The overnight specialists — Shimizu and Hiroshima, unhurried
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The bookend capital
Mt. Fuji's port
Two heavyweights, one day
The volcano's port
The walking port
Plus Beppu, Osaka, Keelung (Taipei) and Hong Kong (overnight).
With the overnight, you can do what day-callers can’t: Miho’s pines at golden hour AND the Nihondaira–Kunozan loop, with the fish market for lunch both days.
Your overnight lets the Peace Memorial and Miyajima each get a full, unhurried half-day — the schedule puzzle every day-caller faces simply disappears.
Overnight ports mean you’re ashore before the day-trip crowds. Fushimi-style early starts apply everywhere.
On the 2026 Far Eastern Horizons itinerary (Hong Kong ↔ Tokyo, Venus and Orion), Viking overnights in Tokyo, Shimizu and Hiroshima — plus Hong Kong — giving two full days in the Mt. Fuji port and Hiroshima that day-calling ships never get.
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