Scenic Cruises luxury itinerary
Scenic Eclipse II March 27-April 19 2029 Cruise & Offers | Scenic Cruises
Circumnavigation of Japan: Sacred Isles, Northern Shores & Golden Highlights - Cruise & Land Journey: Tokyo to Osaka
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March 27-April 19 2029 · Voyage OAJ3270329.1
Ports & shore experiences
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March 27, 28 & 29 2029Tokyo
About Tokyo
Welcome to Tokyo, Japan's capital and one of the world's most populous cities. Check-into The Capital Hotel Tokyu, your Scenic Special Stay for the next three nights. With direct access to four subway lines, the hotel recently received. Prestigious five-star rating in the Forbes Travel.
Verified voyage-specific experiences
- Scenic Freechoice. The exact-voyage entry includes this programme category for the destination. Confirm the final named choices and operating plan before departure.
March 30 2029Tokyo > Nagoya > Inuyama
About Tokyo > Nagoya > Inuyama
Begin the day at the dazzling teamLab Borderless Digital Art Museum. Wander freely amongst the immersive displays, created by hundreds of projectors, lights and computers. Afterwards travel to Nagoya via Shinkansen in Green (Business) Class seats. Visit Shinkansen Train Museum at the SCMaglev and Railway Park.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
March 31 2029Inuyama
About Inuyama
Learn about the ancient history of the area with a visit to the Shiro-to-Machi Museum before wandering through the old town’s streets to Inuyama Castle, the oldest of just five castles nationwide designated as national treasures.
Verified voyage-specific experiences
- Scenic Freechoice. The exact-voyage entry includes this programme category for the destination. Confirm the final named choices and operating plan before departure.
April 1 2029Inuyama > Nagoya > Kyoto
About Inuyama > Nagoya > Kyoto
Return to Nagoya and travel via Shinkansen in Green (Business) Class seats to the culturally rich city of Kyoto, home to many World Heritage sites. Upon arrival, glide through the surreal Arashiyama Bamboo Grove on a traditional rickshaw before exploring and enjoying a vegetarian meal at the World Heritage listed Tenryu-ji Temple.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 2 2029Kyoto
About Kyoto
Discover more of Kyoto today, a captivating city where old Japan is still alive. Kyoto is a published destination on Circumnavigation of Japan: Sacred Isles, Northern Shores & Golden Highlights - Cruise & Land Journey: Tokyo to Osaka aboard Scenic Eclipse II.
Verified voyage-specific experiences
- Test your targeting skills by throwing a shuriken. Nijo Castle. Verified Scenic Freechoice option for this exact voyage.
April 3 2029Kyoto > Nara > Osaka
About Kyoto > Nara > Osaka
Make an early morning visit to Fushima Inari Shrine, famous for the thousands of red torii gates leading to its entrance. Afterwards, drive to Todaiji Temple, one of the World Heritage-listed Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 4 2029Osaka
About Osaka
This morning, wander through Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Street, an icon of the city that dates back almost 400 years. Then explore Kuromon Ichiba Market, known as Osaka’s kitchen. The remainder of the day is at your leisure. Later this evening, enjoy more your Club Floor benefits, including complimentary refreshments and evening cocktails.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 5 & 19 2029Osaka, Japan
About Osaka, Japan
After breakfast and a relaxing morning at the hotel, check out and transfer to your Osaka, Japan is a published destination on Circumnavigation of Japan: Sacred Isles, Northern Shores & Golden Highlights - Cruise & Land Journey: Tokyo to Osaka aboard Scenic Eclipse II.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 6 2029Matsuyama, Japan
About Matsuyama, Japan
Discover Matsuyama, the largest city on the island of Shikoku and a place where history, literature and the art of bathing converge. Presiding over the city from a forested hilltop, Matsuyama Castle is one of only twelve original castles remaining in Japan, its elegant keep and stone ramparts offering sweeping views across the urban landscape to the Seto Inland Sea beyond.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 7 2029Hofu, Japan
About Hofu, Japan
Arrive in Hofu, a quietly distinguished city in Yamaguchi Prefecture where centuries of spiritual devotion have shaped both the landscape and local character. The revered Hofu Tenmangu Shrine, one of the oldest and most significant Tenmangu shrines in Japan, crowns a hillside above the city, its sweeping stone staircase and vermillion structures dedicated to the deity of learning and scholarship.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 8 2029Busan, South Korea
About Busan, South Korea
Cross the Korea Strait to discover Busan, South Korea’s dynamic coastal metropolis. Stretched along a dramatic shoreline of beaches, cliffs and wooded hillsides, the city reveals a distinctive character quite unlike any Japanese port on this voyage.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 9 2029Oki Islands, Japan
About Oki Islands, Japan
After a morning at sea, arrive at the Oki Islands, a remote archipelago in the Sea of Japan that feels a world apart from the mainland. Designated a World Heritage-listed Global Geopark, these islands reveal a dramatic geological story written in sheer sea cliffs, volcanic rock formations and coastlines sculpted by millennia of wind and wave.
Day planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 10 2029Miyazu, Japan
About Miyazu, Japan
Miyazu sits on the shores of Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture, serving as the gateway to Amanohashidate, one of Japan’s celebrated “three most scenic views.” This extraordinary natural sandbar stretches across the bay, its narrow ribbon of white sand lined with thousands of pine trees, creating a scene that has inspired poets and artists for centuries.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 11 2029Toyama, Japan
About Toyama, Japan
Arrive in Toyama, a city framed by one of the most dramatic mountain backdrops in Japan. The Tateyama Mountain Range of the Northern Alps rises to over 3,000 metres directly behind the city, its snow-capped peaks creating a stunning contrast with the coastal plains below.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 12 2029Niigata, Japan
About Niigata, Japan
Discover Niigata, a prosperous port city on Honshu’s Sea of Japan coast, renowned for producing some of the country’s finest rice and, by extension, its most celebrated saké. The Niigata region is home to an extraordinary concentration of saké breweries, many with histories stretching back generations, where master brewers draw on pure...
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 13 2029Akita, Japan
About Akita, Japan
Arrive in Akita, a city steeped in samurai heritage and the traditions of northern Japan’s Tohoku region. Once the seat of the powerful Satake clan, Akita retains a strong sense of its feudal past, with the historical relics of Kubota Castle set amid expansive parkland that is particularly striking during cherry blossom...
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 14 2029Hakodate, Japan
About Hakodate, Japan
Cross to Hokkaido and arrive in Hakodate, a port city at the island’s southern tip with a distinctive cosmopolitan heritage. Among the first Japanese cities to open to international trade in the mid-19th century, Hakodate retains a fascinating blend of Western and Japanese architectural influences, particularly in the Motomachi district, where European-style...
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 15 2029Sendai, Japan
About Sendai, Japan
After a morning at sea, arrive in Sendai, the largest city in the Tohoku region and a place known affectionately as the “City of Trees” for the graceful zelkova-lined boulevards that define its urban character.
Day planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 16 2029Oarai, Japan
About Oarai, Japan
Discover Oarai, a seaside town on the Ibaraki coast that serves as the gateway to one of Japan’s most celebrated landscape gardens. Kairakuen, built in 1842 by the local feudal lord and ranked among Japan’s three great gardens, is renowned for its vast plum grove of over 3,000 trees, which fills the hillside with fragrant blossoms in early spring.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 17 2029Tokyo, Japan
About Tokyo, Japan
Arrive in Tokyo, Japan’s extraordinary capital and one of the world’s great metropolises. A city of ceaseless reinvention, Tokyo layers ancient tradition upon cutting-edge modernity with a fluency unmatched anywhere else. The serene grounds of Meiji Jingu Shrine and the Imperial Palace Gardens offer moments of contemplation amidst a vast urban landscape...
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
April 18 2029Toba, Japan
About Toba, Japan
Arrive in Toba, a quiet port city on the Shima Peninsula that holds an outsized place in Japanese cultural history. It was here, in the sheltered waters of Ago Bay, that Mikimoto Kokichi pioneered the technique of cultivating pearls in the late 19th century, transforming a local fishing tradition into a global industry.
Experience planning
No separate voyage-specific experience list is verified in the current official data for this entry. Deluxe Cruises can help review the final programme closer to departure.
Please note: Call times, operation type and experience details are shown only when verified in the exact-voyage data. Unpublished details have not been estimated. Confirm the final programme with Deluxe Cruises before sailing. No cruise-line links or itinerary prices are included here.
A closer look at this sailing
Circumnavigation of Japan: Sacred Isles, Northern Shores & Golden Highlights - Cruise & Land Journey: Tokyo to Osaka aboard Scenic Eclipse II
On March 27-April 19 2029, Scenic Eclipse II follows official voyage OAJ3270329.1 from Tokyo, Japan to Osaka, Japan over 24 days. Its published progression includes Tokyo, Tokyo > Nagoya > Inuyama, Inuyama, Inuyama > Nagoya > Kyoto, Kyoto.
Discover Japan’s defining highlights in one seamless journey, from Tokyo’s skyline and Kyoto’s Golden Pavilion to Nara’s Great Buddha and Osaka’s celebrated food culture. Continue by sea aboard Scenic Eclipse II, exploring hot spring towns, samurai heritage, the remote Oki Islands, and iconic ports including Hakodate and Tokyo, with a cultural call in Busan along the way.
Scenic's official catalog provides 24 day-by-day entries for this departure but does not publish daily arrival and departure times. Those times remain explicitly unpublished here rather than being estimated.
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