Photo: Adobe Stock / LicensedThe port has not published Riviera's berth in Hiroshima for 7 Oct.
0:00Tram/taxi from the port to Peace Park (~40 min)
0:45Peace Memorial Museum — two unhurried hours
2:45Cenotaph, the flame, the Dome across the river
5:15Back at the gangwayFollow this route6 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: The port-side hour (about 2.5h)
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 callShared car · per person5.0★ · 35
Fits your 7 Oct callPrivate5.0★ · 73
Fits your 7 Oct callPrivate5.0★ · 38Tours 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 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 2.5hwalkeasy
For a short call — a waterfront walk plus one extra if booked.
Trams ¥240 flat if you ride
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Needs a 7.5-hour callabout 5.5hhistorywalk
For visitors who came for the one reason ships stop here.
Trams ¥480 round trip; Peace Museum ¥200
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Thu, 7 Oct 2027, 09:00–18:00 (9 h in port). Off the ship from 09:30, back at the gangway by 16:30. 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 6 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, Hiroshima station · The official figures →
Arrivals run 07:00–09:00 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 09:00 to 16:00 or 18:00 · about 7 usable hours · gangway by 14:30 or 16:30
About 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.
The guided day for these callsHiroshima Peace (Heiwa) Walking Tour at World Heritage SitesSmall group5.0★ · 1048from US$88 per person · max 7 · fits 2 of 2 half-day calls · open on 1 of the 2 checkedWhy it is here, and the clockTour opening days from the operators' live schedules on Viator, checked 14 Nov; a date can close as seats sell.
The port has not published Riviera's berth in Hiroshima for 7 Oct; ships here normally use Ujina No.5 by the 2024 cruise terminal (most ships) — or Itsukaichi (mostly the second ship on two-ship days). Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Thu, 7 Oct 2027: 09:00–18:00 (9 h in port); Sat, 30 Oct 2027: 07:00–16:00 (9 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 Thu, 7 Oct 2027, back at the gangway by 16:30.
2 of the port's timed days fit the call of Thu, 7 Oct 2027: The port-side hour (about 2.5h), The peace pilgrimage (about 5.5h). 3 guided days fit the call.
On a usual October day Hiroshima reaches about 24 °C (75 °F), with a low of about 15 °C (59 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 6 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Hiroshima. 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.
