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Your ship · your port · your hoursIn port Sat, 3 Apr 2027, 07:00–15:00 (8 h in port). 2 calls listed in all, below.
The port has not published Sapphire Princess's berth in Yatsushiro for 3 Apr.
0:50Tram from Kumamoto-ekimae to Kumamotojo/Shiyakusho-mae (about 10 min, ¥200), then about 10 min on foot
1:15Kumamoto Castle (about 1 h 30 min)
3:15Kumamoto ramen: Keika inside the station (11:00–22:00) or Kokutei, 5 min on foot (10:30–21:00)
5:30Back at the gangwayFollow this route9 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: Kumamon Port on foot: the garden and the Kumamon statues (about 1h)
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
Cut to the 3 Apr call. The half hour to get off and the hour before all-aboard are already kept free.
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Needs a 3-hour callabout 1h
Anyone staying near the ship; the only on-foot option at this berth
Free
Needs a 7.5-hour callabout 5.5h
Calls of eight hours or more that want the castle and nothing else
Taxi about ¥4,000 each way to Shin-Yatsushiro (our estimate), Shinkansen ¥1,630 each way, tram ¥200 each way
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Sat, 3 Apr 2027, 07:00–15:00 (8 h in port). Off the ship from 07:30, back at the gangway by 13:30. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Rain on about 9 days in 30 — the rain-day plan if the day turns wet
A layer for the evening
The forecast for Sat 3 Apr appears here from Sun 28 Mar.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Kumamoto station · The official figures →
Arrivals run 07:00–08:00 and departures 15:00–17:00: 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.
07:00 or 08:00 to 15:00 or 17:00 · about 6 to 7 usable hours · gangway by 13:30 or 15:30
About 6–7 usable hours, back at the gangway by 13:30 or 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 Sapphire Princess's berth in Yatsushiro for 3 Apr; ships here normally use Kumamon Port Yatsushiro (くまモンポート八代): a cruise-only quay, 410 m, −10 m, for ships to 220,000 GT, with its own terminal and CIQ, on reclaimed land in the west of Yatsushiro port. Every call on the port’s 2026 list uses it. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Sat, 3 Apr 2027: 07:00–15:00 (8 h in port); Wed, 8 Sept 2027: 08:00–17:00 (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 6 usable hours on the call of Sat, 3 Apr 2027, back at the gangway by 13:30.
2 of the port's timed days fit the call of Sat, 3 Apr 2027: Kumamon Port on foot: the garden and the Kumamon statues (about 1h), Kumamoto Castle and ramen by the station (about 5.5h).
On a usual April day Yatsushiro reaches about 21 °C (71 °F), with a low of about 11 °C (51 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 9 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Kumamoto. 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.
