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MAP of CRUISE PORTS in JAPAN and Sample Itineraries Large Ship 80,000 tons or larger Midsize Ship 40,000 tons or larger, below 80,000 tons Small Ship Below 40,000 tons For Midsize Ship For Large Ship For Midsize Ship For Small Ship For Large Ship Crown Jewels of Historical Japan Highlights of Japan Traditional Summer Matsuri Festival in August 6days [from Kanazawa] 12days [from Hong Kong] 10days [from Shanghai] TOKYO SHIMIZU ● KOBE ● ● HIROSHIMA ● AOMORI ● ● ● NIIGATA ●AKITA NAGASAKI ● KANMON BRIDGE ●KAGOSHIMA KANAZAWA Higashi Chaya Teahouse District (Kanazawa) Kiyomizu-dera Temple (Kyoto) Night View from Mt. Nabekanmuri (Nagasaki) Miyajima (Hiroshima) Nebuta Festival (Aomori) Aomori Fireworks Festival (Aomori) ULSAN ● ● KYOTO ● HAKATA KEELUNG ● SHANGHAI HONG KONG MAP of CRUISE PORTS Ama-no-Hashidate (Kyoto) Hoshitouge (Niigata) Mt. Fuji (Shimizu) Imperial Palace (Tokyo) Akita Kanto Festival (Akita) Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine (Hakata) *Regulations apply on navigation through Kanmon Bridge, such as height limit. in For Midsize Ship For Small Ship For Midsize Ship For Small Ship For Large Ship JAPAN and Sample Itineraries Visit Havens in Seto Inland Sea Visit Tropical Islands Autumn Color Cruise 9days [from Kobe] 11days [from Hong Kong] 8days [from Shanghai] ABURATSU ● KANMON BRIDGE ● FUSHIKI- BUSAN ● ONOMICHI KOBE ● TOYAMA UNO SAKAI ● ● ● ●● IWAKUNI Kintaikyo Bridge (Iwakuni) Umi-jigoku (Beppu) Kabira Bay (Ishigaki) Sunayama Beach (Hirara) KANMON BRIDGE Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route(Fushiki-Toyama) Mt. Daisen (Sakai) ● ● TAKAMATSU NAHA ● XIAMEN SHIMONOSEKI ● ● BEPPU ● ● HIRARA HONG KONG ISHIGAKI SHANGHAI Mt. Ryuo (Onomichi) Ritsurin Garden (Takamatsu) Shurijo Castle (Naha) Cape Toi (Aburatsu) Adachi Museum (Sakai) Kanmon Straits (Shimonoseki) *Regulations apply on navigation through Kanmon Bridge, such as height limit. *Regulations apply on navigation through Kanmon Bridge, such as height limit. https://www.japan.travel/en *Normally maple can be seen from early October until mid-November. For Midsize Ship For Midsize Ship For Small Ship For Large Ship For Midsize Ship For Small Ship Spring in Full Bloom around Japan Legacies of History Pacifi c Coastal Tour for All Ages Cultural Immersion at Sea of Japan Coast 9days [from Yokohama] 12days [from Hong Kong] 9days [from Shanghai] 8days & more HAKODATE ● SHINGU ● HIMEJI OTARU ● TOKUSHIMA- ● ● KOMATSUSHIMA AKITA ● AOMORI ● SHIMIZU SENDAI ● Glover Garden (Nagasaki) Kakunodate (Akita) Shurijo Castle (Naha) Nachi Falls (Shingu) ● Yatsushiro-gu Shrine (Yatsushiro) Nihondaira (Shimizu) ● Oirase-Keiryu (Aomori) Sankyo Soko (Sakata) SAKATA YATSUSHIRO YOKOHAMA ● ● BUSAN ● ● ● FUSHIKI- ● NAHA ABURATSU TOYAMA KEELUNG SHANGHAI ● ● HONG KONG TOTTORI TSURUGA ●NAGASAKI ● HAKATA Goryokaku Park (Hakodate) Matsushima (Sendai) Kumano Kodo (Shingu) Himeji Castle (Himeji) Naruto Whirlpools (Tokushima-Komatsushima) Udo Shrine (Aburatsu) Eiheiji Temple (Tsuruga) Tottori Sand Dunes (Tottori) *Normally cherry blossom can be seen from late March until early May. For Midsize Ship For Midsize Ship For Small Ship For Large Ship For Midsize Ship For Small Ship Uncharted Ports along Pacifi c Coast Voyage into Nature and Diverse Culture Family-Friendly West Japan Cruise Gourmet and Nature Lover at Pacifi c Coast 6days [from Tokyo] 17days & more [from Singapore] 10days [from Tianjin] 8days & more ● KORSAKOV YOKOHAMA ● KOBE ● YAKUSHIMA● HAKODATE ● TIANJIN KEELUNG ● ● NAHA HONG KONG ● Sannai Maruyama Site (Aomori) Hitachi Seaside Park (Ibaraki) Makishi Public Market (Naha) Yaku Sugi (Yakushima) Huis Ten Bosch (Sasebo) A-Bomb Dome (Hiroshima) Night View from Mt. Hakodate (Hakodate) Takoyaki (Osaka) KANMON BRIDGE ● HIROSHIMA AOMORI ● ● YOKKAICHI TOKYO ● KOCHI ● ● ● OSAKA ● OFUNATO ● PHU MY SASEBO ● SUKUMO ● IBARAKI KAGOSHIMA (HITACHINAKA or OARAI) ● ● TOKYO KISARAZU ● SINGAPORE Goishi Coast “Anatoshi-iso Rock” (Ofunato) Nakanoshima Park (Kisarazu) Arima Hot Spring (Kobe) Red Brick Warehouse (Yokohama) Kochi Castle (Kochi) Miyajima (Hiroshima) Shimanto River (Sukumo) Mt. Sakurajima (Kagoshima) *Regulations apply on navigation through Kanmon Bridge, such as height limit. JAPAN:HOME to100 PORTS JAPAN: DIVIDED INTO 6 REGIONS ●HOKKAIDO ●PACIFIC OCEAN Korsakov ● ● JAPAN SEA SETO INLAND SEA S E A O F O K H O T S K ●KYUSHU ●OKINAWA Wakkanai Rebun Is. Rishiri Is. n this pamphlet, Japan is roughly divided into six fans swagger about, it is also home to battlegrounds for areas and descriptions are provided on their ramen and production areas, as well as beautiful seas that ● Shiretoko individual characteristics and features. A sample are not to be outdone by the waters of the Caribbean. It Abashiri I itinerary is also introduced. This pamphlet may be may be a small country, but it boasts of having 22 areas used as reference in the creation of the course and selec- that are registered in the UNESCO world cultural and Nemuro tion of ports for cruises. Japan, an island country that natural heritage lists. It is a great destination for cruises. Rumoi stretches from the north to the south, adjoins a sea to the Japan has four distinct seasons in a year. In the spring, HOKKAIDO north where drift ice can be seen in the winter and goes it is colored by cherry blossoms (Sakura), while in the Kushiro out to a subtropical sea in the south. In a place where summer, it offers fresh greens and festivals, and the Buddhism and Shintoism harmoniously coexist, Japan's magni cence of the changing of leaves to red during the Otaru Shin-Chitose Airport history and culture get deeper the more you understand fall season. In case of exploration ships, for instance, it Tokachi Tomakomai them. would probably be a great idea to offer cruises in the The country has approximately 100 attractive ports winter despite the cold. Japan offers visitors the opportu- where ships call. While Japan has castles that used to be nity to marvel at the scenery that can only be seen in Muroran run by samurais and huge electronic cities where anime respective season. Vladivostok Hakodate Hotokegaura Ominato Tsugaru Aomori Hachinohe Kuji ● Shirakami-Area Noshiro Miyako Funagawa Akita Kamaishi Ofunato ● Hiraizumi-Temples Sakata Ishinomaki J A P A N S E A Soma Niigata Ogi Tianjin Dalian Onahama Sokcho ● Nikko Hitachinaka Fushiki-toyama Oarai Kanazawa ● Tomioka Silk Mill The National Museum ● Gokayama of Western Art SEOUL ● Shirakawa-go Narita Int’l Airport Incheon Tokyo ● Fukui SNOH HU Kawasaki Haneda Int’l Airport Yokohama Kisarazu Tsuruga Mt. Fuji Tateyama Yokkaichi Atami Hiroshima Shimizu Tottori Nagoya Chingdao Hiroshima Peace Memorial oKyot (Maizuru) Tagonoura Pohang Sakai Gamagori Oigawa Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Himeji Himeji Castle ● Kyoto Omaezaki Ulsan Miyajima Is. Iwami Ginzan Mikawa Silver Mine Fukuyama Osaka ● Kobe Central Japan Int’l Airport, Centrair Hamada ● Onomichi Horyu-ji Area Toba Tokuyama-kudamatsu ● ●Nara Uno Shodo Is. Sakai-semboku Mitajiri-nakanoseki Onomichi- itozaki Hannan Busan Hagi Kansai Int’l Airport a Wakayama-shimotsu ● e Mokpo ● Kure S Koyasan Iwakuni ● Sakaide ● n d Hachijojima Is. Tsushima a Shingu l Niihama Hidaka Shimonoseki n Okinoshima ● I - Tokushima-komatsushima Moji (Kitakyushu) t o KSHI OKU Ube S e Imabari Takamatsu Hakata Iki Kochi Fukuoka Matsuyama Karatsu Airport Beppu Uwajima Jeju Is. Hirado Imari Sasebo Unzen Sukumo Nagasaki Kumamoto Kamigoto ● Misumi Hososhima Goto Hashima Coal Mine Yatsushiro P A C I F I C O C E A N Miyazaki KYUSHU Kagoshima Aburatsu Yakushima (Miyanoura) Shanghai ● Yakushima Island E A S T C H I N A S E A Ningbo Chichijima Is. Amami-oshima Ogasawara Islands (Naze) Anchorage Petropavlovsk Kamchatskii Vancouver Vladivostok Beijing Tianjin San Francisco Busan YOKOHAMA / TOKYO Motobu Los Angeles HAKATA OSAKA / KOBE Nakagusuku Naha ● Shuri-jo Keelung Hong Kong Honolulu Naha Airport Guam Distance Table to OKINAWA Major Pan-Pacific Ports （mile） Singapore Major Pan-Pacific Ports YOKOHAMA / TOKYO OSAKA / KOBE HAKATA Los Angeles 4891 / 4902 5143 / 5139 5256 San Francisco 4603 / 4613 4852 / 4847 4978 (via. MOJI) Keelung Vancourver 4295 / 4306 4545 / 4541 4655 TAIPEI HIRARA Anchorage 3497 / 3508 3744 / 3740 3707 Petropavlovsk 1425 / 1436 1668 / 1664 1783 (via. HAKODATE) Vladivostok 1037 / 1048 795 / 785 585 ISHIGAKI Busan 644 / 654 352 / 341 115 Xiamen Tianjin 1333 / 1344 1042 / 1031 858 Shanghai 1033 / 1044 745 / 734 538 Sydney Keelung 1136 / 1147 931 / 923 706 Hualien Hong Kong 1584 / 1595 1373 / 1364 1142 Singapore 2884 / 2895 2686 / 2677 2481 Guam 1347 / 1362 1392 / 1383 1518 (via. MOJI) Honolulu 3425 / 3440 3726 / 3722 3910 (via. MOJI) Sydney 4326 / 4342 4356 / 4349 4545 (via. MOJI) Kaohsiung http://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/cruise.
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