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Star Voyager

Hong Kong’s Okinawa ship — Naha and Miyakojima

2 Japanese portsJanuary to December 2027 on the port listsOne guide each

Same line: Star Navigator · StarDream Cruises (StarCruises): the line guide

Photo: Bahnfrend / CC BY-SA 4.0 · shown as Dawn Princess, her earlier name
Your voyage · from the official port schedules

Star Voyager, port by port along your cruise

Date, port, berth, the hours you can actually use ashore and the time to be back at the gangway. Pick the date your cruise starts and the ports of that sailing line up here; otherwise these are the next 12 of 90 listed calls, through Wed, 29 Dec 2027.

DatePortBerthIn portUsable*Be back by
Tue, 5 Jan 2027MiyakojimaHirara Port cruise berth08:00–18:00~8 h16:30
Wed, 6 Jan 2027NahaTomari Wharf No.8 (Naha Cruise Terminal)07:00–18:00~9 h16:30
Tue, 12 Jan 2027MiyakojimaHirara Port cruise berth08:00–18:00~8 h16:30
Wed, 13 Jan 2027NahaTomari Wharf No.8 (Naha Cruise Terminal)07:00–18:00~9 h16:30
Wed, 20 Jan 2027NahaTomari Wharf No.8 (Naha Cruise Terminal)07:00–18:00~9 h16:30
Tue, 26 Jan 2027NahaTomari Wharf No.8 (Naha Cruise Terminal)15:00–23:59~6.5 h22:29
Wed, 27 Jan 2027MiyakojimaHirara Port cruise berth08:00–18:00~8 h16:30
Tue, 2 Feb 2027MiyakojimaHirara Port cruise berth08:00–18:00~8 h16:30
Wed, 3 Feb 2027NahaTomari Wharf No.8 (Naha Cruise Terminal)07:00–18:00~9 h16:30
Wed, 10 Feb 2027NahaTomari Wharf No.8 (Naha Cruise Terminal)07:00–18:00~9 h16:30
Tue, 16 Feb 2027MiyakojimaHirara Port cruise berth08:00–18:00~8 h16:30
Wed, 17 Feb 2027NahaTomari Wharf No.8 (Naha Cruise Terminal)07:00–18:00~9 h16:30

* Usable = time in port minus 2 hours: half an hour to get ashore, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, and back at the gangway an hour before that. "Be back by" is that gangway time. Schedules change; the port's own list is the reference.

Calls from the port authorities' schedules · checked · Takumi Yamada

Berths, decoded

Where does Star Voyager dock in Japan?

The berth decides your day. Port by port, with the one guided day that fits the call most ships make there.

Every call, with dates

Ninety Okinawa calls on the 2027 port lists, 52 at Naha and 38 at Miyakojima, on cruises from Hong Kong and a few from Xiamen. She calls nowhere else in Japan.

The ship
77,441 GT · 1,998 guests
Built 1997 by Fincantieri as Dawn Princess; P&O Australia’s Pacific Explorer 2017–2025; Star Voyager since 2025
Flag
Bahamas
Hong Kong departures mean every cruise begins with an immigration call at Naha or Miyakojima, whichever comes first
Typical call
07:00–18:00 or 08:00–18:00
50 and 38 calls respectively; two evening calls run to midnight
Berths
Tomari Wharf No.8 · Hirara Port
45 of 52 Naha calls at Tomari Wharf No.8 (Naha Cruise Terminal), 7 at the 2nd Cruise Berth; all 38 Miyakojima calls at Hirara Port’s cruise berth
Know your ship

Three things Star Voyager passengers should know

The ports booked her; the line has not yet published 2027

These 90 calls are berth bookings on the Naha and Hirara port systems, which the line can still move. Check the ship × port page for your date before you plan a day around it.

Naha or Miyakojima is your entry port

Everyone clears Japanese immigration in person at the first call of each cruise; the queue is the first hour. The ship × port pages show which call is the entry call.

Photo note

Our photograph shows the ship as Dawn Princess at Fremantle in 2016 — same hull, two names later.

Quick answers

Questions Star Voyager passengers ask

Where does Star Voyager dock in Naha?

At Tomari Wharf No.8 (Naha Cruise Terminal) on 45 of her 52 listed 2027 calls; the other 7 use the 2nd Cruise Berth on Shinko Wharf No.12. Our Naha page gives the walk and taxi times from each.

Does Star Voyager call anywhere in Japan besides Okinawa?

Not on the 2027 port lists: 90 calls, every one at Naha or Miyakojima (Hirara Port).

How long is a Star Voyager call?

Eleven hours in port on 50 calls (07:00–18:00) and ten on 38 (08:00–18:00): about nine or eight usable hours, which fits every plan on our Naha and Miyakojima pages.

Planning the whole voyage? Read the four Japan cruise loops, explained — and whatever the port, be back aboard 60 minutes early.