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Shimizu cruise port glossary
The local names you will meet on a call at Shimizu, with the Japanese you will see on signs.
- All-aboard
- The time you must be back on the ship, usually 30–60 minutes before departure. Every plan on this site has you back 60 minutes before departure. More →
- Hinode Pier日の出ふ頭
- Shimizu’s cruise berth, beside Shimizu Marine Terminal. You walk off the ship: Dream Plaza is about 10 minutes on foot and the fish market 20–25. More →
- Shimizu Marine Terminal清水マリンターミナル
- The terminal building at Hinode Pier, open 9:00–21:00: waiting area, vending machines, coin lockers and lifts. No food outlet; wheelchairs lent free. More →
- Okitsu Pier興津ふ頭
- A container terminal about 4 km north-east of Hinode, used for some ships on two-ship days. Passengers cannot walk out; the shuttle bus is the way into town. More →
- Kashi-no-Ichi河岸の市
- Shimizu’s public fish market beside JR Shimizu Station, 20–25 minutes’ walk from the pier. Tuna bowls and sakura ebi; the Ichiba-kan building closes on Wednesdays. More →
- Maguro-donまぐろ丼
- A bowl of rice topped with raw tuna — the dish to eat in Shimizu, which lands more frozen tuna than any other port in Japan. Zuke maguro is tuna marinated in soy. More →
- Sakura ebi桜えび
- Tiny translucent pink shrimp landed commercially in Japan only in Suruga Bay, eaten raw, boiled or as crisp kakiage fritters. Spring and autumn are the seasons. More →
- Shizuoka oden静岡おでん
- Skewers simmered in a jet-black beef-stock broth and dusted with dried-fish powder, served at small counters in Shizuoka City’s lantern-lit alleys. More →
- Sushi Yokocho清水すし横丁
- A row of six sushi counters on the first floor of S-Pulse Dream Plaza, 10 minutes from the gangway, with picture menus. The safe lunch on a Wednesday. More →
- S-Pulse Dream Plazaエスパルスドリームプラザ
- The bayfront mall nearest the pier: Sushi Yokocho, Chibi Maruko-chan Land, a Ferris wheel, a Seven Bank ATM for foreign cards and free Wi-Fi. More →
- Water bus水上バス
- The harbour ferry from Hinode to Miho via Ejiri: ¥1,000 a leg, about 25 minutes out and 15 back. The last boat leaves Miho at 16:35; strong wind cancels the Miho stop. More →
- Miho no Matsubara三保松原
- A pine grove and black-sand beach on the spit across the bay, part of the Mt. Fuji UNESCO World Heritage listing, with the mountain over the water. More →
- Hagoromo legend羽衣伝説
- The tale of a celestial maiden who left her feather robe on a Miho pine. It is told in Noh, and the Hagoromo Matsuri each October honours it. More →
- Nihondaira日本平
- The plateau above the port, 20–25 minutes by taxi: a 360° view with Mt. Fuji one way and your ship in the harbour the other. More →
- Yume Terrace日本平夢テラス
- The viewing building on Nihondaira designed by Kengo Kuma. The outdoor corridor is free; the building costs ¥100 from 1 October 2026. More →
- Nihondaira Ropeway日本平ロープウェイ
- A five-minute cable car from the Nihondaira plateau down to Kunozan Toshogu, about ¥1,250 return. More →
- Kunozan Toshogu久能山東照宮
- The shrine where Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the shogunate, was first laid to rest — the original of Nikko. About 250 steps from the ropeway station. More →
- Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha富士山本宮浅間大社
- The head shrine of Mt. Fuji’s Sengen shrines, in Fujinomiya. Reached by car on the foothills tours. More →
- Shiraito Falls白糸ノ滝
- A wide curtain of spring water falling from Mt. Fuji’s lava, in the foothills above Fujinomiya. A car-only trip from the port, for calls of 7–8 hours or more. More →
- Verkehr Museumフェルケール博物館
- Shimizu’s harbour museum, a short walk from the pier, ¥400. More →
- Free cruise-day shuttle
- A complimentary bus linking the pier area with JR Shimizu Station and Dream Plaza. On some calls it starts mid-morning, so tight early plans should not depend on it. More →