Ocean Discovery – Toba, Kochi & Kagoshima

About this cruise

Somewhere around day five the ship stops being transport and starts being home. This 11-night sailing from Tokyo on June 14, 2028 visits Toba-Mie, Kochi and Kagoshima, 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 11 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, There are 14 restaurants on Sapphire Princess, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 11 nights. 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. 11 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.