The Japan workhorse — 50 departures, festivals included
Click any port for the full plan: what fits your hours, what to book, what's a walk.
The turnaround city
Mt. Fuji's port
The Pacific port
The volcano's port
Two heavyweights, one day
The festival port
The Kyoto gateway
The morning-market port
The walking port
Plus Busan (Korea), Tokushima, Sakaiminato, Kanazawa, Akita, Niigata, Beppu and more, depending on departure.
The Nebuta (early Aug) and Awa Odori sailings schedule late-night port stays — the rare chance to see Japan’s great festivals from a cruise. They sell out first.
Many Diamond Princess Shimizu calls run roughly 13:00–19:00 — skip the distant Mt. Fuji coach and spend the afternoon at the fish market and waterfront instead.
Nearly every roundtrip slips into Korea for a day. Use an on-time-return operator there — the cruise terminal sits far from the sights.
Yokohama roundtrips from February to November — about 50 departures across 35 itineraries, covering ports like Shimizu, Kochi, Kagoshima, Hiroshima, Aomori, Hakodate and Nagasaki, with Busan as the usual Korea call and festival sailings timed to Nebuta and Awa Odori.
Rather than full overnights, Princess schedules “More Ashore” late-night stays (departures up to midnight) in festival and nightlife ports such as Aomori, Kochi and Tokushima on select 2026 sailings.
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