Photo: Adobe Stock / LicensedThe port has not published Riviera's berth in Kochi for 8 Oct.
Also in port: Seven Seas Explorer, 07:00–16:00.
0:30First city shuttle to Harimaya-bashi, 25–30 min
1:20Kochi Castle keep and palace — give it one hour
3:10Walk back through the Obiyamachi arcade to Harimaya-bashi
3:25Shuttle to the port — the one before the lastFollow this route5 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: The castle glimpse (about 3h)
Each takes no more than the 8 Oct call leaves you. Booked through Viator; there is no tour desk at the pier.
Fits your 8 Oct callPrivate car · per group4.2★ · 25A private car with a Japanese-speaking driver, not a guide, for five hours covering Katsurahama, Kochi Castle and Hirome Market.
US$232 per person for 2 · US$464 per carPickup at the pierneeds a 7-hour callfits 96% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h aheadWhy it is here
Fits your 8 Oct callShared car · per person4.5★ · 34
Fits your 8 Oct callPrivate5.0★ · 2Tours 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 8 Oct call. The half hour to get off and the hour before all-aboard are already kept free.
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Needs a 5-hour callabout 3hhistoryfood
For a 5-hour call by pre-booked taxi, or 6 hours on the shuttle: one castle, one tataki plate.
The first city shuttle leaves about an hour after arrival, and the last one is back at the port only an hour before departure: take the one before it
Taxi from about ¥3,550 per car each way (ship to castle; ¥3,120 before 30 Nov), or the city shuttle; castle ¥500
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Needs a 6-hour callabout 4hhistoryfood
For the city's two anchors with the sit-down lunch they deserve.
The first city shuttle leaves about an hour after arrival, and the last one is back at the port only an hour before departure: take the one before it
The city shuttle (free in 2025–26); castle ¥500; Hirome lunch ¥1,500–2,500
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Fri, 8 Oct 2027, 10:00–18:00 (8 h in port). Off the ship from 10:30, 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 Fri 8 Oct appears here from Sat 2 Oct.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Kochi station · The official figures →
Arrivals run 07:00–10:00 and departures 16:00–18:00: 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.
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.
The guided day for these callsKochi Shore Excursion: Customized Car Tour, Licensed GuidePrivate car · per person4.9★ · 81from US$395 per person · max 7 · fits 1 of 1 full-day call · open on 1 of the 1 checkedWhy it is here, and the clock07:00 or 10:00 to 16:00 or 18:00 · about 6 to 7 usable hours · gangway by 14:30 or 16:30
About 6–7 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 callsKochi Shore Excursion: Customized Car Tour, Licensed GuidePrivate car · per person4.9★ · 81from US$395 per person · max 7 · fits 3 of 3 half-day calls · open on 1 of the 3 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 Kochi for 8 Oct; ships here normally use Kochi New Port, Sanri No.7 Wharf — Berth 7-3 normally; 7-2 for the second ship on two-ship days. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Fri, 8 Oct 2027: 10:00–18:00 (8 h in port); Sat, 23 Oct 2027: 10:00–18:00 (8 h in port); Fri, 29 Oct 2027: 07:00–16:00 (9 h in port); Mon, 8 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 6 usable hours on the call of Fri, 8 Oct 2027, back at the gangway by 16:30.
2 of the port's timed days fit the call of Fri, 8 Oct 2027: The castle glimpse (about 3h), Castle & market, unhurried (about 4h). 3 guided days fit the call.
On a usual October day Kochi reaches about 25 °C (77 °F), with a low of about 16 °C (60 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 8 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Kochi. 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.
