Pacific Crossing – Tokyo from San Francisco

About this cruise

16 nights starts to feel like a proper adventure. You leave San Francisco on October 2, 2027 and the route takes you through Ketchikan, Icy Strait Point, Otaru (Sapporo), Aomori and Tokyo at a pace where there's never any need to rush. Disembarkation is in Tokyo. You ease into this one, with a few sea days up front to find your rhythm before the 5 port calls start. 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 Icy Strait Point, Wilderness at the edge of the Inside Passage. Around 9 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. You won't go hungry on Carnival Luminosa. 6 restaurants come with the fare, plus 3 more when you feel like treating yourself. 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. 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.