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Your ship · your port · your hoursIn port Mon, 26 Apr 2027, 08:00–21:00 (13 h in port).
Seven Seas Navigator docks at Arcaport in Shimonoseki.
0:00Walk from Arcaport to Karato Market (about 15 min, our estimate)
0:45Walk to Akama Jingu (7 min)
1:15Walk east along the strait to Mimosusogawa (1.1 km, about 15 min, our estimate)
2:25Mojiko Retro: JR Mojiko Station and the harbourFollow this route9 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: Arcaport on foot: Karato Market and Akama Jingu (about 2.5h)
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
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Needs a 4.5-hour callabout 2.5h
Short calls at Arcaport, best on a Friday, weekend or holiday when the sushi stalls run. From Choshu Dejima add a taxi each way, about 20 min
From Arcaport
Costs about ¥0, all on foot
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Needs a 6.5-hour callabout 4.5h
Arcaport calls of 6 hours or more, any day of the week. From Choshu Dejima take a taxi to Akama Jingu first, about ¥3,900 (our estimate)
From Arcaport
The tunnel is free; Kanmon ferry Mojiko → Karato ¥400
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Mon, 26 Apr 2027, 08:00–21:00 (13 h in port), at Arcaport. Off the ship from 08:30, back at the gangway by 19:30. 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 Mon 26 Apr appears here from Tue 20 Apr.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Shimonoseki station · The official figures →
Every upcoming call keeps the same hours, 08:00–21:00: 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 Shimonoseki City Port and Harbor Bureau (下関市港湾局) cruise call lists, 2026 (30 Oct 2026 edition) and 2027 Jan–May (as of 2026-11-02); the daily programme has the final word.
08:00–21:00 · about 11 usable hours · gangway by 19:30
About 11 usable hours, back at the gangway by 19:30: the port's full timed day fits, and so does a guided day that returns in time.
No guided day on this site fits these calls and is open on them; the timed plans below are the day.
Seven Seas Navigator docks at Arcaport in Shimonoseki — Arcaport: Karato Market about 1 km (about 15 min), Akama Jingu 1.5 km, the Mojiko ferry 500 m, JR Shimonoseki 2 km — our estimates; the city calls Karato “in walking distance”. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Mon, 26 Apr 2027: 08:00–21:00 (13 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 11 usable hours on the call of Mon, 26 Apr 2027, back at the gangway by 19:30.
2 of the port's timed days fit the call of Mon, 26 Apr 2027: Arcaport on foot: Karato Market and Akama Jingu (about 2.5h), Under the strait to Kyushu, back by ferry (about 4.5h).
On a usual April day Shimonoseki reaches about 18 °C (65 °F), with a low of about 12 °C (53 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 10 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Shimonoseki. 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 Shimonoseki City Port and Harbor Bureau (下関市港湾局) cruise call lists, 2026 (30 Oct 2026 edition) and 2027 Jan–May (as of 2026-11-02). Schedules change; your ship's daily programme has the final word.
