September 9, 2028 – September 26, 2028 · 16 nights · 8 stops
Explora's name for it: A Grand Journey through Pacific Frontiers to the Heart of Japan
The itinerary, port by port
8 calls over 16 nights, Vancouver to Tokyo. 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 Vancouver (YVR) open around October 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 →
Vancouver is the embarkation city for most Alaska sailings, a coastal Canadian metropolis pinned between the harbor and the Coast Mountains, with a forested 1,000-acre park at its tip. Port guide →
Ketchikan is Alaska's southernmost cruise town, a steep fishing port wedged between the Tongass rainforest and the Inside Passage on Revillagigedo Island. Port guide →
Seward sits at the head of Resurrection Bay on the Kenai Peninsula and is the gateway port to Kenai Fjords National Park, where tidewater glaciers calve into the sea and humpbacks, orcas, sea otters and… Port guide →
Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island is a remote fishing town far out in the Aleutians, best known as the Deadliest Catch home port and as one of the busiest seafood ports in the country. Port guide →
Kushiro is a working fishing and port city on the misty southeast coast of Hokkaido, and the reason ships call is the country beyond it: Kushiro Shitsugen, Japan's largest marshland, and the red-crowned… Port guide →
Aomori sits at the northern tip of Japan's main island of Honshu, a working bayfront city whose cruise wharf opens directly onto its waterfront attractions. Port guide →
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Hakodate
Hakodate sits at the southern tip of Hokkaido, where Japan first opened to foreign trade, and it wears that history in a hillside of Western-style churches and consulates above a working fishing harbor.
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 →
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.