I Know Japan Has A Zillion Ferry Boats...

[Uncle 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

:?

[名無し]

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 (http://www.jopa.or.jp/cruise_ships/asuka/) (NYK Cruises (http://www.asukacruise.co.jp/))
[NYK (http://www.nykline.co.jp/english/about/business/cruise.htm) also has a US subsidiary (http://www.crystalcruises.com/) with three cruise ships.]

Nippon-maru (http://www.jopa.or.jp/cruise_ships/nippon_maru/) (Mitsui OSK Passenger Line (http://www.mopas.co.jp/))

Pacific Venus (http://www.jopa.or.jp/cruise_ships/pacific_venus/) (Japan Cruise Line (http://www.venus-cruise.co.jp/))

Fuji-maru (http://www.jopa.or.jp/cruise_ships/fuji_maru/) (Nippon Charter Cruise (http://www.nc-cruise.co.jp/))
[Orient Venus, their second ship, has been laid up in Aioi since Sep. 2002.]

[Uncle Frank]

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
:cool: