Cruise activities in Japan
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Tokyo Cruise
Tokyo Cruise offers reasonably priced rides aboard the suijō bus (water bus) under the 12 bridges up and down the Sumida-gawa and across Tokyo Bay to Odaiba. Its main ports are Hinode Pier near Hamamatsuchō station on the JR Yamanote Line, the former feudal garden Hama Rikyū, Azumabashi Pier near Asakusa and Odaiba. Most fares are under ¥800 but are highest between Asakusa and Odaiba; the boat, Himiko, connects Asakusa and Odaiba nonstop for ¥1520. It was designed especially for the water bus by the cartoonist Matsumoto Reiji and looks like a bug from the future.
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Black Ship Cruises
Black Ship cruises around the bay take about 20 minutes and depart from Shimoda Harbour every 30 minutes. There are three boats per day (9.40am, 11am and 2pm) that leave on a course for Iro-zaki. You can leave the boat at Iro-zaki (one way ¥1530, 40 minutes) and travel by bus northwards up the peninsula, or stay on the boat to return to Shimoda. Note: three boats per day leave on Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday; during holiday seasons the schedule is daily.
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Komatsuya
If you’ve come with a gang and want a very Japanese experience, Komatsuya arranges for groups of 15 and up to cruise the city’s waterways while enjoying Japanese cuisine in a tatami-room setting on a Japanese-style boat, called yakatabune. Even the website is in Japanese.
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Vingt-et-Un
The restaurant boat Vingt-et-un, departing from Takeshiba Pier, has lunch, sunset and dinnertime cruises accompanied by multicourse French meals. The route covers the Tokyo waterfront, Rainbow Bridge, and Odaiba and head downriver toward Haneda Airport before returning. Reservations essential.
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Symphony
Symphony offers two-hour day and evening cruises around the bay, departing from Hinode Pier. If you lunch or dine on board, you’ll pay from ¥5000 to ¥21,000 (including passage) depending on the type of meal you choose.
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