East Asian Crescent – Busan, Kobe & Keelung

About this cruise

Somewhere around day five the ship stops being transport and starts being home. This 18-night sailing from Yokohama on June 14, 2027 visits Toba-Mie, Kobe (Osaka) and Nagasaki, with additional stops along the Japan, Korea, China & Taiwan. The ports come early and the voyage wraps with sea days. A good way to decompress before heading home. The route threads through 3 countries along the Japan, Korea, China & Taiwan coast: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Most ports give you about 9 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, Diamond Princess has 12 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. By night three you start recognising faces; by night ten you're swapping numbers. That's the magic of a longer sailing. It's peak season, so the weather is at its best and the ship will be full. That's part of the fun. 18 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.