Our guide to Cruise / Shore Excursions in Japan. Know before you go.

If you are ever lucky enough to take a cruise around Japan, other than choosing your ship, flights and hotels, the next most important task is booking your excursions. Shore excursions in Japan can be extremely costly and often they are very poor quality. This video shows a lot of the best Cruise excursions in Japan and also gives alternatives that you can do independently from the cruise ship or local tour companies found at the ports. The public transport systems in Japan are second to none for efficiency, so you can rely on Public transport for getting you to and from the ship within the time constraints of the port visit. In some ports, Shuttle buses are laid on or you can walk straight from the cruise terminal. All of these will be mentioned. We want to give you as much information and as many options as possible for your well earned vacation. So sit back, grab a drink and enjoy our video. We are sure you will pick up some great ideas for your trip. In our opinion these are the best shore excursions in Japan to take on your Japanese cruise. NAGASAKI TOUR As mentioned in the video this is the itinerary to get to see everythinh in Nagasaki in a day: Turn Left out of the cruise terminal and walk 200 meters to the tram stop. Catch the No3 Tram, boarding at the rear and travelling for 6 stops to City Hall. Using the front door, get off at City Hall, showing your pass to the driver as you alight. wait for the No2 Tram towards Akasako and get on at the rear again. Travel for 10 stops to the Peace Park, alighting at the front. Take a walk around the peace park and the Urakami Cathedral. 1/2 hour Go back to the main road and turn left, walking to the Hypo Centre and then continuing on to The Atomic Bomb Museum. 1 to 2 hours From the Atomic Bomb Museum Catch the No1 or No2 Tram for 5 stops to Takara Machi. Then change to the No3 or No4 Bus to Ropeway. if you don't like ropeways, catch the No5 bus instead to the slope car at Inasayama Park. Take the Ropeway to Mount Inasa Overlook. 1 hour 15 minutes Take the slope car back down to Inasayama Park. Catch no 55 or 70 bus to City Hall At city hall walk towards the riverside and head south towards the Megane Bridge Navigate the streets to Megane Bridge. Walk further along the riverside to China town and grab some street food. 1 hour will be spent at the bridge and Chinatown. catch the no3 tram from Medical centre station to the end of the line. Walk up to the right to Glover Park. Spend 1 hour 30 minutes here Walk back down to where you got off the Tram and continue straight across to Nagasaki Koshibyo Confucius Shrine spending 45 minutes there. From here it is a short 10 minute walk back to the cruise terminal. LINKS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO. We will receive a small commission if you purchase after using our link. This will not cost you any more and from time to time it may be cheaper for you. Thank you for using our links it helps to support our channel. PLEASE NOTE: You should always check timings with the ship and tour operator before making a booking. Our Viator Shop for Japan : vi.me/peQXh SHORE EXCURSIONS can be much cheaper than the cruise ships. They also have smaller groups resulting in less time hanging around for others. They also have a back to ship guarantee. If you should miss your ship they will sort everything out by arranging for you to get to the next port of call, including meals and accommodation. They will also pay $1000 per person as compensation. So booking with Shore excursions is worry free, cheaper and more enjoyable. Link for Shore excursions : http://www.shoreexcursionsgroup.com/?id=1916843&data=strettysseesights@gmail.com Links for Maya Mobile. The extra cost for the all Asia esim is worth it for use in Korea as wifi is very scarce in Korea. For all of Asia use this link: https://maya.net/plans/asia?pid=aeXxzkBRgSe9 For Japan only use this link: https://maya.net/esim/japan?pid=aeXxzkBRgSe9 BOOKING.COM ( we do not get any commission from booking.com ) https://www.booking.com/ Please remember to subscribe to our channel. Safe Cruising 00:00 - Intro 02:26 - Tokyo excursions / day trips 08:45 - Kobe - Osaka and Kyoto 09:09 - Kyoto shore excursions and independant tour 13:00 - Kobe and Hemeji shore excursions 13:43 - Osaka and Nara shore excursions and independant tour 14:21 - Hiroshima shore excursions 15:35 - Nagasaki shore excursion and independant tour 21:03 - Jeju City, Jeju island shore excursions and independant tour 23:15 - Kagoshima shore excursions and independant tour 26:00 - Shimizu/Shizuoka shore excursions and independant tour