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Your ship · your port · your hoursIn port Sat, 23 Oct 2027, 07:00–16:00 (9 h in port). 2 calls listed in all, below.
The port has not published Explora III's berth in Beppu for 23 Oct.
0:00Taxi/bus to Kannawa (~20 min)
0:25Umi Jigoku — the cobalt pond
1:15Jigoku-mushi Kobo: steam your own lunch
2:30Kannawa steam lanes walk
3:15Taxi or bus (routes 16A/26/26A) to Chinoike (blood-red) + Tatsumaki geyserFollow this route6 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: Bathhouse & downtown (about 3h)
Each takes no more than the 23 Oct call leaves you. Booked through Viator; there is no tour desk at the pier.
Fits your 23 Oct callPrivate car · per person5.0★ · 6
Fits your 23 Oct callSmall group4.9★ · 40
Fits your 23 Oct callSmall group5.0★ · 7Tours 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 23 Oct 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 3hfoodeasy
For a short call — the 1879 grand dame and a toriten lunch.
Bus or taxi ~¥800–1,500 pp to the near sights
Open in Google Maps, in 3 parts
Needs a 7-hour callabout 5hnaturefood
For the volcanic circuit plus the lunch the earth cooks.
Taxis between clusters ~¥2,000 pp; hells combo ticket + sand bath fee on site
Open in Google Maps, in 3 parts
Sat, 23 Oct 2027, 07:00–16:00 (9 h in port). Off the ship from 07:30, back at the gangway by 14:30. 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 Sat 23 Oct appears here from Sun 17 Oct.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Oita station · The official figures →
Arrivals run 07:00–09:30 and departures 16:00–18:00: check your own date in the table before choosing a day.
Add all 2 calls to your calendar
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.
07:00 or 09:30 to 16:00 or 18:00 · about 6.5 to 7 usable hours · gangway by 14:30 or 16:30
About 6.5–7 usable hours, back at the gangway by 14:30 or 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 Explora III's berth in Beppu for 23 Oct; ships here normally use Beppu International Tourist Port, No.4 Pier (the only cruise berth). Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Sat, 23 Oct 2027: 07:00–16:00 (9 h in port); Sun, 31 Oct 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 7 usable hours on the call of Sat, 23 Oct 2027, back at the gangway by 14:30.
2 of the port's timed days fit the call of Sat, 23 Oct 2027: Bathhouse & downtown (about 3h), The hells, efficiently (about 5h). 3 guided days fit the call.
On a usual October day Beppu reaches about 23 °C (74 °F), with a low of about 15 °C (59 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 7 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Oita. 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.
