{"id":10285,"date":"2019-02-19T08:12:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T00:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=10285"},"modified":"2019-02-26T17:31:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T09:31:41","slug":"japan-travel-dolphin-watching-in-itsuwa-amakusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2019\/02\/19\/japan-travel-dolphin-watching-in-itsuwa-amakusa\/","title":{"rendered":"JAPAN TRAVEL: Dolphin-Watching in Itsuwa, Amakusa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join a dolphin cruise in Amakusa if you want to see dolphins in their own natural habitat!<\/p>\n

\"\"Dolphin-watching in Itsuwa<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

All-year-round, tourists can experience a one-of-a-kind adventure with the famed dolphins of Amakusa. In the city of Amakusa in Kumamoto, dolphin cruise<\/strong> is one of the most popular tourist activities to experience. This family-friendly activity lets you see wild dolphins enjoy swimming in the seas.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dolphin Cruise in Amakusa is a fun experience you shouldn\u2019t miss!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In this cruise, a local fisherman who knows the way to where the dolphins are will take you to different points where dolphins can be visibly seen.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201dIrukawa Iruka!\u201d Locals say that when you do this chant, dolphins will come near you!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Dolphins that live offshore are Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins, which are dark gray in color and are normally found around India, South China, and Northern Australia. Dolphin pod swim around the waters freely and tourists can see them even if it\u2019s rainy or even during winter. However, since they are wild, they travel too far. In some occasions, it takes some time to find them.<\/p>\n

\"\"More than 200 dolphins live in Amakusa seas. The best months to see them are January and February.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Aside from dolphin-watching, there are tours available that offer dolphin watching and fishing at the same time.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"Dolphin Cruise Amakusa<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Encounter these fun-loving sea creatures in Amakusa at the Dolphin Cruise! Make a reservation now.<\/p>\n

How to get here:
\n<\/strong>If coming from Kumamoto City by car, a ride takes about 2 hours from the city proper to Hondo City Amakusa, to Dolphin Cruise.
\nIf coming from Kumamoto Airport, transfer to Amakusa Airport and go to Dolphin Cruise by car in 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

General Information:
\n<\/strong>Address: Hutae 4689-10, Itsuwa-machi, Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture (Dolphin Cruise Amakusa)
\nOperating Hours: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
\nContact: +81-969-33-0881
\nWebsite: http:\/\/dolphincruise.jp\/etop.html
\n<\/a>Departure time in the morning: 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
\nDeparture time in the afternoon: 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Price:
\n<\/strong>Adult (older than junior high school students) \u00a52,250
\nChildren (elementary students) \u00a51,350
\nToddler (2 to 6 yrs old) \u00a5450
\nInfant (two years old and below) free<\/p>\n

\n

This first appeared in Philippine Primer magazine’s February 2019 issue.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Kumamoto Prefecture, dolphin cruise is one of the most popular tourist activities to do in Amakusa. This family-friendly activity lets you see wild dolphins enjoy swimming in the seas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[562,565,1856,64,71,974,1917],"tags":[1861,1862,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895],"class_list":["post-10285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-japan-international","category-kumamoto-prefecture","category-nature","category-tourist-spot","category-amakusa-spot","category-kumamoto-spot-2019","tag-amakusa","tag-kumamoto-prefecture","tag-tourist-spots-in-japan","tag-dolphin-watching-in-japan","tag-dolphins-in-japan","tag-dolphin-watching","tag-amakusa-spots"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10295,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285\/revisions\/10295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}