I Know Japan Has A Zillion Ferry Boats...

[Grandpa Frank]

but how bout cruise ships?? It's a big business here in the states! With monster ships 5 football fields long
holding thousands of people stopping at hundreds of ports of call. Has Japan got in on this money making area yet??

Frank

:?

 

[shiroma]

They say that the history of cruising in Japan began in 1989, at the peak of the economic bubble. There are currently four ships there:

Asuka (NYK Cruises)
[NYK also has a US subsidiary with three cruise ships.]

Nippon-maru (Mitsui OSK Passenger Line)

Pacific Venus (Japan Cruise Line)

Fuji-maru (Nippon Charter Cruise)
[Orient Venus, their second ship, has been laid up in Aioi since Sep. 2002.]

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Thank You Very Much For Taking The Time !!!

I added them to my favorites so I can check them all out. I'll have to reload my Japanese translation to convert
them to SOME-WHAT readable English!

Thanks!!

Frank