Japan’s National Parks, Art & Culture Cruise

• Circumnavigation of Japan’s main island Honshu and exploration of its wilderness, arts, culture and rich history
• Explore Japan’s most sacred shrine complex Ise Jingū with 125 different shrines including grand shrine Kotai Jingū
• Meet Japan’s iconic amulet-wearing ama divers
• Discover Japan Geopark Izu Oshima Island’s unique natural and human history
• Visit Japans famed island-dotted seascapes of Matsushima and Argo Bays
• Impressive lakes, hot springs and volcanic wonderland of Shikotsu-Toya National Park
• Visit two of Japan’s best contemporary art museums – Hachinhoe Art Museum and the Towada Art Center
• Explore stunning Lake Towada, a 2,000-year-old flooded double caldera, in Towada Hachimantai National Park
• Discover the Kakunodate Samurai District, a living museum that showcases the samurai way of life
• Admire art island Naoshima’s architecture and galleries including Chichu Art Museum and Benesse House
• Experience the flora of famed Japanese gardens Mifuneyama Rakuen and Ritsurin Park
• Look for Asiatic black bears and the rarely seen gigantic lotus Euryale Ferox at Bandai-Asahi National Park and Fukushimagata Wetlands
• Celebrate Japan’s internationally-renowned magna culture at Ishinomaki
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park & Miyajima famous Torii gate and Shinto Shrine
• South Korea’s Gyeongju ‘Museum Without Walls’ and Haeinsa Temple
• Explore Kobe’s Buddhist temple Sanjusangen-do renowned for its 1,001 statues of the goddess of mercy Kannon, and the ultimate torii gate experience Fushimi Inari Shrine
• Kanazawa’s thriving centre of the arts, Samurai history, Geisha house and castle ruins
• Explore the wilderness, beaches and history of Dogojima Island

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