Samurai Shrines – Busan, Nagasaki & Hiroshima

About this cruise

Long enough to properly switch off but not so long you need to reorganise your entire life. This 10-night round-trip sailing from Tokyo on March 19, 2028 visits Kagoshima, Nagasaki and Busan, with additional stops along the Japan, Korea, China & Taiwan. Expect a run of consecutive ports, 7 stops total, with the busiest days packed close together. The sea days around them feel earned. Street food that'll ruin you for takeaway back home, ancient shrines, and cities that run like clockwork. Keep an eye out for Hiroshima: A city of peace, resilience, and hope. Roughly 9 hours ashore per stop. No need to rush. There are 14 restaurants on Sapphire Princess, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 10 nights. With more nights comes more time for the ship's rhythm to kick in: morning coffee in the same spot, evening shows, late-night conversations on deck. Tokyo itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. And March is a good time to go. Mild weather, things starting to bloom, and fewer people than summer. That's 10 nights well spent.