hall and the view over Wakaura Bay
1:40Furobashi bridge and Tamatsushima Shrine, then about 15 min on foot to Kishu Toshogu
3:10Kuroshio Market: lunch, then the 12:30 tuna-cutting showFollow this route8 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: Wakayama Castle and the Momijidani garden (about 3h)
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
Cut to the 24 Jul 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: the keep closes on 29–31 December and on occasional days the castle announces on its site
Taxi both ways, about ¥4,300 for the car, our estimate
Needs an 8-hour callabout 6h
Calls of 8 hours or more, any day. Times assume 08:30 off the ship and the 12:30 show; on weekends and holidays there is an 11:00 show too
Four taxi legs, about ¥11,700 for the car, our estimate
Sat, 24 Jul 2027, 09:30–18:00 (8.5 h in port). Off the ship from 10:00, back at the gangway by 16:30. 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
Hot: water, a hat and breaks in the shade
The forecast for Sat 24 Jul appears here from Sun 18 Jul.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Wakayama station · The official figures →
Every upcoming call keeps the same hours, 09:30–18:00: 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.
09:30–18:00 · about 6.5 usable hours · gangway by 16:30
About 6.5 usable hours, back at the gangway by 16:30: 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 Wakayama for 24 Jul; ships here normally use Nishihama Wharf No.5 and No.3 (西浜第5・第3岸壁), Wakayama main port area of Wakayama-Shimotsu Port: one quay of up to 500 m, every call on the city’s 2025–26 lists. A cargo quay with no terminal; the city runs an information desk and stalls on it on call days. Berths for the 2027 calls are not announced. Not Shingu, Kushimoto or Nachikatsuura. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Sat, 24 Jul 2027: 09:30–18:00 (8.5 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 6.5 usable hours on the call of Sat, 24 Jul 2027, back at the gangway by 16:30.
2 of the port's timed days fit the call of Sat, 24 Jul 2027: Wakayama Castle and the Momijidani garden (about 3h), The south shore: Kimiidera, Wakaura and the tuna show (about 6h).
On a usual July day Wakayama reaches about 31 °C (88 °F), with a low of about 24 °C (76 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 9 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Wakayama. 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.
