船内记事

Both The Beatles and Peace Boat Went Global from Liverpool

Sixty years ago in 1963, ‘Please please me / Ask me why’ by The Beatles, a four-piece band from Liverpool that had debuted the previous year, hit number one in the UK charts. Ever since all of their songs topped the charts and got the world into a frenzy. In autumn 1998, the Ukrainian-flagged Olivia set sail from The Beatles’ hometown. It was the first Peace Boat voyage to circumnavigate the globe. From this Peace Boat’s 24th Voyage onwards, Peace Boat has offered a series of round-the-world cruises to this day. Both The Beatles and Peace Boat Cruises took off to the world from this port city.

Cruising the Arctic is like Daydreaming

Peace Boat’s 114th Global Voyage will kick off the year 2023. On top of the annular total solar eclipse to observe, cruising the Arctic in early June is a highlight. It is also the first cruise in Peace Boat’s 40-year history to visit three Norwegian ports: Tromsø, which lies at latitude 66°33′ north; Honningsborg, also known as ‘Norrkop’ (Northern Cape); and Longyearbyen, the northernmost town in the world, located in the Svalbard archipelago. The Kongsfjord excursion in the Svalbard archipelago is also something to look forward to. Cruising during the midnight sun, when the sun never sets, will be like a daydream that you cannot experience anywhere else in the world.

枫叶大道与和平之船的奇缘。

世界一周航程。船旅的乐趣不仅只在横跨大海。在“地球一周的船旅 第115回”的圣罗伦斯河航行中，就可以感受到这隐藏的魅力喔。虽说是河上巡游，但风貌不同。因为我们将沿著知名的枫叶胜地、加拿大的“枫叶大道”，尽情欣赏美丽的枫红。而和平船之船其实跟枫叶大道也有一段奇缘。“枫叶大道”，这个在加拿大国旗上的枫叶，因其数量众多的关係而所取的名称，事实上是由日本的旅行社所提案的，并在1983年发表。而这个也是和平船之船的首航年喔。

前往嘉年华会炙热的中心，里约热内卢

1973年2月14日，载运著最后一批的南美移民的“日本丸（初代）”从横滨出航。这也是日本首次的世界一周航程。而在半世纪后的2023年末，太平洋世界号将从神户及横滨出航，并出发前往巡游南半球的世界一周航程，隔年2月时将停靠在里约热内卢，并且将停靠长达3天（2024年2月11日~13日），这比平常时停靠的时间还长，因为这时候正好是在“里约嘉年华会”之中。而我们也将预定策划贴近感受狂乐嘉年华的岸上观光行程。从移民船到世界一周的邮轮，这将会是一次追溯日本航海历史的穿越时空之旅喔。

PHOTO: PEACEBOAT, Isogai Miki, Okada Keita, Chiga Kenji, Nakasuji Kota, Nakamura Mitsutoshi