Welcome to our special series of articles where we share, step by step, our unforgettable experience touring South Korea and Japan aboard a cruise. Throughout this collection, we’ll take you on a virtual journey through the fascinating destinations we visited, offering you:
- Detailed descriptions of each port and city visited
- Practical tips and recommendations based on our personal experience
- Information about activities to do at each destination
- Suggestions to optimize your time at each stop
- Exclusive photographs from our journey
- Maps and visual resources to facilitate your planning
- Information about different transportation options from taxis and metro to bullet trains
- Pre and post-cruise suggestions to complete your trip
We took this wonderful journey aboard the Norwegian Spirit, a ship that served as our floating home while we explored some of the most beautiful corners of East Asia. Below, we share the complete itinerary we followed during our trip. This map was created through thecruiseglobe, which offers a great way to record all your cruises, and we recommend trying it out.
This series is currently in the process of being written. You can find the complete list of planned chapters below. Articles already published are available through their respective links. We are committed to updating with new content each week, so we recommend bookmarking this page for reference and visiting it periodically.
Chapters
- Seoul – Gyeongbokgung Palace and embarkation in Incheon
- Jeju, South Korea – Nature and traditional markets (coming soon)
- Nagasaki – Peace Museum and Park
- Kagoshima – Volcano and Senso Ji Park
- Miyajima – Day trip to Itsukushima Shrine from Hiroshima
- Kochi – Castle and commercial district
- Kyoto – Fushimi Inari-Taisha and Geisha District
- Osaka – Castle and stroll through Dotombori (Glico Man)
- Nagoya – Castle and city center
- Shimizu, Mount Fuji
- Tokyo part I – Ginza, Akihabara and Asakusa
- Tokyo part II – Meiji Temple, Shibuya and Kabukicho
