JAPAN INTENSIVE: TOKYO, HIROSHIMA & KOBE Cruise on Azamara Pursuit from Tokyo

Tokyo

Yokohama is located only half an hour away from Tokyo, and effectively forms a part of the giant conurbation. Yokohama's Chinatown is the largest in Japan and dates back to the Opening of Japan in 1859. Tokyo is a huge, wealthy and fascinating metropolis that brings high-tech visions of the future side by side with glimpses of old Japan, and has something for everyone.

Tokyo

Yokohama is located only half an hour away from Tokyo, and effectively forms a part of the giant conurbation. Yokohama's Chinatown is the largest in Japan and dates back to the Opening of Japan in 1859. Tokyo is a huge, wealthy and fascinating metropolis that brings high-tech visions of the future side by side with glimpses of old Japan, and has something for everyone.

Aomori (Japan)

Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tohoku region of Japan. Aomori is located in central Aomori Prefecture, between the southern end of Mutsu Bay, which it faces to the north and the Hakkoda Mountains to the south. Aomori Nebuta is a famous festival performed from August 2 to August 7 every year and is one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan. Besides this, major attractions of Aomori include ruins, museums, and mountains. The Hakkoda Mountains have good locations for trekking with hot spas such as Sukayu Onsen. Attractions include Sannai-Maruyama historical site tours, believed to have been first settled 5500 years ago. Guided tours are available year round. The annual Nebuta Festival is said to be the biggest "fire festival" in Japan. Taking place over several weeks in August, a big parade with lit lantern floats and dancers in costumes ends each day.

Sakata (Japón)

Toyama (Japan)

Maizuru, Japan

Located in the Kyoto region of Japan Maizuru is one of the main port cities. Situated on the coast of Maizuru Bay off the Sea of Japan, it is a city rich in nature and consists of two districts, Nishi-Maizuru and Higashi-Maizuru. Visitors have a variety of attractions from the cultural and historical to the, well.. enexpected. The Maizuru Hikiage Memorial Hall, Goro Sky Tower and Kongoin are just a few cultural and historical examples while the Museum of Redbrick, a museum dedicated to showcasing world bricks, firmly places itself in the unexpected category.

Sakaiminato (Japan)

Sakaiminato is located in the peninsula of Yumigahama. The city has good facilities as the port, airport and railway. It is an important base for the fishing and the commerce in Japan, and its on its way to be the city of the fishing and international commerce. It is the birth place of Shigeru Mizuki, creator of the GeGeGe no Kitaro, and there is a street named after him where we can see some of the characters he created.

Busan (South Korea)

Busan is the biggest port metropolis located southeast of the Republic of Korea. It's location is in the Valley of river Nakdong.

Nagasaki (Japan)

Nagasaki is a nice location in Japan, found in a valley of high hills. The opposite of other locations in Japan, in the ancient times Nagasaki was a comercial port for portuguese and dutch, and whose passage in the heritage of the city still remain. Some places you can visit in Nagasaki: Glover Garden, Atomic Bomb Museum, Nagasaki Peace Park, Sofuku-ji temple, Lantern Festival (from mid January to mid February)

Kitakyushu

Hiroshima, Japan

The wounds of the first atomic bombing in history healed and Hiroshima is today a dynamic city, full of students and industrial commerce. The city counts with a Memorial Museum. Hiroshima has two places named Heritage Sites by the UNESCO: the Sanctuary Itsukushima in the Island of Miyajima abd the Peace Memorial of hiroshima. In the park Memorial you can visit the Peace Bell, the Peace Flame, the Memorial Cenotaph, the Statue of the Children, the Mount Memorial and the gates of Peace.

Cruising the Inland Sea

Takamatsu, Japan

Takamatsu is a portuary city in Japan, on the coast of the interior sea. It was the entry point of the island of Shikoku. It counts with one of the most beautiful garden in Japan, the Ritsurin. The surroundings are also of great interest, with several important places as Yashima or Shikokumura. Takamatsu is famous for the sanuki udon, noodles you can eat all around Japan.

Kobe (Japan)

A cosmopolitan city with an international flavor, Kobe is situated on the main island of Honshu in the Kansai region of Japan. One of the most impotant port cities in the region it was established in 1868 as a gateway to the western world. Famous globally for its Kobe Beef, the city in true Japanese style boasts a mix of impressive skyscrapers and modern architecture, which includes the worlds longest suspension bridge, with traditional Japanese culture.

Kobe (Japan)

A cosmopolitan city with an international flavor, Kobe is situated on the main island of Honshu in the Kansai region of Japan. One of the most impotant port cities in the region it was established in 1868 as a gateway to the western world. Famous globally for its Kobe Beef, the city in true Japanese style boasts a mix of impressive skyscrapers and modern architecture, which includes the worlds longest suspension bridge, with traditional Japanese culture.