Azamara Pursuit — 39-Night East Asia Cruise from Kobe

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39-Night East Asia Cruise from Kobe

39 nights · East Asia · 30 ports of call

39-night East Asia cruise aboard Azamara Pursuit, departing Kobe and calling at Kochi, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Nagasaki, Busan and Sakaiminato and 23 more.

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Ship: Azamara Pursuit
Cruise line: Azamara
Duration: 39 nights
Region: East Asia · Canada · Transpacific
Departs: Kobe
Returns: Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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Where this voyage takes you

Voyage route — calls shown in order; map is schematic.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day
1
- Kobe
  A cosmopolitan port city in western Japan, framed by the Rokko mountains and the bay. Known for its prized marbled beef and a hillside foreign quarter of old Western houses, with the hot springs of Arima just over the ridge.
  - Kobe beef
  - Kitano district
  - Arima hot springs
Day
2
- Kobe
  Depart 18:00
  A cosmopolitan port city in western Japan, framed by the Rokko mountains and the bay. Known for its prized marbled beef and a hillside foreign quarter of old Western houses, with the hot springs of Arima just over the ridge.
  - Kobe beef
  - Kitano district
  - Arima hot springs
Day
3
- Kochi
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 17:00
  A port city on the island of Shikoku in southwestern Japan, set where the Kako River meets the Seto Inland Sea. Himeji's brilliant white hilltop castle, one of the country's finest, lies within easy reach to the west.
  - Himeji Castle
  - Seto Inland Sea
  - Shikoku island
Day
4
- Hiroshima
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 22:00
  A river-delta city on Japan's Seto Inland Sea, rebuilt as a place of remembrance and peace. Its central Peace Memorial Park and preserved A-Bomb Dome mark the 1945 event, while the floating shrine of Miyajima lies just offshore.
  - Peace Memorial Park
  - A-Bomb Dome
  - Miyajima shrine
Day
5
- Kitakyushu
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 20:00
Day
6
- Nagasaki
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 17:00
  A port city in southern Japan, set around a deep harbour that was for centuries the country's only window to foreign trade. That legacy survives at Dejima and in Chinatown, while the Peace Park memorialises the 1945 atomic bombing.
  - Peace Park
  - Dejima
  - Glover Garden
Day
7
- Busan
  Arrive 9:00 · Depart 22:00
  South Korea's largest port city, set where mountains meet the sea on the country's southeast coast. It is known for the seafood halls of Jagalchi Market, the hillside murals of Gamcheon Culture Village and the broad sands of Haeundae Beach.
  - Haeundae Beach
  - Jagalchi Market
  - Gamcheon Village
Day
8
- Sakaiminato
  Arrive 13:00 · Depart 20:00
  A port on the Sea of Japan coast in western Honshu, near the sand dunes of the Tottori region. It serves as a gateway to Matsue and the Izumo-taisha shrine, and is known locally for the cartoonist Mizuki Shigeru and his yokai-themed road.
  - Mizuki Shigeru Road
  - Matsue Castle
  - Sea of Japan crab
Day
9
- Kanazawa
  Arrive 9:00 · Depart 18:00
  A castle town on Japan's Sea of Japan coast, spared the bombing of the war and rich in Edo-era heritage. It is best known for Kenroku-en, one of the country's three great landscape gardens, and the gold-leaf craft that gilds much of its lacquerware.
  - Kenroku-en garden
  - Higashi Chaya district
  - Gold-leaf craft
Day
10
- Niigata
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 18:00
Day
11
- Akita
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 18:00
  A port city on the Sea of Japan coast of northern Honshu, set where the Omono river meets the sea. Known for its rice and sake, the Kanto summer lantern festival and the samurai district of nearby Kakunodate, it is a gateway to the lakes and hot springs of Akita Prefecture.
  - Kakunodate samurai district
  - Kanto festival
  - Lake Tazawa
Day
12
- Aomori
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 16:00
  A port city in northern Honshu, Japan, on Mutsu Bay at the top of the main island. It is known for its winter snows, fresh seafood and the giant Nebuta festival floats, with the Hakkoda mountains and apple orchards in the country around it.
  - Nebuta floats
  - Hakkoda mountains
  - Mutsu Bay seafood
Day
13
At sea
Day
14
- Tokyo
  Arrive 8:00
  Japan's vast capital on Tokyo Bay, a frequent turnaround for Asian and Pacific cruises. From the harbour, the city offers the temples of Asakusa, the crossing at Shibuya and the imperial palace grounds amid one of the world's largest metropolises.
  - Senso-ji Temple
  - Shibuya Crossing
  - Imperial Palace
Day
15
- Tokyo
  Arrive 9:00 · Depart 16:30
  Japan's vast capital on Tokyo Bay, a frequent turnaround for Asian and Pacific cruises. From the harbour, the city offers the temples of Asakusa, the crossing at Shibuya and the imperial palace grounds amid one of the world's largest metropolises.
  - Senso-ji Temple
  - Shibuya Crossing
  - Imperial Palace
Day
16
- Oarai
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 16:00
Day
17
- Sendai
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 20:00
Day
18
- Miyako, Iwate
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 20:00
  A fishing port on the rugged Sanriku coast of northern Honshu, set on a deep bay backed by forested hills. The surrounding Rikuchu Kaigan shoreline is known for dramatic sea cliffs and rock formations, and the area was rebuilt after the 2011 tsunami.
  - Jodogahama Beach
  - Sanriku coast cliffs
  - Fresh seafood
Day
19
- Hakodate
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 20:00
  A port city on the southern tip of Hokkaido in northern Japan, one of the first to open to foreign trade. A ropeway climbs Mount Hakodate for its famed night view over the narrow neck of the city, with a morning seafood market and a star-shaped fort.
  - Mount Hakodate view
  - Morning market
  - Goryōkaku fort
Day
20
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21
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22
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23
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24
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25
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26
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Day
27
- Kodiak, Alaska
  Arrive 6:00 · Depart 17:00
  A rugged fishing town on Kodiak Island off southern Alaska, set among emerald hills and sheltered coves. One of the largest commercial fishing ports in the United States, it is known for its Russian colonial heritage and for the brown bears of the surrounding wildlife refuge.
  - Kodiak brown bears
  - Russian Orthodox church
  - Fort Abercrombie
Day
28
- Seward, Alaska
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 18:00
  A port on Resurrection Bay at the edge of Kenai Fjords National Park in south-central Alaska. A common start or finish for Gulf of Alaska sailings, it offers glacier and wildlife cruises, the Alaska SeaLife Center and the rail and road link to Anchorage.
  - Kenai Fjords
  - Exit Glacier
  - Alaska SeaLife Center
Day
29
- Whittier
  Arrive 6:00 · Depart 18:00
  A small port at the head of a fjord in south-central Alaska, reached through a tunnel cut into the mountains and ringed by glaciers and waterfalls. It serves as a gateway to Prince William Sound, with sea otters and tidewater ice nearby.
  - Prince William Sound
  - Anton Anderson Tunnel
  - Glacier cruises
Day
30
- Valdez, Alaska
  Arrive 7:30 · Depart 14:00
Day
31
- Cruising by Hubbard Glacier, Alaska
  Arrive 11:00 · Depart 16:00
  A wide, advancing tidewater glacier in southeast Alaska, where a six-mile face of ice meets the sea at the head of Disenchantment Bay. Ships hold offshore as towers of ice calve into the water with a deep crack and roar.
  - Calving ice face
  - Disenchantment Bay
  - Tidewater glacier
Day
32
- Haines, Alaska
  Arrive 12:00 · Depart 22:00
Day
33
- Icy Strait Point
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 18:00
  A private cruise destination near the Tlingit village of Hoonah on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, built around a restored 1930s salmon cannery. Forested trails, whale-rich waters and one of the world's longest ziplines draw visitors, with Glacier Bay close by.
  - Restored cannery
  - Whale watching
  - ZipRider zipline
Day
34
- Sitka, Alaska
  Arrive 7:00 · Depart 14:00
  A small town on Baranof Island in southeast Alaska, once the capital of Russian America. Totem poles stand in the coastal national historical park, and the onion-domed cathedral and surrounding Tongass rainforest reflect its layered Tlingit and Russian past.
  - Sitka National Historical Park
  - St. Michael's Cathedral
  - Totem trail
Day
35
- Ketchikan, Alaska
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 22:00
  A southeast Alaska town built on stilts and boardwalks along the Tongass Narrows, long a centre of the salmon trade. It is known for the world's largest collection of totem poles and the historic boardwalk over Ketchikan Creek at Creek Street.
  - Creek Street
  - Totem poles
  - Tongass Narrows
Day
36
- Klawock, Alaska
  Arrive 10:30 · Depart 17:00
  A small Alaska Native town on Prince of Wales Island in the southeast panhandle, set among forested coves rich in salmon. Known for one of the largest collections of totem poles in the state, it preserves the carving traditions of the Tlingit people.
  - totem park
  - Tlingit heritage
  - salmon streams
Day
37
- Cruising Inside Passage, U.S.A
  Arrive 6:00 · Depart 18:00
  A day spent cruising the sheltered waterways of Southeast Alaska, where the ship threads between forested islands and steep fjords. Glaciers, waterfalls and wildlife such as whales, eagles and bears define the scenery along the route.
  - Tidewater glaciers
  - Forested fjords
  - Whale sightings
Day
38
- Nanaimo, British Columbia
  Arrive 9:00 · Depart 20:00
Day
39
- Victoria, British Columbia
  Arrive 8:00 · Depart 23:00
  The capital of British Columbia, set on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in Canada. The Inner Harbour is framed by the ivy-clad Empress Hotel and the domed Parliament Buildings, with whale-watching boats and Butchart Gardens close at hand.
  - Inner Harbour
  - Butchart Gardens
  - Empress Hotel
Day
40
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia
  Arrive 7:00

Upcoming departures

6 May 2027

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39-Night East Asia Cruise from Kobe FAQ

Which ports does this cruise visit?

This 39-night East Asia cruise calls at Kobe, Kochi, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Nagasaki, Busan, Sakaiminato, Kanazawa, Niigata, Akita, Aomori, Tokyo, Oarai, Sendai, Miyako, Iwate, Hakodate, Kodiak, Alaska, Seward, Alaska, Whittier, Valdez, Alaska, Cruising by Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, Haines, Alaska, Icy Strait Point, Sitka, Alaska, Ketchikan, Alaska, Klawock, Alaska, Cruising Inside Passage, U.S.A, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia and Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

How many days are spent at sea?

10 days are spent at sea; the rest are in port.

Where does this cruise depart from?

It departs from Kobe and ends in Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

How long is this cruise?

39 nights aboard Azamara Pursuit.

When does this itinerary sail?

Upcoming departures include 6 May 2027. A NestCruise advisor can confirm current availability.

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