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Your ship · your port · your hoursIn port Thu, 7 Oct 2027, 06:00 to 8 Oct 21:00 (overnight).
The port has not published Quantum of the Seas's berth in Hakodate for 7 Oct.
Also in port: Noordam, 08:00–17:00; Explora III, Fri 8 Oct, 08:00–19:00. About 6,200 passengers on the two ships in port at the busiest time: expect a queue for taxis and the shuttle; go ashore early.
0:00Tram to Goryokaku (~30 min)
0:40Goryokaku Tower — see the star from above
3:30Tram back toward Motomachi
4:30Motomachi slopes at golden hour
5:30Late sailings only: Mt. Hakodate ropeway at duskFollow this route7 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: The market morning (about 2.5h) · Slopes & churches (about 4.5h)
Each takes no more than the 7 Oct call leaves you. Booked through Viator; there is no tour desk at the pier.
Fits your 7 Oct callPrivate5.0★ · 4A two-and-a-half-hour guided history visit to Goryokaku star fort, the rebuilt magistrate's office and Goryokaku Tower.
US$121 each · US$242 for twoMeets at the pierneeds a 5-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h aheadWhy it is here
Fits your 7 Oct callPrivate4.9★ · 29
Fits your 7 Oct callSmall group5.0★ · 3Tours 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.
Cut to the 7 Oct call. The half hour to get off and the hour before all-aboard are already kept free.
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Needs a 4.5-hour callabout 2.5hfoodwalk
For early calls — kaisendon at dawn, then the waterfront.
Free–600 pp
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Needs a 6.5-hour callabout 4.5hwalkhistory
For the port that opened Japan first, seen on foot.
From Wakamatsu
Costs about ¥800 pp with the tram day pass
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Needs a 9-hour callabout 7hhistoryviews
For full days — and the night view if your ship sails late.
From Wakamatsu
Costs about ¥800 tram day pass + ¥1,200 tower + ¥1,800 ropeway (the only way up from 9 Nov 2026 to 12 Apr 2027, when the road is closed)
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Thu, 7 Oct 2027, 06:00 to 8 Oct 21:00 (overnight). The ship stays the night and sails 8 Oct at 21:00; be back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Japan checks every foreign passenger in person at the first Japanese port, before anyone goes ashore: a passport check and fingerprints. No official time is published for it, so plan the start of the day around the queue.
Sources: Immigration Services Agency of Japan (Immigration Control Act, Art. 14-2 and 23), Japan Customs, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Checked 25 October 2026. Our guide to the first Japanese port
Rain on about 11 days in 30 — the rain-day plan if the day turns wet
A layer for the evening
The forecast for Thu 7 Oct appears here from Fri 1 Oct.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Hakodate station · The official figures →
Quantum of the Seas stays the night on every upcoming call here, arriving at 06:00 and sailing the next day at 21:00: the first day is the long one.
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.
06:00–21:00 · about 13 usable hours · gangway by 19:30
The ship stays the night: the longest stretch ashore between 08:00 and 21:00 is what counts, and an evening ashore is a bonus, not the plan.
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 Quantum of the Seas's berth in Hakodate for 7 Oct; ships here normally use Wakamatsu (Hakodate Cruise Terminal) — or Minato-cho for ships over ~120,000 GT and some two-ship days. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Thu, 7 Oct 2027: 06:00 to 8 Oct 21:00 (overnight). Off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, back at the gangway an hour before that: plan for about 13 usable hours on the call of Thu, 7 Oct 2027, back at the gangway by Fri 8 Oct 19:30. The night (21:00–08:00) is not touring time: the longest stretch ashore is 08:00–21:00 on 7 Oct, about 13 hours.
3 of the port's timed days fit the call of Thu, 7 Oct 2027: The market morning (about 2.5h), Slopes & churches (about 4.5h), Star fort + the mountain (about 7h). 3 guided days fit the call.
On a usual October day Hakodate reaches about 17 °C (63 °F), with a low of about 8 °C (46 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 11 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Hakodate. 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.
