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Top Best Authentic Norwegian Spirit Shore Excursion Itineraries in Japan

Get ready to step off the ship and into adventure. Our shared shore excursions for Norwegian Spirit guests are made for travelers who want stories, flavors, and snapshots worth remembering.

Why Choose Our Norwegian Spirit Shared Shore Excursions from Ports?

Forget crowded buses and rigid timetables, this is your invitation to something better. Our tours are designed for travelers who crave color, connection, and a bit of adventure, blending Japan’s most vibrant sights with authentic local moments. Think photo-ready alleys, sizzling street snacks, and temples tucked into quiet corners, all at a pace that lets you truly take it in.

Japan shore excursions for NCL Sun cruise

NCL Spirit Cruise Itineraries with Shared Shore Excursions Available

Each of the tours below aligns with your Norwegian Spirit cruise ship itinerary, combining cultural highlights, light adventure, and unforgettable visuals.

14 Days One-way from Tokyo to Incheon

Jul 27, 2025 - Aug 10, 2025

Norwegian cruise itinerary Jul 27
Itinerary: Yokohama, Japan → Incheon, South Korea
Ports with shared tour available: Shimizu (Jul 28, 2025); Kobe/Osaka (Jul 29, 2025); Otaru (Aug 02, 2025); Nagasaki (Aug 06, 2025); Hiroshima (Aug 07, 2025)

Special deal for shared tour Special Deal:

  • Buy all 5 tours combo get a 10% discount more for the total bill.
  • For tour leader: Assemble 20 guests exchange for 1 complimentary position in tour. It can be you or your companion.
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Hiroshima Shore Excursions

Hiroshima & Miyajima Highlights Tour

(3)

Duration: 6 hours

Port: Hiroshima, Japan

Highlights: Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima Town, Peace Memorial Park & Museum, Atomic Bomb Dome

Excursion Type: Culture / Sightseeing / Historic Sites

Cruise: Celebrity MillenniumDiamond PrincessNorwegian Spirit

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10 Days One-way from Incheon to Tokyo

Sep 24, 2025 - Oct 5, 2025

NCL Spirit 10 days one-way from Incheon to Tokyo
Itinerary: Incheon, South Korea → Yokohama, Japan
Ports with shared tour available: Sasebo (Sep 26, 2025); Fukuoka (Sep 27, 2025); Hiroshima (Sep 28, 2025); Kochi (Sep 29, 2025); Kobe (Sep 30, 2025); Nagoya (Oct 02, 2025); Shimizu (Oct 03, 2025); Yokohama (Oct 04, 2025)
 
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Sasebo Shore Excursions

Sasebo Culture Haft-day Tour

Duration: 5 hours

Port: Sasebo, Japan

Highlights: Ohashi Kannon Temple, Emukaehonjin Yamashita-ke Motokura, Tenkaiho Observatory, Yonka-cho Shopping Mall

Excursion Type: Culture

Cruise: Norwegian Spirit

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(3)

Duration: 6 hours

Port: Hakata - Fukuoka, Japan

Highlights: Tochoji Temple & Buddha-Hell-Paradise, Ohori Park, Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, Fukuoka Tower

Excursion Type: Culture / Sightseeing

Cruise: HAL WesterdamNorwegian Spirit, Celebrity Millennium

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Hiroshima Shore Excursions

Hiroshima & Miyajima Highlights Tour

(3)

Duration: 6 hours

Port: Hiroshima, Japan

Highlights: Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima Town, Peace Memorial Park & Museum, Atomic Bomb Dome

Excursion Type: Culture / Sightseeing / Historic Sites

Cruise: Celebrity MillenniumDiamond PrincessNorwegian Spirit

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Kochi Shore Excursions

Kochi Castle & Katsurahama

(7)

Duration: 6 hours

Port: Kochi, Japan

Highlights: Gotaisan Chikurin-ji Temple, Harimaya-bashi Bridge, Kochi Castle, Hirome-Ichiba Open Market, Katsura Hama

Excursion Type: Culture / Sightseeing / Local Experience

Cruise: Diamond PrincessNorwegian Spirit

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Kyoto Shore Excursions

The Best of Kyoto & Arashiyama

(3)

Duration: 8 hours

Port: Osaka/Kobe, Japan

Highlights: Arashiyama Area, Bamboo Forest, Togetsu-Kyo Bridge, Kinkakuji Temple (the Golden Pavillion), Fushimiinari-Taisha Shrine

Excursion Type: Sightseeing / Heritage Sites

Cruise: Oceania RivieraHAL WesterdamNorwegian SpiritNorwegian Sun

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Nagoya Shore Excursions

Nagoya Highlights Tour

(2)

Duration: 5 - 6 hours

Port: Nagoya, Japan

Highlights: Nagoya Castle, Arimatsu Traditional Townscape, Arimatsu Tie-dyeing Museum

Excursion Type: Culture / Heritage Sites

Cruise: Oceania RivieraNorwegian Spirit

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Shimizu Shore Excursions

Hakone Owakudani & Lake Ashi Tour

(3)

Duration: 6 hours

Port: Shimizu, Japan

Highlights: Lake Ashi cruising (Viking boat), Owakudani by rope-way, Owakudani Valley

Excursion Type: Sightseeing

Cruise: Diamond PrincessNorwegian Sprit

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Tokyo Shore Excursions

Taste of Tokyo City

Duration: 7 hours

Port: Yokoham/Tokyo, Japan

Highlights: Meiji Shrine, Shibuya Area, Roppongi Hills Observation Deck, Asakusa Senso-ji Temple & Nakamise Shopping Arcade

Excursion Type: City Sightseeing

Cruise: Norwegian Spirit

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If our current shared tours don’t align with your cruise itinerary, we invite you to complete the inquiry form below

Plan My Authentic Shore Day

Meet Fiona – Your Travel Expert for Norwegian Spirit Cruise Excursions

Fiona - Travel Expert

Fiona Pham
Travel Expert

With over 5 years of experience creating unforgettable shore excursions across Asia, Fiona brings both expertise and heart to every journey she curates. With her quick responses, attention to the small things, and genuine care for every guest’s comfort and curiosity, she’ll help you pick the right tour, customize if needed, and feel confident about every step ashore.

Reach out to Fiona below - She’ll respond within 24 working hours.

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Thomas Nguyen - Travel Consultant

Thomas Nguyen
Travel Expert

With a deep passion for travel and a natural talent for organizing and leading group tours, Thomas Nguyen brings both heart and precision to every journey he curates. Known for his steady performance and attention to every detail of shore excursions, Thomas doesn't strive to be flashy but always delivers what matters most: accuracy, reliability, and genuine customer satisfaction.

Reach out to Thomas below - He'llrespond within 24 working hours.

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FAQs for Norwegian Spirit Cruise Ship Guests

Below are answers to the most common questions we receive from Norwegian Spirit guests, so you can step ashore with confidence, curiosity, and complete peace of mind.

Booking your excursion with Japan Shore Excursions is easy and worry-free. Simply select your preferred tour, then you can choose either pay directly via Onepay or fill inquiry form to contact with our travel expert.

After that, you’ll receive a confirmation email with everything clearly outlined. If you’d prefer more personal assistance, Fiona, is always available to guide you in selecting the right tour based on your interests and comfort level.

Pro tip: Tours fill up fast, so booking early means you won’t miss out!

Absolutely. Our shared tours are designed for individuals, couples, and families alike. Many solo travelers love the social vibe and leave with new cruise buddies.

Expect light to moderate walking, with plenty of breaks for food, views, and photos. It’s movement with meaning, not a marathon.

Very much so. We design each itinerary with photo-ready spots in mind from castle gardens and temple gates to market scenes and scenic lookouts.

Depends. We would deeply regret your decision to cancel your Norwegian Spirit shore excursions; however we realize that there are many valid reasons that this can happen. In the event of cancellation we will refund any payment made to Japan Shore Excursions (less any cancellation fee that is applicable) within 14 days of our receipt of your written cancellation request.

The cancellation fee will be calculated as follows:

  • More than 40 days prior to trip departure: 10% of the deposit paid is non-refundable. This will be saved for your next trip with us. The rest of the deposit paid will be refunded (bank fee levied by your end)
  • 40 – 30 days prior to trip departure: 35% charged of the deposit paid
  • 29 – 15 days: 50% charged of the deposit paid
  • 14 – 10 day: 75% charged of total amount
  • Less than 10 days or No show: 100% charged of total amount

After the trip has commenced, we are unable to refund any amount for unused services due to your willingness, early departure, late arrival, or missed days on tours.

No need to worry. We’ve got it handled. Our team monitors NCL Spirit's real-time docking information and adjusts your tour departure accordingly. Plus, we always build in a buffer, so even if your ship docks slightly later than expected, you'll still enjoy a smooth, stress-free experience and get back to the ship on time, every time.

In case the Norwegian Spirit cruise ship is unable to dock at ports or tender can’t discharge passengers, we will refund you Lunch (if any) and entrance fee. As for the guide and vehicle expenses, we will try our best to negotiate with our service providers to minimize the cancellation charge since we have arranged/sent them to the port to welcome you. We will advise you in specific details if this is case and get back to you with the refund amount at our soonest possible.

What travelers are saying about our escorted cruise excursions

Nara & Kyoto tours from Osaka and Kobe ports - Exceptional !

We feel so happy about booking tours through Shore Excursions Asia for our most recent cruise vacation to Japan. Since the cruise ship didn't offer enough shore excursion choices in their ports of call, we looked for private tours.

From the very first inquiry about tour options, the sales associate Mr. Thomas was quite eagerly helped us to tailor-make the 2 tours from Osaka and Kobe ports. Multiple emails exchanged between us to include maximum amount of attractions for each tour. Thomas went above and beyond in arranging and coordinating these tours.

We believe the tour prices were just right for the destination.

We really appreciate Alex and the team for the very well coordinated tours.

We will certainly look for you when we are about to revisit the region.

Great Shore Excursions in Japan

We did three Excursions with Shore Excursions Asia while touring Japan. Our guides were fluent in English, were well prepared and versed in the local history and provided expert tours and compassionate care for our group. Our drivers were courteous and helpful and safely drove us to all of our destinations. We would definitely use this tour group again. We had a great time.

Two Private Tours - Seoul, South Korea & Kyoto/Uji, Japan

We had a two week cruise in Asia with private tours at every stop and used Japan Shore Excursions for two ports. I had very specific things I wanted to do in Seoul - just shopping at older markets. Our guide, Jen in Seoul was wonderful and she managed to sneak in some info about Seoul even though I just wanted to shop on Insadong Street.

She had not received the final tour list but went by my printed list. The driver was always just where we needed to be. In Japan I went to a doll shop in Kyoto and Tea Plantations/Shops in Uji. We even had a director from the JSE company to drive us to the tea plantation. JSE managed all my requests and adjustments to the schedule and everything went smoothly.

We had two separate guides in Kyoto/Uji - Minako and Aki - and they were both very knowledgeable and accommodating. Our driver - Daichi (?) - was just super. We hope to return to Kyoto and plan to use JSE to see more sites. Also, Alex, our "planner" online was very helpful in refining the final tour.

Beautiful Japan

I booked Japan Shore Excursions because of reviews on TripAdvisor. All I can say is it was the best decision ever made. I booked a two day private tour in Tokyo and was so lucky to have Nick as my guide. He study in the US so he was fluent. He knew his Japanese culture and history which he shared with us and made our touring so much more interesting.

Then we booked a two day private tour in Koyto and got the lovely Yoko as our tour guide. She was so sweet and so knowledgeable about all the lovely places we visited. She also took us to the best place to shop.

I would have to say Japan Shore Excursions should be your last stop, look no more.
They are easy to book worked very closely with Kaycee and changed my itinerary so many times with no problem

Excellent company

I would choose this company again next time we travel to Asia. Fiona was so easy to work with, very professional and always quick to respond. I had booked ahead and paid in advance for four ports of call in Asia.

Several ended up cancelled by Norwegian Spirit due to itinerary changes caused by the typhoon in Japan. Fiona was quick to refund our money on the missed ports, and to change dates and times on the ports we still were able to see. Her tours were well organized, and well run with great guides who all spoke excellent English.

Nagasaki and Kochi

My family and I, a party of 12 persons, just came back from a 9 night cruise of Japan aboard the Diamond Princess. Unfortunately, Typhoon Lan caused 3 ports to be canceled; however, the ports that we did go to were wonderful with Shore Excursions Asia.

We truly enjoyed our visit to Nagasaki and Kochi. Our tour guides were patiently waiting at the port terminal, the vehicles were nice and clean, and the itineraries were awesome. If ever we go to Japan again, would definitely book with Japan Shore Excursions!