North Pacific Passage Vancouver, British Columbia to Tokyo Cruise

Day 1 - Vancouver

Arrive: Fri 04 September 2026 / Depart: Fri 04 September 2026

Vancouver, a bustling west coast seaport in British Columbia, is among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities. A popular filming location, it’s surrounded by mountains, and also has thriving art, theatre and music scenes. Vancouver Art Gallery is known for its works by regional artists, while the Museum of Anthropology houses preeminent First Nations collections.

Day 2 - Scenic Sailing: The Inside Passage

Day 3 - Ketchikan

Arrive: Sun 06 September 2026 / Depart: Sun 06 September 2026

Ketchikan is an Alaskan city facing the Inside Passage, a popular cruise route along the state's southeastern coast. It's known for its many Native American totem poles, on display throughout town. Nearby Misty Fiords National Monument is a glacier-carved wilderness featuring snowcapped mountains, waterfalls and salmon spawning streams. It's also home to rich wildlife including black bears, wolves and bald eagles.

Day 4 - Sitka

Arrive: Mon 07 September 2026 / Depart: Mon 07 September 2026

Sitka is an Alaskan city and borough near Juneau, the state capital. It's spread over Baranof Island, part of Chichagof Island and others. It was part of Russia until 1867 and St. Michael’s Orthodox Cathedral is topped with an onion dome. The 1842 Russian Bishop’s House is nearby. Sitka National Historical Park is the site of Russia’s defeat of the indigenous Tlingit people and has a trail dotted with totem poles.

Day 5 - Scenic Sailing: Glacier Bay

Day 6 - Hubbard Glacier

Arrive: Wed 09 September 2026 / Depart: Wed 09 September 2026

Hubbard Glacier is a glacier located in eastern Alaska and part of Yukon, Canada, and named after Gardiner Hubbard.

Day 7 - Valdez

Arrive: Thu 10 September 2026 / Depart: Thu 10 September 2026

Valdez is a city in the Chugach Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city is 3,976, down from 4,036 in 2000. The city was named in 1790 after the Spanish Navy Minister Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán.

Day 8 - Seward

Arrive: Fri 11 September 2026 / Depart: Fri 11 September 2026

Seward is a port city in southern Alaska, set on an inlet on the Kenai Peninsula. It’s a gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park, where glaciers flow from the Harding Icefield into coastal fjords. Surrounded by peaks, the fjords are a whale and porpoise habitat. The city’s Alaska SeaLife Center has seals and puffins, and fishing boats fill Seward Harbor. To the west, a trail leads to the summit of Mount Marathon.

Day 9 - Homer, Alaska

Arrive: Sat 12 September 2026 / Depart: Sat 12 September 2026

Day 10 - Kodiak, Alaska

Arrive: Sun 13 September 2026 / Depart: Sun 13 September 2026

Kodiak is the main city and one of seven communities on Kodiak Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. All commercial transportation between the island's communities and the outside world goes through this city via ferryboat or airline. The population was 6,130 as of the 2010 census.

Day 11 - At Sea

Day 12 - Sail the Bering Sea

Day 13 - Cross the International Date Line

Day 14 - Sail the Pacific Ocean

Day 15 - Sail the Pacific Ocean

Day 16 - Sail the Pacific Ocean

Day 17 - Sail the Sea of Okhotsk

Day 18 - Sail the Sea of Okhotsk

Day 19 - Otaru, Japan

Arrive: Tue 22 September 2026

Sapporo, capital of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, is famous for its beer, skiing and annual Sapporo Snow Festival featuring enormous ice sculptures. The Sapporo Beer Museum traces the city’s brewing history and has tastings and a beer garden. Ski hills and jumps from the 1972 Winter Olympics are scattered within the city limits, and Niseko, a renowned ski resort, is nearby.

Day 20 - Otaru, Japan

Depart: Wed 23 September 2026

Sapporo, capital of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, is famous for its beer, skiing and annual Sapporo Snow Festival featuring enormous ice sculptures. The Sapporo Beer Museum traces the city’s brewing history and has tastings and a beer garden. Ski hills and jumps from the 1972 Winter Olympics are scattered within the city limits, and Niseko, a renowned ski resort, is nearby.

Day 21 - Tsugaru Strait

Day 22 - Tokyo

Arrive: Fri 25 September 2026

Tokyo, Japan’s busy capital, mixes the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers to historic temples. The opulent Meiji Shinto Shrine is known for its towering gate and surrounding woods. The Imperial Palace sits amid large public gardens. The city's many museums offer exhibits ranging from classical art (in the Tokyo National Museum) to a reconstructed kabuki theater (in the Edo-Tokyo Museum).

Day 23 - Tokyo

Depart: Sat 26 September 2026

Tokyo, Japan’s busy capital, mixes the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers to historic temples. The opulent Meiji Shinto Shrine is known for its towering gate and surrounding woods. The Imperial Palace sits amid large public gardens. The city's many museums offer exhibits ranging from classical art (in the Tokyo National Museum) to a reconstructed kabuki theater (in the Edo-Tokyo Museum).