Yokohama to Osaka Cruise - touring advice
We'll be on a Windstar small ship next April, going from Yokohama to Osaka with several stops.
I've begun to think about day tours at the various stops, and must say that they all seem to offer tours that are some combination of Temple, Shrine, Castle, gardens, scenery. With many sounding more or less the same. I want to be sure that I plan the best combination of things so as to get the best experiences without a lot of repeats. While my many trips to Japan will be followed, with luck, by many more, this is probably my one opportunity to visit many of these areas and I'm feeling a bit lost. Tips for "when in xxx you must see..."
The stops are:
Shimizu (9 hours)
Shingu (10 hours)
Kagoshima (10 hours)
Sasebo (12 hours) planning to tour Nagasaki
Busan (Korea) we'll sort that out.
Fukuoka (9 hours)
Hiroshima (tour the city)
Kochi (only 5 hours there)
On at least a couple of the days we'll want to just take it easy and wander around the port - any thoughts on which one(s) would have the best shops/culture within easy distance of the port?