Samurai Coastline – Busan, Hiroshima & Kagoshima

About this cruise

Somewhere around day five the ship stops being transport and starts being home. This 16-night sailing from Yokohama on April 30, 2028 visits Nagasaki, Busan and Kochi, with additional stops along the Japan, Korea, China & Taiwan. Last stop: Tokyo. 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 9 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, From casual buffets to proper sit-down restaurants, Diamond Princess has 12 dining spots on board, most of them included. By night three you start recognising faces; by night ten you're swapping numbers. That's the magic of a longer sailing. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. Good route, good ship, good timing. It all lines up.