The rain predicted never materialized and we spent our last day at sea sailing the Sea of Japan, the Tsugaru Straight and the Pacific Ocean. It was a bright, sunny, warm day. We didn’t do much except start to get ready to disembark on Friday. Otaru is on the west side of Hokkaido Island while Tokyo is on the east side of Honshu Island. The Tsugaru Straight is the narrow passageway between Hokkaido and Honshu.
Today we had more swells than any day of the trip. It wasn’t really rough, but we could tell we were at sea. We have had amazingly good luck with good weather and calm seas for our whole voyage. The week before we were in Alaska, the seas were rough and some port calls for cruise ships were cancelled. This week the seas in Alaska are really rough and some cruise lines have cancelled ALL their port calls. Bummer for people on those cruises
No pictures today. Taking it easy and starting to get ready to repack everything. Tomorrow we will be in Tokyo for an excursion and then spend our last night on the ship. It will be sad goodbyes to passengers we have met and crew that we have come to know. Then it will be two nights in a Tokyo hotel. But more on all that later.
Tokyo busy place but so much for you to see. Have fun!
You sure did pick the right dates for your cruise, squeezing in between those stretches of bad weather. See you in Tokyo.