Photo: lumoplank / CC0 1.0The port has not published Le Soléal's berth in Yakushima for 14 May.
2:00Yakusugi Land, about 1 h 30 min on a course past Buddhasugi and Hahakosugi
3:30Kigensugi, 5.7 km and about 20 min further up
6:30Back at the gangwayFollow this route8 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: Miyanoura on foot: the Village Center, Masaku Shrine and the market (about 3.5h)
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
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Needs a 5.5-hour callabout 3.5h
Any call, and short or late-arriving ones. The Village Center opens at 9:00 and closes on Mondays, or the Tuesday after a holiday Monday, but not in Golden Week or from 20 July to 31 August (open Mon 11 Oct 2027, closed Mon 8 May 2028); the Furusato Ichiba restaurant opens at 11:00, so on an early call do the shrine and the market shop first. If you tender, start from the landing point
No transport needed from the quay
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Needs an 8.5-hour callabout 6.5h
Calls of 8 hours or more. Book the taxi before the call; none waits at the trailheads. The museum closes on the first Tuesday of the month and 29 Dec–1 Jan
Taxi about ¥12,400 out to Yakusugi Land and about ¥14,300 back from Kigensugi, our estimates; a day rate or a jumbo taxi for four can cost less per head
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Fri, 14 May 2027, 12:00–21:30 (9.5 h in port). Off the ship from 12:30, back at the gangway by 20:00. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Rain on about 13 days in 30 — the rain-day plan is worth a look
The forecast for Fri 14 May appears here from Sat 8 May.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Yakushima station · The official figures →
Arrivals run 07:00–13:30 and departures 13:00–21:30: check your own date in the table before choosing a day.
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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.
12:00–21:30 · about 7.5 usable hours · gangway by 20:00
About 7.5 usable hours, back at the gangway by 20:00: 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.
07:00–14:00 · about 5 usable hours · gangway by 12:30
About 5 usable hours, back at the gangway by 12:30: 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.
07:00 or 13:30 to 13:00 or 19:30 · about 4 usable hours · gangway by 11:30 or 18:00
About 4 usable hours, back at the gangway by 11:30 or 18:00: stay within a short taxi ride of the berth, one place done properly, and skip anything that needs a coach.
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 Le Soléal's berth in Yakushima for 14 May; ships here normally use Miyanoura Port on the north-east coast. The cruise berth on the Japan Tourism Agency list is the quay of the 火之上山 district, across the river from the town, −7.5 m (Kagoshima Prefecture). Mitsui Ocean Sakura lands by tender (line page); the expedition lines do not say. Anbo is a jetfoil port with no 2026–27 cruise calls. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Fri, 14 May 2027: 12:00–21:30 (9.5 h in port); Sat, 25 Sept 2027: 13:30–19:30 (6 h in port); Mon, 11 Oct 2027: 07:00–14:00 (7 h in port); Mon, 20 Mar 2028: 07:00–13:00 (6 h in port); Mon, 8 May 2028: 07:00–14:00 (7 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 7.5 usable hours on the call of Fri, 14 May 2027, back at the gangway by 20:00.
2 of the port's timed days fit the call of Fri, 14 May 2027: Miyanoura on foot: the Village Center, Masaku Shrine and the market (about 3.5h), The cedars: Yakusugi Museum, Yakusugi Land and Kigensugi by taxi (about 6.5h).
On a usual May day Yakushima reaches about 25 °C (76 °F), with a low of about 18 °C (64 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 13 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Yakushima. 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.
