Ocean Discovery – Kobe/Osaka, Kochi & Busan

About this cruise

12 nights starts to feel like a proper adventure. You leave Yokohama on September 24, 2028 and the route takes you through Kobe (Osaka), Kochi, Busan, Nagasaki, Kagoshima and Shimizu at a pace where there's never any need to rush. A few ports come in quick succession, which is great for sightseeing but means you'll appreciate the sea days when they arrive. Bullet trains visible from the harbour, cherry blossoms, and thousands of years of history. East Asia is a lot to take in. If one port sticks with you, it'll probably be Shimizu, Mount Fuji's closest port with tea plantation views. 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. The autumn timing is underrated too. Good weather, calmer seas, and a more relaxed ship. It's the kind of trip you actually remember afterwards.