February 2, 2028 – February 13, 2028 · 10 nights · 8 stops
Explora's name for it: A Journey of Beguiling Scenery & Coastal
The itinerary, port by port
8 calls over 10 nights, Tokyo to Hong Kong. Open any port for my full day-ashore guide, what to see, when to go, and how the day actually runs.
Getting there: Flights to Tokyo (HND) open around March 2027, about 11 months before you sail. I track that window for booked clients and flag it the moment it is worth booking. When to book your flights →
A cruise call on Tokyo lands you on Odaiba, a reclaimed island in Tokyo Bay that is itself a waterfront entertainment and shopping district, with the Rainbow Bridge and the city skyline directly across the… Port guide →
Kobe is a compact, cosmopolitan port city wedged between the sea and the Rokko mountains, opened to foreign trade in 1868 and still wearing that history in its Chinatown and hillside foreign quarter. Port guide →
Kochi is the historic spice port of Kerala on India's southwest coast, where Portuguese, Dutch, Arab, Chinese, and Jewish trading layers all left something standing. Port guide →
Naha is the capital of Okinawa and the heart of the old Ryukyu Kingdom, a culture that was its own seafaring nation before it was Japanese. Port guide →
Ishigaki is the hub of the Yaeyama islands at the far southwest end of Okinawa, a subtropical island of coral reefs, white-sand beaches, and turquoise water far closer to Taiwan than to mainland Japan. Port guide →
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Keelung (Taipei)
Keelung is Taipei's working harbor city on Taiwan's rainy north coast, and the draw is what sits a short train ride away: the capital, the lantern-lit hillside of Jiufen, and the wind-carved rock formations…
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Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is Taiwan's southern harbour city, a working port that reinvented its waterfront into one of Asia's most walkable arts-and-design districts.
Hong Kong delivers one of the densest skylines on the planet, a harbor crossed by century-old ferries, and a mountain peak you reach by funicular for the postcard view down over it all. Port guide →
Fares on this departure, decoded
Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:
Invitation to Discover More
Explora's discovery fare, available across most of the calendar. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Early Booking Benefit
A fare for booking far enough ahead of departure. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
The ship and your suite
This sailing is aboard EXPLORA III, all-suite,
every suite with a private ocean-front terrace. Suites run from the entry Ocean Terrace to the Owner's
Residence; the right tier depends on how you travel.
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Send me the dates and the suite tier you have in mind and I'll come back with a confirmed live number and my read on the sailing within two hours. Best available price, and I make it worth more.