40-Day Shanghai Nights, Taiwan Lanterns & Japan In-Depth

40-Day Shanghai Nights, Taiwan Lanterns & Japan In-Depth

40 nights · Hong Kong → Tokyo · Seabourn Encore

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Departure
31 Jan 2028
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40 nights30 portsHong Kong → TokyoSeabourn Encore

The Journey

Day by Day

40 nights · 30 ports

Day 1Hong Kong
Day 2Day At Sea
Day 3Day At Sea
Day 4Shanghai (Wusongkou), China
Day 5Shanghai (Wusongkou), China
Day 6Day At Sea
Day 7Naha, Okinawa
Day 8Miyakojima, Okinawa
Day 9Hualien, Taiwan
Day 10Keelung (Taipei), Taiwan
Day 11Taichung, Taiwan
Day 12Day At Sea
Day 13Hong Kong
Day 14Day At Sea
Day 15Tainan (Anping), Taiwan
Day 16Taichung, Taiwan
Day 17Keelung (Taipei), Taiwan
Day 18Ishigaki Island, Japan
Day 19Naha, Okinawa
Day 20Day At Sea
Day 21Aburatsu, Japan
Day 22Kochi, Japan
Day 23Osaka, Japan
Day 24Osaka, Japan
Day 25Shingu, Japan
Day 26Shimizu, Japan
Day 27Tokyo, Japan
Day 28Day At Sea
Day 29Osaka, Japan
Day 30Scenic Cruising Kanmon Strait
Day 31Busan (Pusan), South Korea
Day 32Sakaiminato, Japan
Day 33Kanazawa, Japan
Day 34Kanazawa, Japan
Day 35Niigata, Japan
Day 36Akita, Japan
Day 37Aomori, Japan
Day 38Miyako, Iwate, Japan
Day 39Sendai, Japan
Day 40Hitachinaka, Japan
Day 41Tokyo, Japan
Hong Kong
Day 1
Hong Kong

The harbor crossing on the Star Ferry at dusk is still one of travel’s great moments.

Embark

Shanghai (Wusongkou), China
Day 4
Shanghai (Wusongkou), China

The Bund’s colonial sweep facing Pudong’s skyline: China’s great port city.

Ashore

Naha, Okinawa
Day 7
Naha, Okinawa

Okinawa’s capital: Shuri Castle, island pace and the East China Sea.

Ashore

Miyakojima, Okinawa
Day 8
Miyakojima, Okinawa

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Hualien, Taiwan
Day 9
Hualien, Taiwan

The door to Taroko Gorge, marble cliffs above a Pacific coastline.

Ashore

Keelung (Taipei), Taiwan
Day 10
Keelung (Taipei), Taiwan

The port for Taipei: night markets, the Palace Museum and beef noodle soup worth the flight alone.

Ashore

Taichung, Taiwan
Day 11
Taichung, Taiwan

Ashore

Hong Kong
Day 13
Hong Kong

The harbor crossing on the Star Ferry at dusk is still one of travel’s great moments.

Ashore

Tainan (Anping), Taiwan
Day 15
Tainan (Anping), Taiwan

Ashore

Taichung, Taiwan
Day 16
Taichung, Taiwan

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Keelung (Taipei), Taiwan
Day 17
Keelung (Taipei), Taiwan

The port for Taipei: night markets, the Palace Museum and beef noodle soup worth the flight alone.

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Ishigaki Island, Japan
Day 18
Ishigaki Island, Japan

Coral reefs and Kabira Bay’s green-on-blue lagoon, Japan’s far tropical south.

Ashore

Naha, Okinawa
Day 19
Naha, Okinawa

Okinawa’s capital: Shuri Castle, island pace and the East China Sea.

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Aburatsu, Japan
Day 21
Aburatsu, Japan

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Kochi, Japan
Day 22
Kochi, Japan

Castle town on Shikoku’s Pacific coast, with Japan’s liveliest street market.

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Osaka, Japan
Day 23
Osaka, Japan

Japan’s kitchen: street food in Dotonbori, a castle above, and Kyoto forty minutes up the line.

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Shingu, Japan
Day 25
Shingu, Japan

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Shimizu, Japan
Day 26
Shimizu, Japan

Mount Fuji across the bay on a clear morning, and tea fields rolling to the shore.

Ashore

Tokyo, Japan
Day 27
Tokyo, Japan

The world’s largest city, and somehow its most orderly: sushi at dawn, neon at night, and a shrine around every corner.

Ashore

Osaka, Japan
Day 29
Osaka, Japan

Japan’s kitchen: street food in Dotonbori, a castle above, and Kyoto forty minutes up the line.

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Busan (Pusan), South Korea
Day 31
Busan (Pusan), South Korea

Korea’s second city: fish markets, beach neighborhoods and temples on the cliffs.

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Sakaiminato, Japan
Day 32
Sakaiminato, Japan

A fishing port of crab boats beneath the sand dunes of the San’in coast.

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Kanazawa, Japan
Day 33
Kanazawa, Japan

Edo-period streets, a samurai quarter and Kenroku-en, one of Japan’s three great gardens.

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Niigata, Japan
Day 35
Niigata, Japan

Sake country on the Japan Sea, with Sado Island offshore.

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Akita, Japan
Day 36
Akita, Japan

Samurai houses at Kakunodate and the deepest lake in Japan up the valley.

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Aomori, Japan
Day 37
Aomori, Japan

Apple country and the Nebuta museum’s glowing festival floats.

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Miyako, Iwate, Japan
Day 38
Miyako, Iwate, Japan

Iwate’s dramatic Sanriku coast, cliffs and clear coves.

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Sendai, Japan
Day 39
Sendai, Japan

The city of trees, gateway to Matsushima’s pine-covered islands.

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Hitachinaka, Japan
Day 40
Hitachinaka, Japan

The port for Tokyo’s north: Hitachi Seaside Park’s blue nemophila hills in spring.

Ashore

Tokyo, Japan
Day 41
Tokyo, Japan

The world’s largest city, and somehow its most orderly: sushi at dawn, neon at night, and a shrine around every corner.

Disembark

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  • Tipping neither required nor expected
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