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Your ship · your port · your hoursIn port Sat, 13 Mar 2027, 10:00–19:00 (9 h in port).
Sapphire Princess docks at Outer Harbor No. 1 Wharf, berth 2 in Matsuyama.
0:40Tram to Okaido and 5 min on foot to the castle ropeway
1:05Ropeway up, 8 min on foot to the keep; Matsuyama Castle, ¥520
3:05Lunch in the Dogo arcade, then the karakuri clock on the hour
4:05Dogo Onsen Honkan: Kami-no-Yu, ¥700, 60 minFollow this route10 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: The castle by ropeway (about 4h) · Dogo Onsen: the Honkan bath, the clock and lunch (about 5.5h)
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
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Needs a 6-hour callabout 4h
Calls with five hours or more ashore, any day of the week. Start by 12:30 so that you reach the keep before its last entry at 16:30 (16:00 in December and January)
Train ¥400 and tram ¥250 each way; ropeway ¥520 return; keep ¥520
Needs a 7.5-hour callabout 5.5h
Calls with six hours or more ashore, any day of the week. The Honkan takes no reservations for the ¥700 bath and can have a queue
Train ¥400 and tram ¥250 each way
Needs a 9-hour callabout 7h
Calls of nine hours, such as 08:00–17:00: ashore at 08:30 and back at the gangway by 15:30. On a 07:00–16:00 call start at 07:30 and reach the ropeway for its 08:30 opening
Train ¥400 each way; three tram rides ¥750; ropeway ¥520
Sat, 13 Mar 2027, 10:00–19:00 (9 h in port), at Outer Harbor No. 1 Wharf, berth 2. Off the ship from 10:30, back at the gangway by 17:30. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Rain on about 10 days in 30 — the rain-day plan if the day turns wet
A layer for the evening
The forecast for Sat 13 Mar appears here from Sun 7 Mar.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Matsuyama station · The official figures →
Every upcoming call keeps the same hours, 10:00–19:00: plan one day and repeat it.
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 Ehime Prefecture Port and Coast Division (愛媛県港湾海岸課) cruise call list, as of 1 Nov 2026; April and November 2027 from the cruise lines’ own dated itineraries (Mitsui Ocean Cruises, Princess Cruises Japan, Seabourn) until the prefecture lists them (as of 2026-11-01); the daily programme has the final word.
10:00–19:00 · about 7 usable hours · gangway by 17:30
About 7 usable hours, back at the gangway by 17:30: 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.
Sapphire Princess docks at Outer Harbor No. 1 Wharf, berth 2 in Matsuyama — Nothing. Iyotetsu Mitsu Station is 2 km, about 30 min on foot across a working port (our estimate); the centre is 10 km. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Sat, 13 Mar 2027: 10:00–19:00 (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 Sat, 13 Mar 2027, back at the gangway by 17:30.
3 of the port's timed days fit the call of Sat, 13 Mar 2027: The castle by ropeway (about 4h), Dogo Onsen: the Honkan bath, the clock and lunch (about 5.5h), The castle in the morning, Dogo Onsen after lunch (about 7h).
On a usual March day Matsuyama reaches about 14 °C (58 °F), with a low of about 6 °C (42 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 10 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Matsuyama. From 7 days before the call, this page shows the forecast for the day itself.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · Takumi Yamada
Dates, times and berths from Ehime Prefecture Port and Coast Division (愛媛県港湾海岸課) cruise call list, as of 1 Nov 2026; April and November 2027 from the cruise lines’ own dated itineraries (Mitsui Ocean Cruises, Princess Cruises Japan, Seabourn) until the prefecture lists them (as of 2026-11-01). Schedules change; your ship's daily programme has the final word.
