NEW HOME OF THE MAJESTIC CRANE KUSHIRO, JAPAN The Kushiro Marshland is where the graceful Japanese crane (or red-crowned crane) calls home. Considered sacred in Japan, this bird gets its name from what seems like a red cap on its head. Join the photographers that flock to this national park from all around the world to capture the perfect image of these beautiful birds. To learn more about this species, spend time at the Akan International Crane Centre, a museum dedicated to the crane’s history and ecology. View FREE Unlimited Shore Excursions at RSSC.com ASIA 67 INSIDE PASSAGE HUBBARD GLACIER SEWARD • KODIAK PETROPAVLOVSK MAJESTIC PACIFIC PASSAGE VANCOUVER TO TOKYO Seven Seas Explorer® 20 SEPTEMBER 2023 | 19 NIGHTS UP TO 43 FREE SHORE EXCURSIONS FREE DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART 20 Sep Vancouver, British Columbia Noon 8pm Embark 21 Cruising the Inside Passage 22 Ketchikan, Alaska 7am 4pm 23 Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), 10am 7pm Alaska 24 Cruising Hubbard Glacier 25 Seward, Alaska 8am 6pm 26 Kodiak, Alaska 8am 5pm 27 Cruising the Pacific Ocean 28 Dutch Harbor, Alaska 8am 5pm 29 Cruising the Bering Sea 30 Cross the International Date Line (Lose a Day) 1 Oct Cruising the Pacific Ocean ✛ FREE 2- OR 3-NIGHT LAND PROGRAMME PRE-CRUISE: VERY VANCOUVER (2 nights) — OR — POST-CRUISE: VIBRANT TOKYO See pages 79 & 80 for details INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE • • • • • • • • • SENDAI DUTCH HARBOR HAKODATE ICY STRAIT POINT (HOONAH) KETCHIKAN VANCOUVER TOKYO (YOKOHAMA) DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART 2 Cruising the Pacific Ocean 3 Petropavlovsk, Russia 6am 6pm 4 Cruising the Pacific Ocean 5 Cruising the Pacific Ocean 6 Hakodate, Japan 8am 4pm 7 Sendai, Japan 9am 5pm 8 Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan O Noon 9 Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan 8am Debark O Overnight in port HAKODATE, JAPAN 2- OR 3-NIGHT LAND PROGRAMME JAPANESE CRANE KUSHIRO, JAPAN