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Your ship · your port · your hoursNext call Thu, 22 Oct 2026, 07:00–19:00 (12 h in port), at Tempozan Pier. 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 3hfoodwalk
For two or three hours ashore, no transfers booked.
Costs about ~¥600 pp
4–6 h callabout 5hhistoryfood
For four to six hours ashore — a keep, a market, then the lights.
Costs about ~¥900 pp
8 h+ callabout 8hhistorywalk
For eight-plus hours ashore — the Kansai port where Kyoto works.
Costs about ~¥3,000 pp return
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★ · 598needs a 5 h callA two-hour kendo lesson in a real Osaka dojo, in armour, taught in English — the most-reviewed bookable experi…
from US$128 per person · max 12Why it is here →
Small group5.0★ · 167needs a 5 h callTwo hours cooking takoyaki and tasting sake with a sommelier who is a former brewer, at a small second-floor v…
from US$71 per person · max 6Why it is here →
Small group5.0★ · 61needs a 5 h callA two-hour beginners' calligraphy workshop in Namba that ends with your name brushed in Japanese to take home.
from US$49 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 Tempozan Pier, according to the port's published schedule. From the berth: Aquarium ~5 min on foot; Osakako subway station ~5 min from the terminal (~8 min from the far end of the quay). Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Thu, 22 Oct 2026: 07:00–19:00 (12 h in port); Sun, 15 Nov 2026: 07:00–19:00 (12 h in port). Allow half an hour to get ashore and be back an hour before departure, so plan for about 10.5 usable hours on the longest call.
3 of the port's timed days fit: Dotonbori in three hours (about 3h), Castle and kitchen (about 5h), Kyoto, and back in time (about 8h). 3 guided days fit the call, shared cars first.
Dates, times and berths from Osaka Port Promotion Association: 2026 Osaka Port cruise schedule (PDF) (as of 2026-09-24). Schedules change; your ship's daily programme has the final word.
