Do I need a visa to go to Japan by cruise?

You don't need to apply for a visa to travel to Japan on a designated cruise ship. At present, all Japanese routes departing from the domestic home port are visa-free.

On the day of boarding the ship, the tour leader of the travel agency must bring the original valid exit list of the team, and prepare the travel documents of all team members, including passports and tickets, and then go through the relevant formalities at the ticket counter. The guide accompanied him all the way, not afraid of no direction.

But not all cruise ships to Japan are visa-free. Visa exemption for cruise tourists from China requires each shipping company to apply to the Japanese authorities on a ship-by-ship basis, and it can only be implemented after it is approved.

Extended data:

Japanese tourist visa (Japanese individual tourist visa)

Visa type: three-month individual single tourist visa, three-year multiple-entry visa and five-year multiple-entry visa.

This kind of visa is issued to applicants for sightseeing. Therefore, short-term visits other than sightseeing do not belong to this scope (except for some visas).

The tourist visa system in China is that travel agencies provide physical protection for Japanese who go to Japan. So, a ticket to Japan? Tickets and accommodation facilities must be booked by the travel agency. However, some visas are different. For details, please consult the tourist visa travel agency designated by our library.

(1) Japanese group travel visa to China: refers to the visa issued by Japanese when they visit Japan as a group (group) for the purpose of tourism. The number of tour groups organized according to this system is more than 5 and less than 40, and the trip to Japan is within 15 days. ?

(2) Japanese individual tourist visa to China: refers to a visa issued to allow a small number of Japanese tourists to travel freely in order to meet the growing demand of Japanese tourists for more and more tourism products. Unlike group tours, China-Japan travel agencies do not need to send tour leaders and tour guides.

(3) Japanese travel to Okinawa Prefecture and six northeastern counties in China with multiple tourist visas.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Japanese Individual Tourist Visa