Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) We have written a dedicated guide for this ship: Diamond Princess in Shimizu: The 13:00 Arrival Playbook — the plan for each of her clocks at this port.
Every Diamond Princess call at Shimizu
| Date | In port | Ashore* | From → to | Status | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, 23 Feb 2026 | 13:00–20:00 | ~5.5 h | Osaka → Yokohama | Called | — |
| Mon, 16 Mar 2026 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | Kobe → Yokohama | Called | — |
| Fri, 27 Mar 2026 | 11:00–18:00 | ~5.5 h | Tokushima → Yokohama | Called · Hinode No.1 Pier | — |
| Tue, 7 Apr 2026 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | Kobe → Yokohama | Called | — |
| Sun, 17 May 2026 | 09:00–17:00 | ~6.5 h | Nagasaki → Yokohama | Called | — |
| Wed, 27 May 2026 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | Kochi → Yokohama | Called · Hinode No.2 Pier | — |
| Mon, 22 Jun 2026 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | Kobe → Yokohama | Called | — |
| Mon, 20 Jul 2026 | 09:30–18:00 | ~7 h | Nagasaki → Yokohama | Called | — |
| Sat, 15 Aug 2026 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | Osaka → Yokohama | Called | — |
| Tue, 25 Aug 2026 | 09:00–17:00 | ~6.5 h | Kagoshima → Yokohama | Called | — |
| Fri, 4 Sept 2026 | 09:30–18:00 | ~7 h | Nagasaki → Yokohama | Called | — |
| Mon, 14 Sept 2026 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | Kochi → Yokohama | Called | — |
| Mon, 21 Sept 2026 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | Kochi → Yokohama | Called · Hinode No.2 Pier | — |
| Tue, 27 Oct 2026 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | Tokushima-Komatsushima → Yokohama | Confirmed · Hinode No.2 Pier | 4 hours |
| Tue, 24 Nov 2026 | 07:00–16:00 | ~7.5 h | Osaka → Yokohama | Confirmed | 7 hours or more |
| Wed, 7 Apr 2027 | 10:00–18:00 | ~6.5 h | — | Line listing | 5–6 hours |
| Thu, 27 May 2027 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | — | Line listing | 4 hours |
| Tue, 22 Jun 2027 | 10:00–18:00 | ~6.5 h | — | Line listing | 5–6 hours |
| Tue, 20 Jul 2027 | 10:00–18:00 | ~6.5 h | — | Line listing | 5–6 hours |
| Sun, 15 Aug 2027 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | — | Line listing | 4 hours |
| Sat, 4 Sept 2027 | 10:00–18:00 | ~6.5 h | — | Line listing | 5–6 hours |
| Tue, 14 Sept 2027 | 10:00–18:00 | ~6.5 h | — | Line listing | 5–6 hours |
| Thu, 23 Sept 2027 | 10:00–18:00 | ~6.5 h | — | Line listing | 5–6 hours |
| Sat, 9 Oct 2027 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | — | Line listing | 4 hours |
| Tue, 19 Oct 2027 | 13:00–19:00 | ~4.5 h | — | Line listing | 4 hours |
| Fri, 29 Oct 2027 | 10:00–18:00 | ~6.5 h | — | Line listing | 5–6 hours |
| Fri, 12 Nov 2027 | 07:00–15:00 | ~6.5 h | — | Line listing | 5–6 hours |
*Usable hours = in port, minus 30 minutes to get off and the 60 minutes back on board before departure that every plan on this site keeps. Source: Shimizu Port Cruise Promotion Committee (list of 5 Oct 2026, checked 9 Oct 2026); 2027 from the cruise lines’ published itineraries. Your ship’s daily programme always wins.
What ~4.5 hours ashore gets you
A big-ship day: the gangway, taxi rank and ropeway queue fill fast, so the first hour decides the day.
The rest of this cruise
- 22 Oct Busan
- 24 Oct Hiroshima
- 25 Oct Aburatsu
- 26 Oct Tokushima
- 27 Oct Shimizu — you are here
- 28 Oct Yokohama
- 30 Oct Hakodate
- 31 Oct Aomori
- 1 Nov Akita
From Diamond Princess Sailing Dates & Sailing Calendar on iCruise.com, checked 9 Oct 2026. Other Japanese ports link to our sister guide, Port of Japan.
No guided tour from this port has a start time that fits this clock with the hour before all-aboard kept free — on foot is the plan: 4 hours ashore.
Diamond Princess at Shimizu
When does Diamond Princess visit Shimizu?
27 calls on our list for 2026 and 2027: 23 Feb 2026, 16 Mar 2026, 27 Mar 2026, 7 Apr 2026, 17 May 2026 and 22 more. Dates in 2027 are the cruise line’s published itinerary until the port committee confirms them, about a month ahead.
What time does Diamond Princess arrive in Shimizu?
On the next call (Tue, 27 Oct 2026) she is in port 13:00–19:00. That leaves about 4.5 usable hours ashore once you allow 30 minutes to get off and are back on board 60 minutes before departure.
Where does Diamond Princess dock in Shimizu?
The port committee lists Hinode No.2 Pier for 27 Oct. Most ships use Hinode Pier, a 12-minute walk from S-Pulse Dream Plaza and about 27 minutes from the Kashi-no-Ichi fish market. On busy days a ship can be sent to Okitsu, a container berth you cannot walk out of — then the shuttle bus is the only way into town.
More: getting back to your ship · the complete port guide · every ship that calls · Diamond Princess at other Japanese ports