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For a 9-hour call · WakayamaThe cat stationmaster of Kishi, ramen and the castle
Calls of 9 hours or more. Yontama is on duty Friday to Tuesday; on Wednesdays and Thursdays the candidate Rokutama sits in. Times assume 09:30 off the ship. Timed from the gangway and back.
- Best for
- Calls of 9 hours or more. Yontama is on duty Friday to Tuesday; on Wednesdays and Thursdays the candidate Rokutama sits in. Times assume 09:30 off the ship
- Room to spare
- Fits a 9-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
- What it costs
- Taxi about ¥2,850 out and ¥2,150 back, our estimates; train ¥480 each way or ¥1,200 for the day pass; taxi from the station to the castle about ¥1,150. Keep ¥410.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
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.
- +0:00Taxi to JR Wakayama Station (6.6 km, about 9 min — our estimate)
About ¥2,850
- +0:30Kishigawa Line from platform 9 to Kishi, about 30 min
Two trains an hour. ¥480; cash only, no IC cards. Buy at the platform 9 window
Photo: MaedaAkihiko / CC BY-SA 4.0 - +1:00Kishi Station: the stationmaster’s room, the Tama shrine on the platform, the café
Cats on duty 10:00–16:00, behind glass; they may be absent. Tama Café 10:00–16:00, shop to 16:30
Photo: 暇・カキコ / CC BY-SA 4.0 - +2:00Train back to Wakayama, about 30 min
From Kishi at 11:36 on weekdays, 11:38 on weekends, if you left the ship at 09:30; then every 30 min
- +2:40Walk 9 min to Ide Shoten for Wakayama ramen
Hours not confirmed; if it is shut, eat in the station building
What you will see here - +3:40Taxi (2.3 km, about ¥1,150), city bus (about 10 min) or about 25 min on foot to Wakayama CastleWhat you will see here
- +4:00Castle keep and the Momijidani garden
Keep 9:00–17:30, ¥410; garden free to 17:00
Photo: Saigen Jiro / CC0 - +6:00Taxi back to the quay (about 7 min, our estimate)
About ¥2,150
- +6:30Back at the gangway
On a 09:00–18:00 call that is 16:00, half an hour to spare
Wakayama, along this route
Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.
The other routes in Wakayama
Wakayama Castle and the Momijidani gardenNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3hAny call: the keep closes on 29–31 December and on occasional days the castle announces on its site
The south shore: Kimiidera, Wakaura and the tuna showNeeds an 8-hour call · ~6hCalls of 8 hours or more, any day. Times assume 08:30 off the ship and the 12:30 show; on weekends and holidays there is an 11:00 show tooUnder cover: the castle keep and Kuroshio MarketA wet day · ~4.5hA wet day on any call. The climb to the keep, about 9 minutes, is the only part in the open