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Your ship · your port · your hoursIn port Sun, 18 Apr 2027, 08:30–18:00 (9.5 h in port). 2 calls listed in all, below.
The port has not published Star Seeker's berth in Shimonoseki for 18 Apr.
0:25Akama Jingu
1:05Walk to Mimosusogawa (about 15 min, our estimate)
2:15Mojiko Retro, the Kanmon Strait Museum and lunch
4:30Kaikyokan aquarium, or Karato Market and Kamon WharfFollow this route10 stops, the clock and the map ↓
Also fits this call: Arcaport on foot: Karato Market and Akama Jingu (about 2.5h) · Under the strait to Kyushu, back by ferry (about 4.5h)
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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Needs an 8.5-hour callabout 6.25h
Big ships at Choshu Dejima on an 08:00–17:00 call such as Norwegian Jade’s. Times assume off the ship at 08:30 and back by 15:30, an hour before a 16:30 all-aboard
From Choshu Dejima
Two taxis, about ¥3,900 each way between Choshu Dejima and Karato (our estimate); Kanmon ferry ¥400; the tunnel is free
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Sun, 18 Apr 2027, 08:30–18:00 (9.5 h in port). Off the ship from 09:00, back at the gangway by 16:30. 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
Rain on about 10 days in 30 — the rain-day plan if the day turns wet
A layer for the evening
The forecast for Sun 18 Apr appears here from Mon 12 Apr.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Shimonoseki station · The official figures →
Every upcoming call arrives at 08:30; departures run 16:30–18:00, and the departure decides your 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 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.
08:30–18:00 · about 7.5 usable hours · gangway by 16:30
About 7.5 usable hours, back at the gangway by 16:30: 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.
08:30–16:30 · about 6 usable hours · gangway by 15:00
About 6 usable hours, back at the gangway by 15:00: 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 Star Seeker's berth in Shimonoseki for 18 Apr; ships here normally use Arcaport (あるかぽーと岸壁, 300 m, ships up to the 50,000-ton class), beside the Kaikyokan aquarium — or Choshu Dejima berth No.2 (長州出島2号, 385 m, up to the 220,000-ton class), an artificial container island in the New Port, for big ships such as Norwegian Jade. The berth is set per call. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Sun, 18 Apr 2027: 08:30–18:00 (9.5 h in port); Thu, 22 Apr 2027: 08:30–16:30 (8 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 7.5 usable hours on the call of Sun, 18 Apr 2027, back at the gangway by 16:30.
3 of the port's timed days fit the call of Sun, 18 Apr 2027: Arcaport on foot: Karato Market and Akama Jingu (about 2.5h), Under the strait to Kyushu, back by ferry (about 4.5h), The whole strait from Choshu Dejima (about 6.25h).
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.
