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Your ship · your port · your hoursNext call Sat, 14 Nov 2026, 07:00–16:00 (9 h in port), at Kominato Wharf. Below: only the plans and tours that fit that call.
Timed 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 2.5hhistorywalk
For short calls: the warehouses and a merchant villa, all flat and ten minutes apart.
Costs about ¥1,100 pp for the Homma residence — the warehouse row and the zelkova avenue are free
4–6 h callabout 5hhistoryfood
For those who booked Somaro: the signature Sakata day with a market lunch.
Costs about ~¥5,400 pp: residence ¥1,100 + Somaro with dance ¥2,500 + market lunch ~¥1,800 (cash only)
8 h+ callabout 7hhistoryviews
For long calls: villas, a photography museum and the lighthouse hill at sunset.
Costs about ~¥7,000 pp with all four houses and a taxi to the photography museum
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.
Private car · per groupOn-time return promised4.4★ · 8needs a 5 h callA three-hour private car round the old town: Sankyo warehouses, the Honma residence, Hiyoriyama Park and the s…
US$176 per person for 2 · US$352 per carWhy it is here →
Private car · per group5.0★ · 1needs a 7 h callA five-hour private car to Mt Haguro's cedar path and five-storey pagoda, then back to Sakata for lunch and sh…
US$281 per person for 2 · US$561 per carWhy it is here →
Private car · per groupneeds a 9 h callA seven-hour private car through merchant Sakata: the Honma residence and art museum, the Ken Domon photograph…
US$390 per person for 2 · US$780 per carWhy it is here →Tours 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.
At Kominato Wharf, according to the port's published schedule. From the berth: Not walkable in practice. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Sat, 14 Nov 2026: 07:00–16:00 (9 h in port). Allow half an hour to get ashore and be back an hour before departure, so plan for about 7.5 usable hours on the longest call.
3 of the port's timed days fit: The merchant quarter on foot (about 2.5h), Warehouses, seafood, and the two-o’clock maiko (about 5h), The full merchant story (about 7h). 3 guided days fit the call, shared cars first.
Dates, times and berths from City of Sakata cruise page (2026 schedule) (as of 2026-09-16). Schedules change; your ship's daily programme has the final word.
