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Diamond’s sister joins — Japan’s biggest season doubles up
Diamond’s sister joins — Japan’s biggest season doubles up
Sister ships, same line, same home region: our Diamond Princess port notes — berths, shuttle patterns, festival timing — carry over almost unchanged. Every port page linked below applies.
Princess announced this as its largest Japan season ever; cherry-blossom departures on Diamond have historically sold out first, and 41 sailings will not change that pattern.
Roundtrips typically slip into Busan — and with Taiwan in the 2027 program, southern loops add Keelung. Both are covered on this site.
Tokyo-region roundtrips from March to November 2027 — 41 departures visiting 35 cities across Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, announced by Princess as part of its largest-ever Japan deployment alongside Diamond Princess. Named ports include Hakodate, Kanazawa, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Kochi, Naha and Busan.
Near enough to plan by: they are sister ships, both built at Mitsubishi’s Nagasaki yard, running the same line’s Japan program. Cabin layouts, onboard rhythm and — usefully — port logistics are essentially shared, so every Diamond-era port note on this site applies.
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