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Who sails from here
Princess and Celebrity sail from here most often. At least six more lines come through.
Jump to lines →Where the ships go next
Round-Japan stops like Osaka, Hiroshima and Kagoshima, plus longer Japan-to-China connecting voyages.
Jump to destinations →Which pier is yours
Two cities on one bay, split by ship size, not location. Yokohama’s own list adds a fifth name, Shinko Pier.
Jump to the explainer →What parking costs
Osanbashi and Tokyo’s Second Parking Lot print their rates. Daikoku wants a booking, and Harumi says no.
See parking →Landing in Tokyo
Haneda is the practical gateway for both cities. Narita is farther and costs more to reach either.
Jump to getting here →Two front doors, one bay
Japan's cruise boom has two front doors, and they sit about 30 kilometers apart on the same bay.
Our Asia guide calls the pairing the fastest-growing hub on the map.
Japan's international cruise passenger count grew more than 121% between 2023 and 2024. That's more than doubling in a single year, and lines have kept adding capacity since.
Tokyo is still building out to match. Its modern terminal, Tokyo International Cruise Terminal on Odaiba, opened in September 2020 — the city's older terminal couldn't handle today's largest ships.
That older terminal, Harumi, sat closed for reconstruction from 2022. Cruise Industry News says operations resumed in June 2025, and CruiseMapper dates the first post-renovation call to November 1, 2025.
Yokohama, on the same bay, runs an older, steadier setup.
Osanbashi handles standard-size ships. Daikoku Pier, built in 2019, takes the mega-ships Osanbashi's own low bridge can't clear.
That's four main terminals in two cities, and one rule underneath: ship size, not geography. Yokohama's own list adds a fifth, Shinko Pier.
Who sails from here, as of October 5
This is the one block on the page with a short shelf life, because lines are still adding capacity here. So it carries its date and its sources in place.
Princess and Celebrity sail from here regularly. Norwegian, Oceania and Regent come in season — Cunard and Silversea call now and then.
Royal Caribbean publishes driving directions for Daikoku Pier, so it sails from here too. Holland America prints a Yokohama port guide that names Osanbashi, Shinko Pier and Daikoku Pier.
Treat this as a floor, not a full list — other lines sail here in season, and your boarding documents name your pier.
Disney Cruise Line is on its way. Oriental Land’s announcement points to 2029, but the Port of Tokyo says Disney ships will start and end cruises in Tokyo in fiscal year 2028, which runs April 2028 to March 2029 (Cruise Industry News, February 2026). We haven’t reconciled the two.
Oriental Land Company said in 2026 that a new, unnamed ship will homeport somewhere in the Tokyo area — nobody has named a terminal, or the ship.
Sources: our Asia cruise guide for Princess, Celebrity, Norwegian, Oceania, Regent, Cunard and Silversea; royalcaribbean.com’s driving-directions page for Daikoku Pier; Holland America’s Yokohama port page; Oriental Land Company’s 2026 announcement and Cruise Industry News for Disney. Checked October 5, 2026. Confirm your own ship against it, because bridge clearance, not this list, decides where you tie up.
Where the ships go next
A Tokyo or Yokohama cruise takes one of two shapes: a round-Japan itinerary, or a longer voyage connecting Japan to Hong Kong.
Each call below has its own page — and its own answer on whether the day needs a tour bought in advance.
Common, not guaranteed. Which stops appear on a sailing depends on the line, the ship and the season — read your own itinerary before you trust the pattern below.
Destinations
Ports a Tokyo sailing commonly reaches
Round-Japan runs work down the coast, and the connecting voyages cross to China, Korea or Taiwan. Each port below has its own page: the berth, the transfer, and what the day can hold. Patterns shift by season.
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Round-Japan itineraries
3The domestic run, working south and west from the bay.
Osaka & Kobe
Japan · the Kyoto gateway
The Kyoto call. Two cities under one itinerary label, and Kyoto an hour inland from either.
Kagoshima
Japan
An active volcano across the bay, and a berth question that decides whether you walk into town or ride.
Japan-to-China connecting voyages
3The sailings that leave Japanese waters, on a narrower set of itineraries than the round-Japan runs.
Shanghai
Mainland China
The mainland end of the connection, with two entirely different entry regimes depending on your sailing.
Busan
South Korea
The usual first stop out of Japanese waters, and the most self-sufficient port on the circuit.
Keelung
Taiwan · the Taipei gateway
The southern end of the connection, and a rare case of a berth you can simply walk out of.
No port matches that. Clear the filter to see the whole Japan circuit again.
Not covered above: Japan also sees calls from ships based elsewhere on longer, multi-region itineraries. We left that occasional traffic out, since it isn't a standard Tokyo or Yokohama round trip.
Which pier is yours?
Tokyo International Cruise Terminal sits on Odaiba, the artificial island in Koto Ward — an eight-minute walk from its own Yurikamome monorail station. It opened in September 2020 with one 430-metre berth, and a second is planned but not yet built.
The berth was built for post-Panamax ships — too large to pass under the Rainbow Bridge that constrains Tokyo's older terminal.
That older terminal, Harumi, has been Tokyo's cruise gateway since 1991.
It closed for reconstruction in 2022. Cruise Industry News says operations resumed in June 2025, though CruiseMapper dates the first post-renovation call to November 1, 2025.
Its Rainbow Bridge location caps what can dock there — smaller and mid-size ships only, not the mega-ships Tokyo International was built for.
Yokohama runs the same size-based split, about 30 kilometers south on the same bay.
Osanbashi is the older and more established of its piers. The City of Yokohama puts its air draft at 56 metres at spring high tide, with two berth pairs of 450 metres each.
Shinko Pier opened in November 2019 with one 340-metre berth and the same 56-metre limit. The city and Holland America both list it — we haven't tied a specific line to it — check your boarding documents.
Daikoku Pier opened its passenger building in April 2019 for ships up to 220,000 gross tons. It's the same too-big-for-the-bridge problem Tokyo International was built to solve — one bay over.
| Terminal | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo International Cruise Terminal | Aomi, Koto Ward, Tokyo (Odaiba) | Opened 2020; 1 berth (430m), unrestricted by bridge clearance; for the largest ships |
| Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal | 5-7-1 Harumi, Chuo Ward, Tokyo | Tokyo's original terminal (1991); operations resumed June 2025 after reconstruction; smaller/mid-size ships |
| Osanbashi Yokohama Intl. Passenger Terminal | 1-1-4 Kaigandori, Naka-ku, Yokohama | 2 berth pairs (450m each); air draft about 56m at spring high tide, per the city |
| Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal | 13 Daikoku-Futo, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama | Terminal building opened 2019; vessels up to 220,000 GT |
| Shinko Pier | 2-14-1 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama | Opened Nov 2019; 340m berth; listed by the City of Yokohama and Holland America; no line tied to it yet |
What the lines say about your pier
| Line | What the line publishes |
|---|---|
| Royal Caribbean | Driving directions to Daikoku Pier, berths P3 and P4, on the line's own page. |
| Princess | Says its cruises depart from Yokohama and doesn't name a pier. Check your documents. |
| Holland America | Lists Osanbashi, Shinko Pier and Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, and doesn't say which sailing uses which. |
Send us the ship and the date in the Ask box, and we’ll tell you which pier your documents should name.
Tokyo International and Harumi details come from Wikipedia and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Osanbashi, Shinko and Daikoku come from the City of Yokohama's terminal-information page. The lines' rows come from the lines' own pages, all read October 5, 2026.
Review periodically — Daikoku and Osanbashi are different journeys, so check your documents for the pier before you book anything else.
What a car costs you here
Osanbashi, Tokyo International and Daikoku all say something firm about parking, and Harumi rules it out.
Rates change, so confirm before you sail. Review periodically
Osanbashi charges ¥500 for the first hour, then ¥250 per 30 minutes. That's capped at ¥1,500 (US$9) a day on weekdays and ¥2,000 (US$13) on weekends and holidays.
If you board there, show your boarding pass and pay ¥1,000 (US$6) for 24 hours, for sailings up to 31 days (osanbashi.jp, read October 5, 2026). Ask the terminal how that bills a 10-night sailing before you drive in.
Tokyo International's own lot is for drop-off only, 15 minutes at most.
Cruise passengers use the Second Parking Lot. It has 84 spaces and charges ¥500 for the first hour and ¥100 per 30 minutes after, capped at ¥1,000 (US$6) on weekdays and ¥1,600 (US$10) on weekends.
It's first come, there's no booking, and it can fill. Storage is for passengers on the voyage, not for people only boarding or only getting off (tptc.co.jp, read October 5, 2026).
Harumi doesn't allow cruise parking.
Its operator says cars can't be left there — and on ship days, entry needs a booking made by 4 pm the day before (tptc.co.jp). Use a train or a taxi, not the car.
Daikoku Pier needs a reservation before you leave a car for a cruise — phone the Yokohama Port Promotion Association on 045-671-7241 for the price and the booking (City of Yokohama, read October 5, 2026).
Driving to the pier? Start here
The rates side by side, what each terminal won't let you do, and why Haneda beats Narita for a same-day arrival.
Compare the lots →Fly into Haneda
Haneda Airport is the practical gateway for both cities — closer to Tokyo's terminals, and closer to Yokohama's than Narita is to either.
Narita connects to most long-haul hubs too, but the transfer runs longer and costs more — that's the trade, not a dealbreaker.
By our metered arithmetic, a taxi from Haneda to Osanbashi is about ¥10,100 (about US$65). From Narita it's about ¥42,600 (about US$270), both before tolls.
That's OSRM routes of 23 and 98 km against the Tokyo taxi tariff of ¥500 for the first kilometre, then ¥100 per 232 m.
Holland America’s port guide prints ¥12,000 and ¥70,000 — we couldn’t reproduce either from the tariff. A NearMe guide puts fixed-fare taxis from Haneda to Naka-ku at ¥8,800 to ¥10,000 (about US$55 to 65).
Japan remains visa-free for US citizens for stays up to 90 days, unchanged as of this writing.
Cruise lines normally hand out the paper immigration and customs forms on board.
Most reports say Visit Japan Web isn’t set up for ship arrivals. Ask your line which it expects before you sail.
| From | Route | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Haneda Airport | Taxi or train to either city; OSRM puts Haneda to Osanbashi at about 26 min by road, without traffic | Closer, faster and cheaper than Narita for a cruise arrival |
| Narita Airport | Taxi or train; OSRM puts Narita to Osanbashi at about 89 min by road, without traffic | Workable, but budget extra time and money over Haneda |
| Tokyo International Cruise Terminal | Yurikamome monorail to its own station, 8 min walk | Free shuttle bus from Tokyo Teleport Station; the Port of Tokyo says the time and interval depend on the ship and the route changes with the call day (kouwan.metro.tokyo.lg.jp shuttle sheet, read October 5, 2026) |
The times and fares are our own arithmetic on OSRM routes read October 5, 2026, set against Holland America's port guide for Yokohama. Access to Tokyo International Cruise Terminal comes from Wikipedia and the terminal's own transit signage.
Review periodically — with several terminals across two cities, the terminal decides the transport, so settle it first.
Four hotels for the night before
| Hotel | What decides the night |
|---|---|
| Hilton Tokyo Odaiba | A 453-room Hilton on Daiba with an indoor pool, about 1.2 road miles from TICT and a Yurikamome station at the door. It's renovating in phases until December 2027. |
| The Westin Yokohama | A 373-room Westin in Minatomirai with a 20 m indoor pool, four places to eat and a Minatomirai Line station about a third of a mile away. Osanbashi is about 1.6 road miles off. |
| Hilton Yokohama | A Hilton in Minatomirai with an all-day restaurant, a seafood place and a cocktail lounge, a Minatomirai Line station about 0.4 miles away and Osanbashi about 1.9 road miles off. |
| Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers | A Sheraton steps from Yokohama Station with seven restaurants and lounges, an indoor pool and a club lounge, about 2.8 road miles from Osanbashi. |
We ranked eighteen hotels for the night before on the ride to the ship — and picked eight splurges, from Marunouchi to Yokohama.
Flying in?
Haneda or Narita, compared. Dollar figures use the European Central Bank reference rates of Oct 5, 2026 (about 0.63 US cents to the yen, or about $63 per ¥10,000); your card's rate will differ.
Want a rate for the night before? Put your ship and date in the Ask box below. An advisor checks the hotel’s rate for that night and replies within one business day, and nothing is held.
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Comparing ports before you pick a sailing? Our night-before pages for Singapore (parking, airports, hotels, splurges) and Hong Kong (parking, airports, hotels, splurges).
For this port on its own, see the Tokyo and Yokohama cruise port page, shore excursions, renting a car and Asia cruises.
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Questions we checked the sources for
Who actually sails from Tokyo and Yokohama?
Princess Cruises and Celebrity Cruises sail from here regularly. Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises come in season, and Cunard and Silversea Cruises call now and then.
Royal Caribbean International publishes driving directions for Yokohama's Daikoku Pier, and Holland America Line prints a Yokohama port guide. We name nine and treat that as a floor.
Your boarding documents name the pier.
Which pier will my ship use?
Four main terminals, plus Shinko Pier, across two port cities on the same bay.
Tokyo runs Tokyo International Cruise Terminal at Odaiba and the reopened Harumi terminal. Yokohama, about 30km south, runs Osanbashi and Daikoku Pier, and its own list adds Shinko Pier.
Ship size splits them more than the city does. Harumi and Osanbashi sit under low bridges, while Tokyo International and Daikoku were built for ships too large to fit under those bridges.
We found no source that says which line uses which pier on every sailing — so your boarding documents decide.
Where does a sailing go from here?
Two patterns. Most sailings are round-Japan itineraries.
They reach stops like Osaka or Kobe (the gateway to Kyoto, which has no port of its own), Hiroshima, and Kagoshima.
Some are longer connecting voyages linking Japan to Hong Kong. Our Asia guide describes them as running in the Japan-to-China direction rather than as a round trip from either end.
Which stops appear depends on the line, the ship and the season — so check your own itinerary.
What does it cost to leave a car?
Osanbashi charges ¥500 for the first hour, then ¥250 per 30 minutes. It caps at ¥1,500 a day on weekdays and ¥2,000 on weekends and holidays, with ¥1,000 for 24 hours if you board there (osanbashi.jp, read October 5, 2026).
Tokyo's Second Parking Lot charges ¥500 for the first hour and ¥100 per 30 minutes. It caps at ¥1,000 on weekdays and ¥1,600 on weekends (tptc.co.jp).
Daikoku needs a reservation, and Harumi doesn't allow cruise parking. Rates change, so confirm before you sail.
Is there anything to file when I arrive by ship?
Cruise lines normally hand out the paper immigration and customs forms on board.
Most reports say Visit Japan Web isn’t set up for ship arrivals. Ask your line which it expects before you sail.
Japan itself remains visa-free for US citizens for stays up to 90 days, unchanged as of this writing.