Japanese Archipelago – Tokyo to Hong Kong

About this cruise

You sail from Tokyo on November 29, 2027 and spend 10 nights visiting Shimizu, Kobe (Osaka) and Kochi, with additional stops along the Japan, Korea, China & Taiwan. It's a well-tested route and there's a reason people keep booking it. You finish in Hong Kong. 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. The route threads through 3 countries along the Japan, Korea, China & Taiwan coast: Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Most ports give you about 9 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, There are 13 restaurants on Norwegian Jade, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 10 nights. By night three you start recognising faces; by night ten you're swapping numbers. That's the magic of a longer sailing. Being shoulder season helps: golden light, comfortable weather, and shorter queues at the popular spots. You'll probably start planning the next one before this one's even over.