9 nights, Tokyo to Tokyo

The itinerary, port by port

7 calls over 9 nights, round-trip from 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 Tokyo (HND) open around November 2026, 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 →

1. Embark
   Tokyo

   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 →

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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.

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   Aomori

   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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   Akita

   Akita is a working port city on the northwest coast of Honshu, the gateway to the rice and sake country of the Tohoku region.

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   Kanazawa

   Kanazawa is the former castle town of the wealthy Maeda clan on the Sea of Japan coast, a city that escaped wartime bombing and kept its Edo-era fabric intact.

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   Busan

   Busan is South Korea's second city and busiest port, a coastal sprawl of beaches, mountain temples, seafood markets, and a hillside village painted every color. Port guide →

7. Disembark
   Nagoya

   Nagoya is Japan's industrial heartland on Ise Bay, a working manufacturing city better known for Toyota and Nagoya Castle than for tourism. Port guide →