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Your ship · your port · your hoursIn port Sun, 14 Feb 2027, 09:00–17:00 (8 h in port). 2 calls listed in all, below.
The port has not published Mitsui Ocean Sakura's berth in Hitachinaka for 14 Feb.
0:00Taxi to Sakatsura Isosaki Shrine (6.5 km, about 10 min, about ¥2,900, our estimate)
1:00Hitachi Seaside Park: Miharashi no Oka
3:05Lunch at the fish market: a seafood bowlFollow this route7 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: Hitachi Seaside Park by taxi (about 2.75h)
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
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Needs a 5-hour callabout 2.75h
Any call of five hours or more when the park is open. Central Wharf is a closed quay: take the ship’s shuttle if it goes to the park
Two taxis, about ¥2,300–2,400 each way (our estimate)
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Needs a 6.5-hour callabout 4.5h
An 08:00–17:00 call. Times assume off the ship at 08:30, so the shrine fills the hour before the park opens
Four taxi legs, about ¥2,900 + ¥1,300 + ¥3,100 + ¥5,500 (our estimates)
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Sun, 14 Feb 2027, 09:00–17:00 (8 h in port). Off the ship from 09:30, back at the gangway by 15:30. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Rain on about 5 days in 30 — the rain-day plan if the day turns wet
Cold: a warm coat, gloves for the evening
The forecast for Sun 14 Feb appears here from Mon 8 Feb.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Mito station · The official figures →
Arrivals run 09:00–10:30 and departures 17:00–21:00: 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.
10:30–21:00 · about 8.5 usable hours · gangway by 19:30
About 8.5 usable hours, back at the gangway by 19:30: 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.
09:00–17:00 · about 6 usable hours · gangway by 15:30
About 6 usable hours, back at the gangway by 15:30: 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 Mitsui Ocean Sakura's berth in Hitachinaka for 14 Feb; ships here normally use Central Wharf (中央ふ頭), berths C and D, Hitachinaka district of Ibaraki Port: an industrial quay beside the Hitachi Construction Machinery and Komatsu plants, a SOLAS restricted area. Some ships (Mitsui Ocean Sakura, and Regatta in March 2026) use the Oarai district instead, 18 km south. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Sun, 14 Feb 2027: 09:00–17:00 (8 h in port); Sat, 25 Sept 2027: 10:30–21:00 (10.5 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 usable hours on the call of Sun, 14 Feb 2027, back at the gangway by 15:30.
2 of the port's timed days fit the call of Sun, 14 Feb 2027: Hitachi Seaside Park by taxi (about 2.75h), Shrine, the flower hill and a seafood lunch (about 4.5h).
On a usual February day Hitachinaka reaches about 10 °C (50 °F), with a low of about -1 °C (30 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 5 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Mito. 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.
