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Your ship · your port · your hoursNext call Fri, 16 Oct 2026, 08:00–18:00 (10 h in port), at West Port Yamanoshita Wharf (North). Below: only the plans and tours that fit that call.
Timed from the gangway and cut to this call. The hour before all-aboard is already kept free.
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2–3 h callabout 2.5hfoodwalk
For short calls: five coins at the sake wall, then a walk to the 1929 bridge.
Costs about ¥1,000 pp for five tasting coins — the bridge is free
4–6 h callabout 5hfoodwalk
For sake drinkers: tasting hall, a 1767 brewery and the craft street, all on foot.
Costs about ~¥4,000 pp: coins ¥1,000 + brewery ¥550 (English tour) + market sushi lunch
8 h+ callabout 7hfoodhistory
For long calls: the sake line, then two great estates by taxi and the bridge at dusk.
Costs about ~¥7,500 pp with the estate taxi · less if you swap in the aquarium
Shared cars with a guide first; each needs less time than this call allows. Booked through Viator; there is no tour desk at the pier.
Small group5.0★ · 3needs a 7 h callA three-and-a-half-hour guided walk between small restaurants and pubs in Furumachi, Niigata's old geisha quar…
from US$65 per person · max 8Why it is here →
Private5.0★ · 22needs a 9 h callA two-hour private session at a sake brewery in Echigo-Yuzawa where you blend your own 500 ml bottle and paint…
from US$117 per person · max 6Why it is here →Tours 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.
At West Port Yamanoshita Wharf (North), according to the port's published schedule. From the berth: West Port: bus stops 8–11 min on foot, then ~15 min into town. East Port: nothing walkable. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Fri, 16 Oct 2026: 08:00–18:00 (10 h in port); Wed, 28 Oct 2026: 08:00–18:00 (10 h in port); Sun, 7 Mar 2027: 08:00–18:00 (10 h in port). Allow half an hour to get ashore and be back an hour before departure, so plan for about 8.5 usable hours on the longest call.
3 of the port's timed days fit: Sake at the station, arches at the river (about 2.5h), Two centuries of sake, one walkable line (about 5h), Merchants, landowners, and the full pour (about 7h). 2 guided days fit the call, shared cars first.
Dates, times and berths from City of Niigata cruise fan club: FY2026 call schedule (+FY2025 page for Mar 2026) (as of 2026-07-17). Schedules change; your ship's daily programme has the final word.
