Princess Cruises proclaims the return to Japan for the newly launched 2024 cruise season at present on sale.
“Japan has been a popular homeport and destination experience for Princess guests for many years and we’re thrilled to offer such a culturally-rich season of cruises in this region for the 2024 season,” stated John Padgett, president of Princess Cruises.
Additionally, the Royal Princess will make its debut in 2024 marking the primary Royal-Class ship to sail within the area. The sailings on supply present many alternatives to benefit from the spring flowers and summer time festivals.
The Royal Princess will sail a brand new Japan and North Pacific Crossing itinerary, with calls within the northern Tohoku and Hokkaido areas in the course of the cherry blossom season. In addition, visitors can mix this with the cruise line’s Voyage of the Glaciers crusing to witness the glaciers of Alaska. Travelers can select to disembark in Anchorage (Whittier) for a 15-day voyage or proceed to Vancouver, B.C. for a 22-day cruise.
The crusing will depart from Tokyo (Yokohama) on April 27, 2024.
The Diamond Princess will return to Japan for the 2024 season, providing roundtrips from Tokyo (Yokohama) from March by means of August, with calls to 35 locations in three international locations. The cruises will vary from seven to 23 days.
The Diamond Princess will start the season with a sequence of 4 ten-day Spring Flowers sailings, with calls to all 4 of Japan’s fundamental islands. Guests aboard the Diamond Princess may have the chance to expertise plenty of festivals in every port together with:
- Aomori Nebuta Festival (Aug 2 and Aug 7)
- Kochi Yosakoi Dance Festival (Aug 12),
- Tokushima Awa Odori Dance Festival (Aug 13)
- Kumano Fireworks Festival (Aug 17)
Additionally, the Diamond Princess will sail on nine-day Southern Islands voyages that decision to 2 Okinawan ports and two Taiwan ports; the Sea of Japan sailings calling to ports alongside the Kitamaebune buying and selling route; the ten-day Hokkaido cruises with visits to Otaru (for Sapporo), Hakodate and Kushiro; and the favored ten-day Japan Explorer voyages.
Princess Cruises’ 2024 Japan program additionally consists of entry to 9 UNESCO World Heritage Sites together with Mount Fuji, Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, Buddhist Monuments within the Horyu-ji Area, Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, and the Iriomote Island and Jomon Prehistoric Sites.