Welcome to Firefly Squid Boat Tour 2024
Thank you for having an interest in Firefly Squid Boat Tour.
In this boat tour, the sightseeing boat sets off the Namerikawa port one of the largest fishing port inToyama before dawn to off shore fixed net fishing ground.
You can have exclusive experience not only to see fantastic lights of firefly squids but also how
fishermen actually work.

★If you cannot speak Japanese, please email this address : kankousen@hotaruikamuseum.com

Outline of this tour [about 2024]
1. Period: March 30 ~ May 6

2. Boarding Capacity: 40 people
3. Fee: Adult 8,000yen Child 4,000yen (preschool children not allowed)*Tax included

4. Reservation period: January 17 ~5. Reservation method:(↓Reservation period ended)

Ⅰ. January 17 ~ February 7 The accommodations plan ( ticket and staying in Namerikawa )★Please make a reservation to the accommodations where the plan applies .

Ⅱ. February 15 ~May 3 (only ticket) Apply from our web site *You can make a reservation from 45 days ago.
*Please forgive us if the seats are full.
6. The Meeting Place: Hotaruika Museum (410 Nakagawara, Namerikawa, Toyama, 936-0021)
7. Parking: Roadside Station “Wave Park Namerikawa” (410 Nakagawara, Namerikawa, Toyama, 936-0021)

Cautionary Points■This is the tour to watch firefly squid fishing, not to participate.
■Only children are not allowed on this boat without their guardians.
■It is operated during the coldest time of day, before dawn or at dawn. Please protect yourself against
cold weather.
■The deck of the boat and the port are wet. Please wear non-slip shoes.
■I’m very sorry, people in wheelchairs and ones with difficulty in walking cannot participate in this tour.
■We do not sell any medicine.
■For accident prevention, you are forbidden to take something long into the boat, for example an umbrella
or a tripod of the camera. If it rains, please wear a rain jacket.
■Sea water spray and squid’s ink sometimes may hang to you. Please come with clothes which you would
not mind getting dirty.
■Please manage your baggage by yourself. We will not take any responsibility for any trouble or damage.
■Please do not do the flash photography to keep the visibility of the fishermen and other visitors.
■No animal can get into the boat even if it’s a service animal. There is no service to keep your pet.
■We might judge the cancellation of the tour just before the departure, depending on the sea condition.
■Even if the boat goes for the fishing place, you might not see the lights of firefly squids due to poor catch.
Please be understanding because of the sightseeing with natural environments.
■Even if the boat departed from the port, we might cancel the tour in a hurry, due to the change of sudden
natural environments.Regardless of departure or cancellation, all transportation costs incurred by thecustomer will be borne by the customer.
There is no place to wait.

Meeting time is 2am. Public transportation is not operating.

Accommodations in Namekawa City have plans that include transportation,

so you can move around on foot. Highly recommended.

Schedule of that day

Accommodations in Namekawa City

1:00a.m. We announce the decision of sailing or cancellation, in SNS.
Instagram hotaruika_kaijoukanko☜X [Twitter] @FireflySquid_ _*In the case of the cancellation, you do not need to arrive at meeting place.

●In the case of voyage
2:00a.m. Check in at the reception desk at the souvenir shop of Hotaruika Museum
2:20a.m. Induction to the boat
2:30a.m. Departure from the port to the fishing place of the firefly squid
Please enjoy the fantasic lights of the firefly squid
4:00a.m. Return to the port
This is just a rough standard. There might be some changes, due to the situation of the fishing,
the weather, the sea.

●In the case of cancellation

You do not need to arrive at meeting place.
You can enter the Hotaruika Museum during the day on the day of your boarding reservation.
＊9:00~17:00 (Please enter by 16:30)＊No admission fee required. Please tell your name and number of people at the reception desk.