Japan by Sea: I Took a Cruise Like No Other (American Ship)

[@EmmaCruises]

Thank you so much for watching this video! What an incredible adventure this was. If you've read this far... comments 'magical laundry machine' so I know! 😂😂😂 This video is just one in a series! Check out the next one here (where you'll get to see all the amazing places we visited). This is on the Norwegian Cruise Line KZbin channel so pretty pretty please let them know that I sent you!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2rQiXx7ipycosksi=GEJ9JkwEJniGOf5E 🥰🥳

[@irenedavo3768]

Magical laundry machine

[@zenkakuji3776]

Magic. Laundry. Machine. Absolutely loved this video covering the ship and the Japan sites you visited. All I can say is... Arigatou Gozaimashita. Mata ne!

[@Alasdair54]

Magic Laundry Machine! Hmm .. mango chutney & poppadoms. Another fantastic video.

[@doctorderpage2848]

"In Japan you don't have to do anything for it to be the best day of your life." True words right there.

[@EmmaCruises]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@mikecoves4313]

Thanks for the glimpse. Sorry to say that the Australian flag is incorrect.. That's the Kiwi flag !!

[@EmmaCruises]

I’ll let my editor know, Thank you! 😁❤️

[@dougsmith3353]

Thanks for another excellent year of watching your great videos, Emma. Your shows aways brighten my day!

[@EmmaCruises]

You are so so kind. Thanks so much 🥹❤️

[@siddithers5356]

If the weather is nice, you’ll find Canadians by the pool. If you’ve ever tried to start a car at -40 degrees, you’ll know why.

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha, love that! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@calliencathy]

Canadian here . ..I personally would try to talk with as many strangers as possible...and the pool...but probably wouldn't get my money's worth since as a diabetic, I tend to eat smaller regularly scheduled portions and NO sweets and drink only water and coffee (no alcohol ) but I'd still have so much fun.

[@EmmaCruises]

Love that! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TidustheAlmighty]

So glad this just dropped. Keeps me thoroughly entertained while I work and wish I was on a cruise.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so so much! Hope your day at work is okay. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@TidustheAlmighty]

@@EmmaCruises It's better now. Though, to be fair, I work at home in my pajamas, so it could be worse. Merry Christmas!

[@EmmaCruises]

@@TidustheAlmighty Ha ha, I love that! Most my work I do in my pyjamas too. Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🏼

[@hornetgamer8980]

Would've obviously liked the video anyway, but specifically stopped what I was doing to like at the exact moment you gave mango chutney the love it deserves!

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha!! I looove it. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@desire2travel]

I love Norwegian Spirit. I took a cruise on her around Alaska in 2004. Then in 2023 I sailed on her again around New Zealand and Australia. The renovation was quite recent at that time and the ship felt very new. Watching your video makes me want to book another cruise on Norwegian Spirit!

[@EmmaCruises]

Awwwh love that so much!! Thank you! 😁❤️

[@seanhall6956]

Japan is definitely one of the places we would like to cruise one day and this video just makes us want to take that cruise.

[@EmmaCruises]

Do it do it!’ 😇❤️

[@heideleskun1163]

The Behind the scenes tours are SO interesting, highly recommend it.

[@EmmaCruises]

Soooooo much!!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@Yahooice]

Thank you Emma for another great video! Merry Christmas 🎄☃️🎄from Norway.

[@themoldcars]

Been to Japan and loved it. Been on a cruise and loved it. Can't wait to see this whole video.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so much!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@jeremy1350]

Hi Miss Emma, waving is kinda standard. If you take any of the inter-island ferries, when the ship sails, the shoreside staff usually go outside with flags or light sabers and sometimes music, as the ship sails away. (see: Solo Travel Japan) Haku has collections of ferry trips in his library.

[@EmmaCruises]

I love it! 😂❤️

[@csbramesh]

Your videos are really amazing to watch. Your journey inspires me to travel around the world. Keep travelling

[@EmmaCruises]

Thank you so so much, if you were ever in doubt about Japan, DO IT. Thanks so much 🥹❤️

[@cynthiareifsnider5794]

Thanks for the tour. Looks like you had a wonderful cruuse!

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@oceangalaxy2738]

I've been watching you for a couple of years now since I am addicted to cruises and it's always super enjoyable! It's getting me super excited for my cruise in November on Carnival's Mardi Gras!

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so much, that sounds aaaaaamazzing!! Have a great time! 🥳🥳

[@oceangalaxy2738]

@EmmaCruises OMG I will! It's for my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary and they wanted the whole family to come and my mom and my brother will have their birthday while on the ship so there will be a lot to celebrate!

[@ericarsenault9891]

Another awesome video, Merry Christmas Emma, thanks for everything =)

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so much 🥹❤️

[@avgeekguy]

Loved this video Emma! Nice job and merry Christmas!

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so much! Merry Christmas to you!! ❤🥳

[@GayesyJ]

Awesome video Emma! I agree with you about Japan: awesome place. ☺️ My husband and I will be going back for the third time in a few months. Also agree about early dinners. Have always been in the early dinner club! 😎

[@scotthagele3254]

'magical laundry machine' Thanks Emma for another interesting video. I've been on the Spirit in Alaska and enjoyed it very much. Merry Christmas!

[@EmmaCruises]

Love that!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@alexdocking]

Very interesting to see the changes made to the Spirit. We cruised Rome to the Greek islands aboard the Spirit in 2017 - one of our favourite cruises. Glad to see they changed to the adult pool where the kids play area was. We had almost no kids on our cruise so it sat empty most of the time. Thanks Emma. (A Japan cruise is also on our bucket list!).

[@EmmaCruises]

Yesss!! Thanks so much 🥹❤️

[@HighLordDave]

We did a Japan cruise back in September on the Celebrity Millennium. It was amazing. You are so right about the Japanese toilets. We were on an excursion, and the tour guide was giving us the run down of where we were going and she said, "There are toilets at our first stop, but they're not very clean. You can use them, but there are better toilets at our second stop . . ." As an American, let me tell you the Japanese idea of a "not very clean" public toilet is wildly different from an American "not very clean" public toilet. I'm not saying I'd eat off the floor of a Japanese public toilet, but the worst public toilet is Japan is miles better than the best public toilet in America, where "not very clean" just means no one overdosed or died there that day (or maybe they day before).

[@JTGould]

Old school cruising ... exactly what I prefer!

[@EmmaCruises]

😀❤️ Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@DJ_Andreas]

Magical laundry machine! Just came back from a cruise around Japan and it was amazing. I want to do it again!!

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha!! Thank you! 😁❤️

[@lindapeterson3613]

Magical laundry machine. I love watching your vlogs. You are the first cruising vloger I started watching.

[@EmmaCruises]

Love it!! Thanks so much 🥹❤️

[@kingsgaurd]

A cruise to Japan and South Korea seems amazing!

[@funkiefrankie03]

Love your hair and this video! I always find them both so relaxing and interesting ❤ thank you for sharing!

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha, thanks so much!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@bts-army-for-life8454]

Another great video! So excited to finally see your Japan trip documented fully. Can’t wait for the cruise globes launch in 2025!!! 🤍

[@EmmaCruises]

You're so kind. I'm sooo excited!!! It won't be long now at all!!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@laurihines300]

Sounds amazing. I haven’t focused at all on Japan as a cruise destination but this is so intriguing. Glad you had such a great time!

[@EmmaCruises]

The best!! Thank you! 😁❤️

[@laurihines300]

@ I see we are both night owls :-) I think the cruises are good for us to get up and going in the mornings. Can’t wait to see your review of your cabin!

[@CLTGeek]

My favorite "excursion" is the behind the scenes tour!

[@MiguelGomez-o1k]

I wish I could cruise through life like you, Emma. 🙂

[@EmmaCruises]

❤️❤️❤️

[@danielpersson1963]

Came home today from a Panama cruise with NCL. On the cruise I booked the same cruise in september.🎉

[@EmmaCruises]

Wow that sounds amazing! ❤️👍🏼

[@floodway2955]

As a Canadian that experience winter 6 months a year I would be outside on the ship all the time. Of course a bar outside would be nice. Merry Christmas Emma..

[@EmmaCruises]

Yesss!! To you too! 😁❤️ Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🏼

[@ballyhigh11]

Your winter is only 6 months? *Cries in Irish* 😭

[@curious880]

We actually prefer cruising NOT in the Caribbean. The Caribbean is our last pick for a cruise. Happy you enjoy this and thank you for the review, as we are looking to take this cruise too 😄

[@EmmaCruises]

Me too honestly haha!! Thanks so much 🥹❤️ Do it 1000000%!

[@CourtneyLynn-q1s]

As an American, I would say Americans were near the food! LOL!

[@EmmaCruises]

😂😂😂😂

[@CourtneyLynn-q1s]

@EmmaCruises OMG!! I feel seen by the @EmmaCruises!! Day made! Have a Happy Christmas and lovely 2025! I thoroughly enjoy your videos!

[@EmmaCruises]

@ haha!! Thanks so much!! To you too! 😁❤️

[@noahdrumright9940]

This cruise would be a dream come true! Thanks for the video🛳️

[@EmmaCruises]

Sooo much!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@johnbuckley8324]

Great video Emma! Your enthusiasm for all things cruising is delightful. 🙂 Happy Holidays and I look forward to your 2025 videos. Keep up the great work. 👍

[@EmmaCruises]

You’re so kind, Thanks so much 🥹❤️

[@michelealkins616]

I, too, love waving! I’ve never thought of it before, but I am also a “waver”😂

[@carlosherrador2068]

Thanks for another great video Emma! A magical laundry machine sounds like a lovely thing

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so much 🥹❤️ It really was!! ha ha.

[@cp1236]

The green cake was likely pandan leaf. They’re long leaves that are used for both sweet and savoury dishes. The taste is sometimes compared to vanilla.

[@toddjohnson5692]

Either that or Midori green melon cake. From how green maybe from pandan paste. My mother-in-law made the melon cake every year. She always had me go to the liquor store to buy it though so her neighbors wouldn't see her in a liquor store. :)

[@EmmaCruises]

Ooo, I've not heard of that one!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@kenk5704]

Great pics! Looks like you were having fun! Merry Christmas! Or Happy Holidays!

[@EmmaCruises]

Soo much. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@Tsamane]

As someone who just did a Japan cruise on the spirit myself, it was such a fun cruise.

[@EmmaCruises]

So so glad you enjoyed it as much as me! The best wasn't it?! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@kyrastuart1920]

7-11 in Japan is nothing like the US ones. I would love to visit Japan for them alone! I love watching videos of what you can buy there.

[@cyberstability]

'magical laundry machine' 'I'm scared of this drink!' 🤣🤣Love it!

[@EmmaCruises]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@hume1963]

You were a cute kid Emma. Great video too. Have a great Christmas 🎄

[@EmmaCruises]

Thank you! 😁❤️ To you too! 😁❤️

[@uss_04]

Going on a cruise to Japan this summer 2025, so great timing. Also happened to go on the Royal Caribbean cruise in Asia around the same time you did your own video. The Asia lines certainly are interesting.

[@EmmaCruises]

Ooo, that sounds amazing!! Have a great time! 🥳🥳

[@jimross7648]

First off I'm Just going to say that Japan is one of my favourite destinations. Three out of my last four trips have been to Japan with a European trip just for a difference. That being said as soon as I saw this Japanese cruise I was interested. I've been wanting to do a cruise but when push came to shove Japan always wins. This cruise will give me a twofer. I've already booked my next month in Japan but before the end of the year this is one the list. I've been to many but not all of the sights you showed but there always more to experience in Japan. Great video. I'm sold.

[@EmmaCruises]

This sounds INCREEEDIBLE!! I love the idea of multiple trips to Japan (haha). Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@bucketslash11]

Emma, you should take a Metal cruise like 70,000 Tons of Metal, it'll be an experience for you (bring a friend/family who likes metal) or Monsters of Rock Cruise

[@paulleteace2053]

Emma could take her dad 👍🏻. I love metal 🎸

[@EmmaCruises]

That would be soooooo fun! Ha ha, thanks Dad! :)

[@patriciad.7309]

Hi Emma, I'm looking forward to watching this video later on with my husband. We were on the Spirit in October, sailing from Yokohama to Seoul. It was fantastic, and we also enjoyed 3 days in Tokyo beforehand and 5 days in Seoul afterwards. In future we'd love to do a round Japan cruise (our next cruise is on the Spirit in February 2026, from Auckland to Sydney!). We love the Spirit, this was our 3rd time on her.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so much!! So glad you had an amazing time. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@dospalmascb]

Great Video Emma. I would love to visit Japan. As for 7 /11 they are a global brand and even way back in the early 90's there were branches in Hong Kong and yes virtually every street corner. I'm not sure why we don't have them in the UK.

[@markeaston7353]

Great video thanks Emma! We have just returned from 3 weeks of self touring in Japan and have cruised there a couple of times previously Google translate is our best friend and actually stopped us from eating intestines one night.

[@EmmaCruises]

Oh wow haha!! 😂😂😂

[@Orionzdream]

Little Emma was so cute. Current Emma is still cute but in a completely different way. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@EmmaCruises]

Hahaha!!! Thanks for sharing! 🥳🥳

[@jonathansmith6974]

We have 7-11 in the US, but they're not the same as in Japan. Here they are not known of clenliness and you probably odn't want to buy the food sold there. It's mostly for drinks/snaks, although some of them still sell gas, I think (petrol for you in the UK). On my bucket list is to visit a 7-11 in Japan. :)

[@CloudSurfingG]

@EmmaCruises yet again, another awesome video. Best wishes from here in Liverpool 😊😊

[@EmmaCruises]

You're so kind. Thanks so much 🥹❤️

[@sheismymom]

25:14 same! i got to see the tour in Toronto back in 2013 great show

[@EmmaCruises]

Amazing!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@Stess-ky4gn]

Have you ever heard of an Egg Cream? No egg in it. They are great! Basically soda water, milk, simple syrup and vanilla. Invented in New York City in the late 1800 or early 1900, no one can remember, cause their dead. They are very tasty. The drink not the dead people.

[@Paul_Wetor]

That Ferris Wheel looks so tall and amazing (especially the light show). I'm not keen on heights unless I'm enclosed so I'd love riding that.

[@EmmaCruises]

Yess!! It was. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@sarahhowie2911]

Japan is a bucket list destination for me, I'd be facinated by the 7eleven stores too. Sailed Norwegian Joy USA/Canada in September and will be dreaming of this Japan cruise - maybe someday. I felt Norwegian have definitely scaled back the entertainment, only one production number Elements on the Joy.

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha, I love that. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@Bluetangg]

So hard to imagine seeing an amazing place from a ship. Hope you had some time before or after to see Japan by land.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@brentfairlie9159]

Definitely a ship that I would enjoy.

[@EmmaCruises]

🥰👍🏼

[@budw.8362]

You got on after I docked! Thanks for the much better pictures and reporting then I did!

[@EmmaCruises]

Ha ha!! Hopefully you can share this with friends if they ask what you got up to!! Hope you had a great time. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@reaper2478]

Emma, you are such a dish 😊… & now I have another bucket list cruise added to my list 😋.. oh yeah, ‘Magical Laundry Machine’

[@EmmaCruises]

;) Thank you!!

[@Siggyroka]

Great video as always.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so much 🥹❤️

[@charlespendergast4882]

I've been to Naha and some of the cars are so small you can stick your arms out both windows at the same time 🙂

[@scherzva]

I took this cruise on Celebrity in August 2024. I hope to be back April or May of 2026. I had an adventure flying out, almost missed the ship. Great video.

[@EmmaCruises]

So glad you enjoyed it and made your cruise!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TWSmith42]

Happy Christmas! Note that NCL is replacing the fish carpets when they do refurbs or build new. :(

[@EmmaCruises]

This ship just had a massive 100 million dollar refit and the fish survived! 😀❤️

[@robertlemoine3500]

Merry Christmas 😊

[@EmmaCruises]

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🏼

[@gloriafranklin4362]

I love the remodel of this ship. Cruised it Alaska

[@EmmaCruises]

Yess! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@MyargonautsJason]

Japan doesn't have a tipping culture, so did you have to tip in the bars, restaurants and at the end of your cruise?

[@EmmaCruises]

On the cruise? Norwegian had automatic daily gratuities and above that we just tipped our cabin man ❤️🥰

[@francesgill8621]

Very interesting. I have been thinking about cruising in Japan in 2027 but have been focusing on Holland or Princess. I may look into Norwegian as well.

[@gwenmarshall587]

The Sky is NCL's smallest ship. The net tonnage for Spirit is only smaller than Sky because of the open area in the back. I was on Spirit from Hawaii to New Zealand Nov 2022 to January 2023. I was on NCL Jewel from Bangkok to Tokyo and then Tokyo to Vancouver in spring 2024. I am looking forward to going back to Spirit for Taiwan to Australia in November 2025.

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@lillygirl7238]

Thank you so much for this video. We want to book this cruise next year so your review is most helpful. Americans probably hang out at the buffet 24/7 but unsure where Canadians would hang out. Casino? Merry Christmas!🎄☃💕

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha, bit of both for both I think! Thanks so much 🥹❤️

[@redstickyrice]

Magical Laundry Machine…have a Happy Christmas!

[@EmmaCruises]

Thanks so much 🥹❤️ To you too! 😁❤️

[@rkenzie5235]

I love that you have the before pics 😱😱4:17

[@EmmaCruises]

I have sooo many! A full video about it will be coming soon ❤️

[@scorg]

omg Emma, this is so spooky, earlier today a friend and I was looking at the Spirit when she sales between South Korea and Japan during the summer next year! And then your video pops up today 😀

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha, I love that!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@NZKiwi87]

Magical laundry machine!:love your content 😊

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha!! Thanks so much 🥹❤️

[@davidarts1522]

I am addicted to the 7 layer chocolate cake at Cagney's! Also the Coq Au Vin at Le Bistro

[@EmmaCruises]

Yuuuuummmm!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@catmomof2many]

I love your cruise clothes! Would you consider opening a shop with links to similar styles? You could call it Ensign Emma Ensembles! Packing for a cruise is always such a challenge. I'm a cat mamma too & Captain Hudson is a total doll, I love me those yellow tabbies!

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha, I love that! This post includes all my dresses/outfits and where I got them from (if I know). Hope this helps! emmacruises.com/cruise-dress-examples-everything-i-wear-onboard-emma-cruises/ 🥳❤️

[@jamieferguson935]

As an Australian I was so deeply offended by you calling the New Zealand flag ours! Kidding, we love our Kiwi neighbours!

[@TVandManga]

Magical laundry machine! Great video!

[@EmmaCruises]

😂😂 Thank you! 😁❤️

[@hopec4648]

The cake might be pandan! It's a bright green colour but has a light vanilla-y flavour :)

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha! Maybe!! It really didn't taste much different. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@christopherbuckley94]

This is one of my bucket list cruises irrespective of the cruise line. I was booked on Diamond Princess for a similar tour, but Covid hit and that was the end of that. (I've heard that Diamond Princess is still having disinfection issues down in Australia and New Zealand.) Japan looks very interesting. I'm still skeptical about your dipping pizza in ketchup, but it can't be worse than California where they put pineapple chunks on as a topping! LOL!

[@EmmaCruises]

Ha ha, I put pineapple on it tooo!!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@michaeltsang88]

I've been on that ship!! Back when it was SuperStar Leo! I'm sure I still have the key card somewhere! Oh and Magical Laundry Machine

[@EmmaCruises]

Oh wow!! I'd have loved to have gone on it back then. A-maaaazing. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@CalicoMom83]

Magical laundry machine. And thank you! Will finish later. Out of battery!😂

[@EmmaCruises]

Haha!! Thank you! 😁❤️

[@LetsAllCruise]

You were a member of the Beano club?! Me too!!

[@Katzenjammerz67]

A truly magical laundry machine would be completely free, would fold and dry, and put the clothes away!

[@LetsAllCruise]

Cruise ship poppadoms are the best! You can't get a good poppadom in the USA 😭

[@LaszloBagi]

Wow, what a great review! And yes Japanese Toilets AKA Bidets are the BEST. Got one in 2020 and it's the best product I or my wife have ever bought. Shout out to Bio Bidet 2000

[@EmmaCruises]

YESSS, ha ha. Love that!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@Beachdudeca]

Looks like a great way to visit the expansive Japanese coast

[@EmmaCruises]

So much! Thank you! 😁❤️

[@jacobkrause4094]

Lovely video, we took spirit on her transpacific getting off in Tokyo,, who was the cruise director?

[@EmmaCruises]

I don't remember off the top of my head, sorry!! Hope you had a great time!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@musgawp]

Magical Christmas laundry machine

[@Ohiomancancruise]

Do you have any tips for going on a smaller princess cruise ship

[@EmmaCruises]

I have lots of Princess content on EmmaCruises.com 🥰❤️

[@NeonCoffeeCat]

I, too, am a 5 pm tea eater. Greetings from Australia.

[@EmmaCruises]

Love it!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@dadabetic]

That burger looked amazing! I'm used to the poolside grill level or quality LOL. what was in the Starbucks cup??! Don't tell us you've started drinking coffee 🤣 you need to read the fine print for the "free bag on laundry," otherwise one day they're just gonna give you a sack of dirty sheets and make you use the magical laundry machine yourself. LOL

[@EmmaCruises]

Ha ha, it was soooo good!! Nope not my coffee, was hot chocolate, still not mine though haha. Great point about the laundry ;) Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@Iluthra]

We may have 7-11s in America but they are not like Japanese ones. A lot of people stop on the way home from work to buy their evening meals or snacks. So much to choose from. I envy you going there. Japan, not 7-11.

[@EmmaCruises]

Awh, ha ha. Love that! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼

[@flyddw]

are all the Hudsons behind you all different?

[@EmmaCruises]

Yep! We have 5 versions and have raised over £100k for charity so far. The 5th is available at the moment here while stocks last! EmmaCruisesShop.com

[@asmahamid7022]

lol all the papadams :D

[@EmmaCruises]

Yum! 🤤

[@KillerHurdz]

22:09 Naha is actually the capital of Okinawa, rather than the name of the island (Okinawa Island).

[@EmmaCruises]

Gotcha! Thank you! 😁❤️ 🥳🤣

[@kevinbloom2265]

Magical laundry machine 😂

[@EmmaCruises]

;)