Japan and Far East cruises

What each route is

• 15 Day Alaska-N./S. Bound, Tokyo to Vancouver (Holland America, Westerdam, departs Apr 25, 2027): 15 nights. Starts in the Tokyo area. Ends in Vancouver: a one-way crossing of the North Pacific, filed on our site under Alaska.
• 10 Day Japan & Far East, Roundtrip Shanghai (MSC Cruises, MSC Bellissima, departs Aug 6, 2027): 10 nights. Starts and ends in Shanghai.
• 10 Day Japan & Far East, Tokyo to Hong Kong (Norwegian Cruise Line, Norwegian Jade, departs Nov 29, 2027): 10 nights. Starts in the Tokyo area. Ends in Hong Kong.
• 10 Day Japan & Far East, Roundtrip Tokyo (Celebrity Cruises, Celebrity Millennium, departs Mar 31, 2029): 10 nights. Starts in the Tokyo area.

The ports of call for these specific sailings are not in our fare data, so we do not list them. Ask the cruise line or an agent for the day-by-day plan before you rely on a particular port.

Starting in Shanghai

One tracked sailing start and end in Shanghai. A 2018 China Daily page describes the Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal in Baoshan District with a 774-metre coastline, room for up to four large ships at once, and a free shuttle bus from the terminal to Baoyang Road station on Metro Line 3 every 15 minutes.^[1] That page is several years old and Shanghai has more than one cruise terminal, so confirm the terminal and the transfer in your boarding documents.

When Japan is wet or stormy

• Rainy season (tsuyu): on average it starts around 8 June and ends around 20 July in the Kanto region around Tokyo, according to Japan Meteorological Agency averages.^[2]
• Typhoons: most typhoons that form and make landfall in Japan occur from July to October, and of 13 major-damage typhoons in a JMA-based list, 11 struck in September.^[3]

Our reading, not a forecast: the Aug 6, 2027 departure falls inside the July–October window above, so itinerary changes for weather are a real possibility. A sailing outside those months is not a guarantee of calm weather. Weather guide.

Guides for Japan

• Best Japan Cruise Deals Spring 2027
• What a Japan Cruise Costs
• What Two Weeks in Japan Actually Costs
• Japan Beyond Tokyo and Kyoto
• Japan: Tokyo to Osaka (10 days) — Voyageworthy

All Asia sailings: Cruises in Asia.

Passport and entry rules. Visa and arrival-form rules depend on your passport and on each country the ship visits, and they change. We have not verified them for this section: check your own government’s travel advice and each country’s official immigration site before you book.