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Your ship · your port · your hoursIn port Wed, 3 Nov 2027, 08:00–18:00 (10 h in port).
The port has not published Explora III's berth in Shimonoseki for 3 Nov.
0:25Akama Jingu
1:05Walk to Mimosusogawa (about 15 min, our estimate)
2:15Mojiko Retro, the Kanmon Strait Museum and lunch
4:30Kaikyokan aquarium, or Karato Market and Kamon WharfFollow this route10 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: Arcaport on foot: Karato Market and Akama Jingu (about 2.5h) · Under the strait to Kyushu, back by ferry (about 4.5h)
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
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Needs a 4.5-hour callabout 2.5h
Short calls at Arcaport, best on a Friday, weekend or holiday when the sushi stalls run. From Choshu Dejima add a taxi each way, about 20 min
From Arcaport
Costs about ¥0, all on foot
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Needs a 6.5-hour callabout 4.5h
Arcaport calls of 6 hours or more, any day of the week. From Choshu Dejima take a taxi to Akama Jingu first, about ¥3,900 (our estimate)
From Arcaport
The tunnel is free; Kanmon ferry Mojiko → Karato ¥400
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Needs an 8.5-hour callabout 6.25h
Big ships at Choshu Dejima on an 08:00–17:00 call such as Norwegian Jade’s. Times assume off the ship at 08:30 and back by 15:30, an hour before a 16:30 all-aboard
From Choshu Dejima
Two taxis, about ¥3,900 each way between Choshu Dejima and Karato (our estimate); Kanmon ferry ¥400; the tunnel is free
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Wed, 3 Nov 2027, 08:00–18:00 (10 h in port). Off the ship from 08:30, back at the gangway by 16:30. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Rain on about 8 days in 30 — the rain-day plan if the day turns wet
A layer for the evening
The forecast for Wed 3 Nov appears here from Thu 28 Oct.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Shimonoseki station · The official figures →
Every upcoming call keeps the same hours, 08:00–18:00: 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.
08:00–18:00 · about 8 usable hours · gangway by 16:30
About 8 usable hours, back at the gangway by 16:30: the port's full timed day fits, and so does a guided day that returns in time.
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 Shimonoseki for 3 Nov; ships here normally use Arcaport (あるかぽーと岸壁, 300 m, ships up to the 50,000-ton class), beside the Kaikyokan aquarium — or Choshu Dejima berth No.2 (長州出島2号, 385 m, up to the 220,000-ton class), an artificial container island in the New Port, for big ships such as Norwegian Jade. The berth is set per call. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Wed, 3 Nov 2027: 08:00–18:00 (10 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 8 usable hours on the call of Wed, 3 Nov 2027, back at the gangway by 16:30.
3 of the port's timed days fit the call of Wed, 3 Nov 2027: Arcaport on foot: Karato Market and Akama Jingu (about 2.5h), Under the strait to Kyushu, back by ferry (about 4.5h), The whole strait from Choshu Dejima (about 6.25h).
On a usual November day Shimonoseki reaches about 18 °C (64 °F), with a low of about 12 °C (53 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 8 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Shimonoseki. 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.
