Gilded Shogun Circuit – Hakodate, Busan & Kobe

About this cruise

You won't run out of things to do on a trip this long, but you also won't feel like you have to do any of them. 20 nights from Tokyo on May 9, 2027, visiting Hakodate, Niigata and Busan, with additional stops along the Japan, Korea, China & Taiwan. There's a stretch of back-to-back port days, so those days are busy, but the sea days around them give you time to recharge. Karaoke bars, hot springs, and temples draped in moss. East Asia does culture and chaos in equal measure. Most ports give you about 9 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, From casual buffets to proper sit-down restaurants, Sapphire Princess has 14 dining spots on board, most of them included. By night three you start recognising faces; by night ten you're swapping numbers. That's the magic of a longer sailing. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. Good route, good ship, good timing. It all lines up.