1 / 9Yamashita Park & Hikawa MaruPhoto: IketaniDaisei / CC BY-SA 4.0
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Checked against official sources · updated · Takumi Yamada
The seaside promenade laid on 1923 earthquake rubble, with a 1930 ocean liner moored at the end. The rose garden frames your ship for free. Hikawa Maru: 10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30), ¥300 or ¥200 at 65+, cash only, stairs throughout; closed Mondays.
- Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr 30 min door to door, so even a tender day works.
- Reachable on foot from the berth, so no timetable can strand you.
- Closed Mondays. Check the day before you plan around it.
- 1 hr 30 min door to door needs a 3.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Why Yamashita Park & Hikawa Maru is famous
Japan's first seaside park, opened in 1930 on rubble from the 1923 earthquake. The Hikawa Maru moored alongside is a 1930 liner that crossed to Seattle 238 times, carried Charlie Chaplin, survived mines in the war, and is now a museum you walk through.
Where the 1 hr 30 min goes
Counted from the moment you step off the gangway, about 30 minutes after the ship arrives. The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside.
about 15 minutes each way is the measured figure for about 15 min walk, not the optimistic one. If your ship is late, cut the 1 hr in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Routes that already include it
Each one is a finished day timed from the official timetables, with this stop in it. Read the route rather than assembling it yourself.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
2 hr 30 min for bothShumai at Kiyoken
The 1928 shumai (from a company founded in 1908) that every Japanese traveler associates with this city — the main store is at Yokohama Station, and on a port day the shop on Chinatown’s main street (10:00–20:00) is the one on foot.
See the detail 2 hr 30 min for bothAriake Harbour chestnut boats
Boat-shaped chestnut cakes that Yokohama gives when it visits anyone — soft, not-too-sweet, and boxed like jewelry.
See the detail
3 hr for bothOsanbashi decks & Minato Mirai
Your pier is the sight: a whale-back of wooden decks with the full skyline arranged in front.
See the detail