Your day, step by step
08:15
Look for Mt Fuji from the wharf or the deck before the clouds build. Then walk 8 minutes to Dream Plaza.
09:55
First water bus from Hinode to Miho (15 min, ¥1,000).
10:15
Walk to Miho no Matsubara: the pine beach, the Hagoromo pine and the Miho Shirube centre (free, 09:00–16:30).
12:30
Water bus from Miho to Ejiri (15 min), for the Kashi no Ichi fish market by Shimizu Station.
13:00
Lunch at Maguro Hall in Kashi no Ichi (closed Wednesdays): tuna bowl or kaisen-don.
14:15
Free shuttle from the station east exit to Dream Plaza, or the water bus from Ejiri to Hinode.
14:45
Dream Plaza: Shimizu Sushi Museum and the sushi alley, or the Ferris wheel.
16:15
Walk back to Hinode Wharf, 8 minutes.
- Latest you can leave S-Pulse Dream Plaza16:20
16:30
Back on board, 60 minutes before all-aboard.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- S-Pulse Dream PlazaWalk, about 8 min16:20
- JR Shimizu Station and Kashi no IchiWater bus from Ejiri (10 min), Dream Plaza shuttle (10 min) plus 8 min walk, or bus to Hatoba Verkehr Museum16:15
- Miho no MatsubaraWater bus Miho–Hinode (15 min) or bus via Shimizu Station16:00
- Nihondaira and Kunozan ToshoguRopeway, then taxi16:00
Where people get Shimizu (Shizuoka City) wrong
Leaving Mt Fuji for later in the day, when cloud usually hides it, or relying on the last water bus back from Miho.
Built from our Shimizu (Shizuoka City) guide, checked against 16 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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