Dragon's Wake – Tokyo, Bangkok & Singapore

About this cruise

You come back from a trip like this actually rested, not just "I went on vacation" rested. 42 nights from Tokyo on January 23, 2027, visiting Kagoshima, Naha and Kaohsiung, with additional stops along the Southeast Asia. Expect a run of consecutive ports, 19 stops total, with the busiest days packed close together. The sea days around them feel earned. The route threads through 8 countries along the Southeast Asia coast: Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia. Don't rush through Keelung, which is known as Taiwan's rainy harbour of night-market magic. Roughly 11 hours ashore per stop. No need to rush. Sapphire Princess has 14 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. With more nights comes more time for the ship's rhythm to kick in: morning coffee in the same spot, evening shows, late-night conversations on deck. Tokyo itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. And a January cruise to warmer water? Hard to argue with that when it's cold at home. All told, 19 ports across 42 nights covers a lot.