Costa Cruises has presented its new destinations on the Asian continent for this winter. Do not miss this opportunity if you want to know and get into the culture and landscapes of the Far East, while getting out of the way for a few days during the cold winter.
The company offers 36 new cruises with various itineraries through some of the most attractive destinations in Asia, among which she herself highlights Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia for travelers who choose to travel on the Victoria Coast, while Tourists who select the Costa neoRomantica are prepared to visit countries such as Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.
The price of this cruise, departing from Tokyo, as it appears on the Costa Cruises page, does not reach 690 euros per person in an inside cabin, and with taxes included.
Although little by little I will give you the details of these new cruises, hI myself will give you a proposal for Christmas 2017, in which to visit, and take a cruise through Kobe, Amami Ōshima, Ishigaki, Okinawa, including a night stopover on this island, Yokkaichi and Keelung (Taiwan).
I'm going to stop a bit on the island of Okinawa, and its capital, Naha, which boasts a unique Japanese culture, so much so that they even have their own local dialect, Uchinaguchi. On the island, and during your stop, you must go to Shuri Castle, the most beautiful in the city, rebuilt in 1992 after the Battle of Okinawa, which destroyed it in 1945. Apart from the ruins of six Gusuku, typical fortresses of the culture of the island declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
By the way a curiosity, According to a National Geographic study, the inhabitants of this island, together with the Sardinians, are the oldest groups of people in the world.
If apart from this island, you want to know more about cruises and stopovers in Japan, I recommend you this article.