Samurai Ring – Hakodate, Busan & Hiroshima

About this cruise

If you've got 22 nights to work with, this sailing from Tokyo on May 5, 2028 through Hakodate, Niigata and Busan, with additional stops along the Japan, Korea, China & Taiwan is genuinely one of the better ways to spend them. 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. Don't rush through Kobe (Osaka), which is known as Where Wagyu beef meets harbour-side elegance. Around 9 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. Sapphire Princess has 14 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. Tokyo itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. Timing-wise, spring usually means comfortable temperatures and lower prices than peak season. All told, 10 ports across 22 nights covers a lot.