Princess Cruises adds the islands of Japan and South Korea to its itineraries this summer, and if you choose the August 1 departure, you will also have a guide in Spanish on your excursions. I give you more details of the crossing, its days and the price, which on the official website of the shipping company is for about 3.700 euros, including flights from Madrid, hotel and transfers in Tokyo, full board and port taxes included.
If you have the idea of ​​visiting this mysterious country and you like cruises, this is an excellent opportunity.
As I was saying For the Spanish public, a 14-day trip with departure from Tokyo on August XNUMX has been prepared. Flights are from Madrid.
This cruise has a very interesting peculiarity and it is that coinciding by date it allows tourists to attend the Kanto Matsuri festivities of Akita and the Nebuta Matsuri of Aomori. The first of them is held every year from August 3 to 6, its strong point is the night parade in which the participants balance with large bamboo poles from which paper lanterns hang.
The Debuta Matsuri, which runs from August 2-7, is a very fun festival in Aomori City, In it there is a parade of hand-painted washi paper floats illuminated from the inside that approach from one side of the street to the other, with which the entire public participates.
This cruise, going back to the main idea of ​​this article is actually a 4-day stay trip in Tokyo, combined with 9-day sailing in Akita, Aomori, Busan, in Korea, Nagasaki, KamakuraOptionally, you can also visit the cities of Osaka and Kyoto.
The trip is aboard the Diamond Princess, an excellent luxury boat with capacity for 2.674 tourists.