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Diamond Princess shore excursions Kushiro, Otaru


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Sailing on cruise around north island Japan next month. Anyone been on similar cruise that stops at Kushiro and / or Otaru? Did you do self organised tours in these ports? Is there enough to do in these ports in the port towns themselves without going on an organised tour? thanks in advance

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The towns and ports of call in the main are pretty plain and to some degree dull. We did an 18 day cruise on Diamond last year. If we go again which is likely we would concentrate on going to gardens or parks and doing our homework via the Internet and the plethora of information available. We now know there is enough to do in each port, but you have to take the initiative. We avoid Princess excursions wherever possible.

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Kushiro is remote but Otaru is an easy port to do your own things and you can easily make it to the Nikka Whiskey Distillery for only a few dollars on the train opposed to the exorbitant price Princess charges for excursions. Otaru is a great small place to visit and the canal area is easy to get to and it is close to the main train station. To get to Nikka Whiskey Distillery you need to get from Otaru Station to Yoichi Station.

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Kushiro is remote but Otaru is an easy port to do your own things and you can easily make it to the Nikka Whiskey Distillery for only a few dollars on the train opposed to the exorbitant price Princess charges for excursions. Otaru is a great small place to visit and the canal area is easy to get to and it is close to the main train station. To get to Nikka Whiskey Distillery you need to get from Otaru Station to Yoichi Station.

thanks heaps - this helps

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