12 nights · 14. March - 26. March 2027 · Osaka → Busan
Twelve nights aboard Le Soléal trace the Seto Inland Sea from Osaka past the sacred gates of Miyajima to Busan. The 184-guest Ponant Classic vessel calls at quiet harbours along Kyushu and Honshu that remain closed to larger ships. Her marina platform and Zodiacs open access to shrines, castles and pottery villages that define old Japan.
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Osaka is the gateway to Nara (45 minutes) with free-roaming deer and the Todai-ji temple with the largest bronze Buddha in Japan, as well as to Kyoto …
Toba sits on the Pacific coast of Japan's Mie Prefecture on the Shima Peninsula …
On the south-east coast of Japan's Kii Peninsula in Wakayama Prefecture lies Shingu …
In Japan's Hyōgo Prefecture on Honshū rises Himeji with Japan's most famous castle above the city …
Takamatsu on the island of Shikoku is known for Ritsurin Garden, one of Japan's finest landscape gardens …
Hiroshima is both a memorial and a modern metropolis …
The sacred island of Miyajima in Hiroshima Bay is famous for the great red torii of Itsukushima Shrine, which appears to float on the water and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site …
Beppu lies on the east coast of Japan's Kyushu island and is famed for its more than 2,000 hot springs …
On the south-eastern coast of the Japanese island of Kyūshū lies Miyazaki with a mild, almost subtropical climate on the Pacific …
Kagoshima is the capital of Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Kyushu …
Castle town in the north of Japan's Kyushu Island, set picturesquely on a shallow bay along the Genkai Sea …
Nagasaki, with its Atomic Bomb Park and Peace Museum, recalls 9 August 1945 - the second atomic bomb in history …
Busan is South Korea's second-largest city and its most important port …
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