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Ocean Liners
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posted 03-20-2010 03:28 AM

Hiroshima prefecture lies in the middle of Chugoku, facing Shikoku across the Seto Inland Sea. Most of the prefecture consists of mountains leading towards Shimane Prefecture, but rivers produce rich plains near the coast, and the prefecture also includes many small islands in the Inland Sea. The sheltered nature of the Inland Sea makes Hiroshima's climate very mild.

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Ocean Liners
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posted 03-26-2010 10:17 PM

Miyajima is a small island less than an hour outside the city of Hiroshima. Miyajima is most
famous for its giant torii gate, which at high tide seems to float on top of the water. The sight is ranked as one of Japan's three best views.

While officially named Itsukushima, the island is more commonly referred to as Miyajima, Japanese for "shrine-island". This is because the island is so closely related to its shrine, Itsukushima Shrine, in the public's mind. Like the torii gate, the shrine's main buildings are built over water.

Miyajima is a romantic place, best enjoyed by staying overnight at one of the island's ryokan.
There are many day tourists, but in the evening the area becomes much quieter and peaceful. There are wild deer on the island that have become accustomed to people. In the day the deer wander around the same sites as the tourists, and in the evening they sleep along the walking paths.

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dmwnc1
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posted 03-28-2010 01:06 AM

Hiroshima is my one great miss as a sightseeing tourist. While in the US Navy we cruised in and out of Japan quite frequently while on WestPac. The single day we pulled into Hiroshima I had duty and was unable to visit. The time I did spend in Japan was amazing. The culture, people, and food all amazing and beautiful.

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Ocean Liners
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posted 05-26-2010 12:43 AM

Orion Expedition Cruises released details regarding the forthcoming long term charter of Clelia II, a 100 passenger all-suite luxury expedition cruise ship, to be renamed Orion II. The ship, configured to Orion’s exacting requirements, is scheduled to commence expedition voyages under the Orion Expedition Cruises banner in May 2011.

Clelia II was Originally built as Renaissance Four in 1990, she made a maiden call to Japan ports in May 1991.

Orion II is scheduled to visit Hiroshima & Miyajima Island on the following cruises.

20 Night pathways Sailing departing 28 June 2011

Petropavlovsk - Zhupanova River, Kamchatka Peninsula/Russkaya Bay - Paramushir Island & Atlasova Island - Skaly Lovushky & Onekotan Island - Yankitcha Island & Matya Island - Chirpoy Island Kunashiro Island & turup Island - Kushiro - Aomori - Mano, Sado Island - Kanazawa - Sakai Ko - Busan - Nagasaki - Uwajima - Hiroshima & Miyajima Island - Uno Ko - Kobe

10 Night Inland Sea of Japan departing 18 July 2011

Kobe - Uno Ko - Hiroshima & Miyajima Island - Uwajima - Nagasaki - Busan - Sakai Ko - Kanazawa - Mano, Sado Island - Aomori

10 Night Inland Sea of Japan departing 28 July 2011

Aomori - Mano, Sado Island - Kanazawa - Sakai Ko - Busan - Nagasaki - Uwajima - Hiroshima & Miyajima Island - Uno Ko - Kobe

14 Night Ryukyu Islands and Sabah departing 7 August 2011

Kobe - Uno Ko - Hiroshima & Miyajima Island - Shimonoseki - Nagasaki - Kagoshima - Naha - Iriomote Island & Ishigaki Island - Port Sual (for Baguio), Luzon - Puerto Galera, Mindoro - Puerto Princesa, Palawan - Kota Kinabalu

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Ocean Liners
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posted 01-05-2013 12:09 AM

Pacific Princess is scheduled to visit Osaka on March 17th and Hiroshima on March 18th on her World Cruise Segment Voyages from Sydney departs on March 3rd to Hong Kong.
She also visits Cairns, Guam, Inchon and Shanghai.

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Ocean Liners
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posted 02-13-2013 10:11 AM

Adonia(Ex. R-Eight) makes maiden visit Yokohama on Mar 2nd 2014 and Hiroshima on Mar 4th 2014 on 17 nights segment voyage round trip from Hong Kong or 112nights Adonia's Asian Grand Adventure 2014 from Southanpton.

Pacific Princess(Ex. R-Three)

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