Marine Port Kagoshima
Main cruise berth on a reclaimed island in the Chuo-ko district, with a terminal building and taxi rank; it handles most cruise calls, including the largest ships. Shuttle availability depends on the ship.
Kagoshima, Japan
No cruise ships are scheduled in Kagoshima today, Monday 16 November 2026. The next is Star Navigator on Tuesday 17 November. Over the next 12 months, 116 calls bring about 220,000 passengers; the busiest day is Saturday 15 May 2027, with 2 ships.
Ship schedule
Next 10 calls · all times local (Japan Standard Time)
November 2026
Star Navigator
Star Cruises1,856 passengers
Tue 17 Nov
ArrivalNot yet published
DepartureNot yet published
December 2026
January 2027
Showing 10 of the next 50 calls
Cruise Ships in Kagoshima
Today and the next 7 days · all times local (Japan Standard Time)
Today · Mon 16 NovNo ships
0 people in port
No cruise ships today
Next 7 days
Quietest: Tue 17 Nov · busiest: Thu 19 Nov- Mon16 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Tue17 Nov3.2kPeak1 ship
- Wed18 Nov3.4kPeak1 ship
- Thu19 Nov3.8kPeak1 ship
- Fri20 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Sat21 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Sun22 Nov–No ships0 ships
Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Kagoshima day.
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The crowd calendar shows every ship and how busy the port is, hour by hour, plus the quietest and busiest days for the next 90 days.
Getting to the Kagoshima cruise port
Tenmonkan / Kagoshima-Chuo Station → Marine Port Kagoshima
7–8 km · ~20 min by car
Most passengers use the cruise-line shuttle when one runs, or a taxi from the rank in front of the terminal.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Port shuttle (ship-dependent)
Variesper person
~30 min
The shuttle fare varies by cruise line (free on some ships, paid on others); runs to Tenmonkan or Kagoshima-Chuo, usually every 30–60 minutes. Check with your cruise line.
Taxi
JPY 2500–3100per vehicle
20–30 min
Approximate metered fare. Taxi rank in front of the terminal; queues of about 30 minutes possible on big-ship days. Pre-booked taxis can meet passengers closer to the ship.
Walk to Wakita + city tram Line 1
JPY 200per person
55–60 min
Approximate fare. About 27 minutes on foot to Wakita tram stop, then a flat-fare tram (JPY 200 from 2026-08-01); one-day pass JPY 700.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Driving to the port
Kagoshima City View loop bus (JPY 230 per ride; one-day pass JPY 700, which also covers trams) links Tenmonkan and Kagoshima-Chuo Station with Sengan-en and Shiroyama.
Kagoshima Cruise Terminals
2 terminals
Kita-futo (North Pier) Passenger Terminal
Downtown berth in the Honko harbor for smaller ships (about 60,000-ton class), shared with Amami-route ferries; walkable to the Sakurajima ferry and Tenmonkan.
Eating in Kagoshima
- Coffee per item
- JPY 500–540
- Soft drink per item
- JPY 300
- Street food per item
- JPY 700–950
- Casual lunch per person
- JPY 900–2390
- Breakfast per person
- JPY 530–700
- Restaurant dinner per person
- JPY 2000–3000
- Bottled water per item
- JPY 90
Prices are approximate, in JPY. Coffee and soft drinks are from a Tenmonkan cafe. Breakfast is a set breakfast; lunch ranges from ramen (about ¥900) to a tonkatsu set meal; dinner is kurobuta pork shabu-shabu, per person; water is about ¥90 for 500 ml from a vending machine; street food is a shirokuma shaved ice.
Where to eat
Tenmonkan arcades
Covered central shopping district with kurobuta tonkatsu, Kagoshima ramen and the original shirokuma shaved-ice shop, Tenmonkan Mujyaki.
Kagoshima-Chuo Station / Amu Plaza
Station mall area served by the port shuttle, with restaurants including a Mujyaki branch.
Destination
About Kagoshima
Kagoshima is the capital of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southern tip of Kyushu. It sits on Kinko Bay facing Sakurajima, an active volcano a 15-minute ferry ride from the city that often puffs ash. The city was the seat of the Shimadzu lords of the Satsuma domain and played a central role in Japan's Meiji Restoration; sites linked to Saigo Takamori and the Shimadzu villa garden of Sengan-en recall that history.
Tenmonkan, the covered shopping and dining district, is southern Kyushu's busiest entertainment area. Local specialties include Kagoshima kurobuta black pork, Kagoshima ramen, satsuma-age fish cakes, shochu and the shirokuma shaved-ice dessert.
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Currency
- JPY
Things to Do in Kagoshima
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Sengan-en
The Shimadzu lords' bayside villa garden 'borrows' Sakurajima as its backdrop; admission (JPY 1,600 adults) includes the palace and the Shoko Shuseikan museum. About 11 km and 25–30 minutes by car from Marine Port; also on the City View bus.
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Sakurajima
A 15-minute ferry ride (JPY 250 adults) crosses to the active volcano. Yunohira Observatory, at 373 m the highest point open to the public, is about 40 minutes from the ferry port on the Sakurajima Island View bus.
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Shiroyama Observatory
A hilltop park and observatory above the city center with a classic view of Kagoshima, Kinko Bay and Sakurajima, reached by bus or taxi, or by walking trails from near Tenmonkan.
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Tenmonkan
Southern Kyushu's main shopping and dining district under covered arcades, good for kurobuta pork, Kagoshima ramen and shirokuma; it is the shuttle's main town stop and close to the Saigo Takamori statue.