Japan Discovery – Kyoto & Okinawa

About this cruise

If you've got 12 nights to work with, this sailing from Yokohama on March 28, 2028 through Shimizu, Yatsushiro (Kumamoto), Busan, Hakata (Fukuoka), Naha and Kobe (Osaka) is genuinely one of the better ways to spend them. You do all the exploring first, then the last few days are at sea. It's like a built-in wind-down. Bullet trains visible from the harbour, cherry blossoms, and thousands of years of history. East Asia is a lot to take in. Don't rush through Hakata (Fukuoka), which is known as Tonkotsu ramen capital of Kyushu. Around 12 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. Celebrity Solstice has 10 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. There are enough performances, events, and social mixers on a cruise this length that you couldn't do them all if you tried. And that's a good problem. Yokohama itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. Timing-wise, spring usually means comfortable temperatures and lower prices than peak season. All told, 6 ports across 12 nights covers a lot.