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Plan your day · YatsushiroHow long are you ashore in Yatsushiro?
Pick your hours and get a finished day, every step timed from the gangway and back.
Photo: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0GETTING AROUND — the facts that don't change by day (today's times: ship's programme or Google Maps)
Kumamoto by taxi and the Kyushu Shinkansen: ① Taxi or the ship’s transfer from Kumamon Port to JR Shin-Yatsushiro Station: 12.5 km, about 20 min by car (the Tourism Agency’s port page) ② Kyushu Shinkansen, Shin-Yatsushiro → Kumamoto: about 15 min. Only some trains stop at Shin-Yatsushiro: after 10:00 about one an hour each way, and back from Kumamoto the afternoon trains leave at 12:40, 14:15, 14:40, 16:15 and 17:15, with 95-minute gaps (JR Kyushu timetable, Nov 2026–Feb 2027): pick your train back before you leave the station ③ Back: Kumamoto → Shin-Yatsushiro by Shinkansen, then a taxi to the port. Allow about 1 h 15 min door to door, our estimate Fare Shinkansen ¥1,630 unreserved (fare ¥760 + express ¥870) · local train on the Kagoshima Line ¥760, about 40 min · taxi about ¥4,000 each way, our estimate. Shin-Yatsushiro → Kumamoto on Mon 22 Feb 2027: 08:24, 08:55, 09:25, 10:24, 11:27, 12:03, 13:03, 14:27, 15:28, 16:28; on Sat 26 Dec 2026 also 08:49, 09:37 and 13:50. Kumamoto → Shin-Yatsushiro on both days: 10:07, 11:17, 12:40, 14:15, 14:40, 16:15, 17:15; on 26 Dec also 11:39, 15:04 and 17:05 (JR Kyushu station timetables, checked 13 Nov 2026 for dates to Feb 2027; later months not yet published).
Kumamoto Castle, Josaien and Suizenji by city tram: ① Kumamoto-ekimae → Kumamotojo/Shiyakusho-mae, about 10 min; then about 10 min on foot to the castle, or the free shuttle from Josaien to the South Gate ② Suizenji-koen stop, then about 5 min on foot to the garden ③ Kumamon Square: Suidocho stop Fare Flat fare adult ¥200, child ¥100 · pay when you get off. Frequent; ride time to Suizenji-koen not confirmed.
Taxi all the way to Kumamoto: ① Kumamon Port → JR Kumamoto Station: 43.0 km, about 50 min without traffic; Kumamoto Castle (Josaien) 43.8 km, about 50 min; Suizenji 44.2 km, about 50 min — our estimates ② The fast route uses the Kyushu Expressway; tolls are extra and not confirmed ③ Taxis from outside Yatsushiro may serve the port on cruise days (since Oct 2024); queues were long Fare Kumamoto tariff: ¥700 for the first 1.3 km, then ¥100 per 347 m · Kumamoto Station about ¥12,800, Josaien about ¥13,000 on distance alone, our estimates, plus tolls. Free-flow times; expect more in traffic and with the time charge.
Yatsushiro town and the shopping loop: ① For the 15 Jul 2026 call the city ran a free loop: Kumamon Port → AEON Yatsushiro → Festival Dendenkan → Yume Town Yatsushiro → Kumamon Port ② No loop is published for later calls; check the daily programme ③ By taxi: AEON 6.8 km, Yume Town 6.1 km, about 10 min; JR Yatsushiro Station 9.6 km, about 15 min — our estimates Fare Loop free when it runs · taxi to JR Yatsushiro about ¥3,100, our estimate. No timetable published.