船旅遊記

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.

楓葉大道與和平船遊輪的奇緣

世界一周航程。船旅的樂趣不僅只在橫跨大海。在「地球一周の船旅 第115回」的聖羅倫斯河航行中，就可以感受到這隱藏的魅力喔。雖說是河上巡遊，但風貌不同。因為我們將沿著知名的楓葉勝地、加拿大的「楓葉大道」，盡情欣賞美麗的楓紅。而和平船遊輪其實跟楓葉大道也有一段奇緣。「楓葉大道」，這個在加拿大國旗上的楓葉，因其數量眾多的關係而所取的名稱，事實上是由日本的旅行社所提案的，並在1983年發表。而這個也是和平船遊輪的首航年喔。

前往嘉年華會炙熱的中心，里約熱內盧

1973年2月14日，載運著最後一批的南美移民的「日本丸（初代）」從橫濱出航。這也是日本首次的世界一周航程。而在半世紀後的2023年末，太平洋世界號將從神戶及橫濱出航，並出發前往巡遊南半球的世界一周航程，隔年2月時將停靠在里約熱內盧，並且將停靠長達3天（2024年2月11日~13日），這比平常時停靠的時間還長，因為這時候正好是在「里約嘉年華會」之中。而我們也將預定策劃貼近感受狂樂嘉年華的岸上觀光行程。從移民船到世界一周的遊輪，這將會是一次追溯日本航海歷史的穿越時空之旅喔。

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