Port of embarkation / Route
You can board from either Pearl Island & Toba Aquarium Pick Up / Drop off Dock or Toba Marine Terminal.
Boarding port with convenient access
Approximately 5-10 minutes on foot from Kintetsu and JR Toba Station!
Tourist attractions also nearby
Toba Aquarium and Mikimoto Pearl Island within walking distance
Course description
Mitsushima Island
At the beginning of your cruise, you can see Mitsushima Island, composed of three islands in a row and one of the most well-known sights in Toba. The islands are beloved by local residents as well.
If you look closely, you can see a slightly more than 2-meter-tall statue of Hitotsuba Kannon enshrined between the second and third islands from the left to serve as a guardian deity of the sea. When viewing it, you can feel the level of devotion by which those whose jobs are related to the ocean and ships pray for safety at sea.
The Toba cityscape
As the lights guiding ships toward the entrance to Toba Port come into view, you will catch sight of the Toba cityscape, with stone walls of castle ruins across the hilly terrain, and monuments and tourist spots that have attracted attention on social media.
The view from the sea is an overlap of the historical and the modern, and your level of excitement will rise once again even though you’re in the latter half of the cruise.
Ship information
- Flower Mermaid
- Ryugujo
- Mitsushima
(Small ship)
Flower Mermaid
The hull has a modern-style, flowing form. The port side is decorated with hamanadeshiko, the official flower of Toba City, and the starboard side with hamayu, the flower representing Ise-Shima, for a unique design that makes it look like a different ship depending on the direction from which you view it.
| Data | |
|---|---|
| Passenger capacity | 360 passengers |
| Gross tonnage | Approx. 199 tons |
| Cruising speed | Approx. 12 knots |
| Seating capacity | Level 1: 69 seats / Level 2: 62 seats |
| Overall length / width | 39.0m / 7.1m |
Mermaids welcome you as you board the ship.
Take your time and relax in the elegant ship.
The open deck offers
a great sense of spaciousness
as well as the sight of giant seagulls!
Ryugujo
The exterior of the ship is decorated to look like the dream world of Dragon Palace. The hull is decorated with three-dimensional ornaments depicting Urashima Taro, Otohime, turtles, sea bream, flatfish, and shrimp, which all appeared in the legend of the Dragon Palace, as well as depictions of kelp reminiscent of the ocean floor.
| Data | |
|---|---|
| Passenger capacity | 360 passengers |
| Gross tonnage | Approx. 199 tons |
| Cruising speed | Approx. 11 knots |
| Seating capacity | Level 1: 71 seats / Level 2: 66 seats |
| Overall length / width | 34.4m / 7.5m |
Unique decorations depicting the world of
Urashima Taro are an attraction all on their own.
Open deck with a great sense of spaciousness.
You can enjoy the scenery in elegance.
Mitsushima(Small ship)
The small hull, about the same size as a large sightseeing bus, makes the ship to be agile, and allows passengers to experience the sea surface and breeze close at hand.
| Data | |
|---|---|
| Passenger capacity | 85 passengers |
| Gross tonnage | Approx. 19 tons |
| Cruising speed | Approx. 15 knots |
| Seating capacity | 74 seats |
| Overall length / width | 16.00m / 7.1m |
*The Conditions of Carriage (Passenger Transportation Section) apply to the use of this service.