The Diamond Princess cruise ship sails on calm gray water. The massive white vessel features a wide, multi-level glass navigation bridge, numerous decks lined with windows, a row of orange lifeboats, and a unique blue-and-white funnel at the top.

Princess Cruises

Japan Explorer

Asia

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Diamond Princess

Built in Nagasaki, named after a fire, and the only Princess ship with an onsen

Aboard

  • Built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at Nagasaki, one of only two Princess ships built in Japan
  • Swapped names with her sister after a construction fire in October 2002
  • Izumi, an 818-square-meter Japanese bath complex, the largest at sea
  • Five separate main dining rooms rather than one large hall
  • A gas turbine alongside the diesel generators, and an air lubrication system fitted in 2017

Ashore

Where You Stop

Tokyo

Busan

Nagasaki

Asia

Asia

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Maldives Cityscape
Night view of Singapore, skyscrapers in the background with lit-up petal in front.
Singapore Cityscape

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DepartsFrom
July 11, 2027
August 26, 2027This sailing
October 20, 2027