10 Night Japan Explorer aboard the Sapphire Princess

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Reserve your balcony cabin on the Sapphire Princess and prepare for ten nights of refreshing cruising across the sea from Tokyo and back!

Visiting exotic stops such as Wakayama, Yatsushiro, and Miyazaki makes this trip special. This route is an unusual one for the Sapphire. In fact, it sails it just once.

The price is the total price for a balcony cabin, including all meals, entertainment, port charges, and taxes.


The Sapphire Princess

More than 2,600 cruisers can sail on this top-rated Grand class cruise ship, based in Tokyo and refurbished only one year ago in 2025.

The Sapphire Princess boasts a casino, a gym, and a spa.

Ship class
Grand
Built
2004
Refurbished
2025
Guests
2,678
Crew
1,100
Length
951 ft
Sapphire Princess
Gym

Your Itinerary

This itinerary spends one day at sea and eight days in port. Major features include visits to extremely rare cities like Wakayama, Yatsushiro, and Miyazaki.

Map of this cruise's route
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Sat4September 4thSaturday
4:00pm
Sun5September 5thSunday
7:00am – 4:00pm
7:00am – 4:00pm
Mon6September 6thMonday
7:00am – 4:00pm
7:00am – 4:00pm
Tue7September 7thTuesday
9:00am – 6:00pm
9:00am – 6:00pm
Wed8September 8thWednesday
8:00am – 5:00pm
8:00am – 5:00pm
Thu9September 9thThursday
9:00am – 6:00pm
Fri10September 10thFriday
Kanmon Straits, Japan (Cruising)
Sat11September 11thSaturday
7:00am – 4:00pm
7:00am – 4:00pm
Sun12September 12thSunday
7:00am – 3:00pm
7:00am – 3:00pm
Mon13September 13thMonday
10:00am – 5:00pm
10:00am – 5:00pm
Tue14September 14thTuesday
6:00am
6:00am
Day 6Busan
Day 9Kochi

Book Your Cruise

Since being listed seven months ago, The price of a balcony cabin on this sailing has varied between $2,126 and $2,859 inclusive of taxes and port charges. Today this itinerary is just $225 higher than the all time low of $2,126 so lock in your balcony cabin now before it goes up.

Photos show a typical cabin in each class. Layout and decor vary by category.


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Alternate Sailings

The Sapphire sails this route once next year, but doesn't sail it this year. No other ship sails this exact same route.

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