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Your ship · your port · your hoursNext call Tue, 1 Dec 2026, 15:00 to 2 Dec 01:00 (overnight), at Kobe Port Terminal (S-4Q1/2). Below: only the plans and tours that fit that call.
Star Navigator stays the night on every upcoming call here, arriving at 15:00 and sailing the next day at 01:00: the first day is the long one.
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 daylight stretch. Dates and times from Kobe Tourism Bureau Port Promotion Dept. (linked from City of Kobe schedule page): ETA table + 2026 actuals PDF (as of 2026-10-17); the daily programme has the final word.
15:00–01:00 · about 5.5 usable hours · gangway by 23:30
The ship stays the night: the longest daylight stretch is what counts, and an evening ashore is a bonus, not the plan.
The guided day for these callsKobe: Customizable Private Tour w/ Local Student GuidePrivate4.9★ · 90from US$194 per person · max 10 · fits 1 of 1 overnight call · open on 1 of the 1 checkedWhy it is here, and the clock →Tour opening days from the operators' live schedules on Viator, checked 25 Oct; a date can close as seats sell.
Tue, 1 Dec 2026, 15:00 to 2 Dec 01:00 (overnight), at Kobe Port Terminal (S-4Q1/2). The ship stays the night and sails 2 Dec at 01:00; be back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Japan checks every foreign passenger in person at the first Japanese port, before anyone goes ashore: a passport check and fingerprints. No official time is published for it, so plan the start of the day around the queue.
Sources: Immigration Services Agency of Japan (Immigration Control Act, Art. 14-2 and 23), Japan Customs, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Checked 25 October 2026. Our guide to the first Japanese port →
Cut to the 1 Dec call. The half hour to get off and the hour before all-aboard are already kept free.
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Needs a 4.5-hour callabout 2.5hwalkfood
On foot from either pier — the icon, the buns and the old banks.
Costs about ¥0 — the whole loop is on foot
Needs a 7-hour callabout 5hhistoryfood
For the Kobe double: Meiji-era mansions, then the famous lunch.
Costs about a short taxi up + walk down
Each takes no more than the 1 Dec call leaves you. Booked through Viator; there is no tour desk at the pier.
Private4.9★ · 90needs a 6-hour callA private four-hour Kobe walk with a trained English-speaking student guide from Link Roots: Ikuta Shrine and …
from US$194 per person · max 10Why it is here →
Private car · per person4.8★ · 25needs a 7-hour callA private four- or seven-hour walk around Kobe with an English-speaking local host from The City Panorama: the…
from US$126 per person · max 8Why it is here →
Small group4.9★ · 189needs a 6.5-hour callA three-and-a-half-hour walk through the Nada sake district with a sake-expert English-speaking guide from Kam…
from US$110 per person · max 10Why 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 Kobe Port Terminal (S-4Q1/2), according to the port's published schedule. From the berth: Port Terminal: Port Liner station outside, two stops (~5 min, ¥210) to Sannomiya. Naka Pier: Port Tower 5 min, Nankinmachi ~12–15 min, JR Motomachi 15 min. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Tue, 1 Dec 2026: 15:00 to 2 Dec 01:00 (overnight). Off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, back at the gangway an hour before that: plan for about 5.5 usable hours on the next call (Tue, 1 Dec 2026). The night (21:00–08:00) is not touring time: the longest daylight stretch ashore is 15:30–21:00 on 1 Dec, about 5.5 hours.
2 of the port's timed days fit the next call: Pier & lanterns (about 2.5h), Hillside & beef (about 5h). 3 guided days fit the call.
Dates, times and berths from Kobe Tourism Bureau Port Promotion Dept. (linked from City of Kobe schedule page): ETA table + 2026 actuals PDF (as of 2026-10-17). Schedules change; your ship's daily programme has the final word.
