Pacific Crossing – Tokyo from San Francisco

A 19-night cruise from San Francisco to Tokyo, sailing on the evening of 20 September. It calls at Ketchikan, the Icy Strait Point, Hubbard Glacier, Otaru (Sapporo), Aomori, Shimizu and Kobe (Osaka), with 11 days at sea along the way. The stops are in the United States and Japan, and calls last 9 to 11 hours. Typical highs for the time of year run from 13°C in Hubbard Glacier to 22°C in Kobe (Osaka) (55 to 72°F). The cruise ends in Tokyo on the morning of 9 October. Carnival Luminosa (2009) carries up to 2,826 guests on 12 decks and has 9 restaurants, 6 of them included in the fare.