Two ships, two seasons — spring circle and autumn one-way
Click any port for the full plan: what fits your hours, what to book, what's a walk.
The bookend capital
Mt. Fuji's port
The Kyoto gateway
The Pacific port
Two heavyweights, one day
The volcano's port
The gold-leaf port
The morning-market port
The Korea day
Plus Fukuoka, Sasebo, Miyako (Iwate), Jeju and Incheon (Seoul), depending on ship.
Kanazawa and Hakodate join the classic loop — two ports most Pacific itineraries skip. Kenroku-en garden alone justifies the Kanazawa call.
Busan, Jeju AND Incheon on one sailing — treat the Korean days as a first-class destination, not a formality.
Some smaller ports use tenders — mobility planning matters more than on the mega-ships.
Two ships split the year: Silver Nova runs an April 14-night Tokyo roundtrip (Shimizu, Kobe overnight, Fukuoka, Busan, Kanazawa, Hakodate, Miyako), and Silver Moon runs a 17-day October voyage adding Korea — Kochi, Hiroshima, Busan, Jeju, Incheon, Sasebo, Kagoshima and Shimizu.
PORT OF JAPAN