Kagoshima cruise crowd calendar

Kagoshima, Japan

How many cruise ships and people are in Kagoshima today and on the days ahead, and which days are quietest to sail or visit.

Friday 27 November 2026 · all times local (Japan Standard Time)

Today · Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29
Kagoshima port guide and schedule

In port on Fri 27 Nov

Busy

3,810

people in port · 2,710 guests + 1,100 crew

21% busier than a typical day in Kagoshima.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
09:00 – 18:00
See the crowd calendar

How busy Kagoshima is on Fri 27 Nov

Friday 27 November 2026 · 1 ship · 3,810 people · all times local (Japan Standard Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals

People are guests at standard occupancy (two per cabin) plus crew. Turnaround ships also move about as many boarding guests through the terminals as the ones leaving.

When the port is busiest on Fri 27 Nov

Most people in port 09:00 – 18:00: 3,810 people on 1 ship.

Diamond Princess
09:00 – 18:00 · Port of call
People in port
06:0009:0012:0015:0018:00

How busy is Kagoshima? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Kagoshima day. Select a day to see its ships.

Later months
  • No ships nothing scheduled
  • Quiet under half a typical day
  • Light 50–85% of typical
  • Typical 85–115%
  • Busy 115–150%
  • Peak over 150%

Numbers are thousands of people. Earlier days this month are faded and today is outlined.

Busiest and quietest days of the week

Fridays are the busiest and Sundays the quietest over the next 90 days.

  • Monday
    611
  • Tuesday
    785
  • Wednesday
    888
  • Thursday
    318
  • Friday
    1.3K
  • Saturday
    400
  • Sunday
    0

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 334
    Quiet
  2. Fri 6 Nov
    1 ship
    826
    Quiet
  3. 862
    Quiet
  4. Mon 2 Nov
    1 ship
    1,007
    Quiet
  5. 1,395
    Quiet

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 5,797
    Peak
  2. 5,797
    Peak
  3. 5,797
    Peak
  4. Sat 7 Nov
    1 ship
    3,810
    Busy
  5. 3,810
    Busy

Kagoshima port traffic, next 90 days

People in port per day · Fri 23 Oct – Wed 20 Jan

Ship calls
20
Daily average
624
people in port
Busiest day
5,797
Wed 25 Nov · 1 ships
Days with ships
18 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Kagoshima

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Kagoshima crowd calendar questions

Each ship counts its guests at standard occupancy (two per cabin) plus its crew. A ship without a published capacity is listed in the schedule but not counted.

It compares the day with a typical Kagoshima day with ships. Quiet is under half of that, Light 50–85%, Typical 85–115%, Busy 115–150% and Peak more than one and a half times. Each port is compared with itself, so a Busy day in a small port has far fewer people than one in a big homeport.

Most ships call at Kagoshima for the day: they arrive in the morning and leave in the late afternoon, so the town and its sights are busiest in between.

The calendar covers this month and the next 11 months of published itineraries. Lines add and change calls, so dates further out can still move.

Yes. Arrival and departure times move with weather and port operations. Always confirm with your cruise line and the port before you travel.