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The all-indoors bay day

Wet tenders — everything here is under a roof. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

Any hours door to door3 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: Miyuki Meinaka / CC BY-SA 3.0
Door to door
Any hours
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet tenders — everything here is under a roof
What it costs
¥2,800 pp for the aquarium — add ¥1,650 if you double up with the pearl museum
¥2,800 pp for the aquarium — add ¥1,650 if you double up with the pearl museum.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Tender → Toba Aquarium

    ~15 min walk · open 365 days — dugong, sea otters, and Japan’s biggest species count swallow three hours

    What you will see here →
  2. +3:00
    Mikimoto’s pearl museum next door

    The demo runs in rain too — the divers genuinely do not care

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Ganokure / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +4:00
    Toba 1-bancho for a covered lunch

    Then the terminal’s 2F lounge overlooking your own ship

    What you will see here →
    Photo: ジェームズ　 ディズレー from Anan, Tokushima, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Toba, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Ama divers at work
Ama divers at workPhoto: Tai-Jan Huang / CC BY 2.0
Tekone-zushi, marinated tuna over rice
Tekone-zushi, marinated tuna over ricePhoto: Miyuki Meinaka / CC BY-SA 4.0
Toba Aquarium on the bay
Toba Aquarium on the bayPhoto: 円周率３パーセント (Enshuritsu 3 percent) / CC BY-SA 4.0
Ise Jingu
Ise JinguPhoto: Immanuelle / CC BY-SA 4.0
Ise Jingu (Naiku)
Ise Jingu (Naiku)Photo: nobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, Japan / CC BY 2.0
Okage Yokocho
Okage YokochoPhoto: Oilstreet / CC BY 2.5
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Toba

Pearls at the pier2–3 hours · ~2.5hShort calls and anyone minding the tender queuePearls, a dugong, and a fisherman’s lunch4–6 hours · ~5hThe full Toba story without touching a trainIse Jingu, honestly timed8 hours or more · ~6.5hCalls of 8+ hours — Diamond Princess’ usual 7:00–16:00 pattern fits, barely
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