Was actually Matsuyama but again no drop down choice.
Onto day 3 and Matsuyama. This was the first time the ship has called at this port. The ship arrived at the dock at approx. 530 in the morning to a large group of people singing, a band playing and children waving flags! This was happening a short distance from our balcony and certainly gave us {and most others} an earlier wakeup call than we ...
Very easy to use underground trains , we visited the Mint museum , out of station cross river then walk beside the river you then arrive at the mint we just missed the cherry blossom here by a day but it was still good to see. Then back on underground to Osaka Castle very good day. ...
Only had 1/2 hour, then back on bus to go to "shop" not as advertised and paid for. Got to see barely anything at shrine. Not worth it at all ...
NOT OSAKA. Ishigaki, Japan was not listed in the CC dropdown box! It takes two nights and one full day at 12 knots to get back to the southernmost part of Japan, Okinawa Prefecture. MV Star Legend docked (for once, entirely on its own, with no tugboats standing by), at Ishigaki Island (quite far from the island of Okinawa.) This is a 50,000-population resort community in "tropical Japan." ...
The Port at Osaka was cancelled by Silversea because of a super typhoon. Silversea failed to disclose in their advertising materials that this was typhoon season in the Far East. ...
