Itheku laseGalician laseVigo lifike ngesonto eledlule ngomhlaka Asuka II, umkhumbi obaluleke kunazo zonke waseJapan emakethe yaseJapan. Isikebhe sifike nabagibeli ababalelwa emakhulwini ayisishiyagalombili kusuka eLisbon, ohambo lwabo oluqale eYokohama ngo-Ephreli 4 futhi oluzophothulwa ngoJulayi 16 kuleli chweba elifanayo laseJapan. Abagibeli abathatha lolu hambo Bakhokha phakathi kwama-euro ayizi-600 kuya kwezi-2.000 XNUMX ngosuku.
Imakethe yaseJapan ingelinye lamaphekula okumele aphenywe futhi akhuthazwe maqondana nezikebhe, kusukela amaJapan, afuna ngenkani kakhulu, bakhetha ukuzihambela ezinkampanini zabo, ukuze bangaphazamisi amasiko namasiko abo.
Manje sengizotshela okuncane ukuthi kunjani lokhu U-Asuka II, ongumnikazi wenkampani yokuthumela impahla uNippon Yusen Kaisha, NYK Line, enye ebaluleke kakhulu e-Asia, nemikhumbi eminingi yemikhumbi. Indlunkulu yayo enkulu iseChiyoda, eTokyo, eJapan, yize inamahhovisi angu-240 avuliwe emazweni angama-27 ahlukene.
I-Asuka II ingamamitha angama-241 ubude namamitha angama-30 ububanzi, ngohlaka lwamamitha ayisishiyagalombili. Ifinyelela ngejubane eliphezulu lamafindo angama-24, ine- umthamo wabagibeli abangama-960, futhi yalungiswa kabusha ngo-2005 yisakhiwo semikhumbi iMitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Phakathi kokunikezwa kwayo, inayo amachibi amabili, imigoqo eyisishiyagalombili, itiyetha elinabantu abangu-277, amakhasino nesikhungo sokuzivocavoca. Amakamelo angamakhulu amane namashumi ayisithupha nanye angaphandle kanti angama-260 awo anebhalkhoni elizimele, ngaphezu kwalokho kunamakamelo angaphakathi ayi-19. Qhubeka nohambo oluya emhlabeni wonke.
Ngaphambi kokuba i-Asuka II yayiyiCrystal Harmony, eyakhiwe ngo-1990 futhi ephethwe yiCrystal Cruises, kodwa lapho iba yingxenye yeNippon Yusen Kaisha yalungiswa ngokuphelele.