Route · CN

Shanghai to Tokyo

2 operators run this water, from 96 h 00 to 360 h 00 — a difference of 264 h 00 on the same crossing. Tokyo has an airport 12 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.

Getting from Shanghai to Tokyo

Somewhere to stay in Tokyo partner Left luggage in Tokyo Everywhere from Shanghai Everywhere from Tokyo

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

MSC Cruises Shanghai → Tokyo 1758 km crossing 96 h 00 rate not held 18 km/h average

MSC Explora Journeys Shanghai → Tokyo 1758 km crossing 360 h 00 rate not held 5 km/h average

Other ways to reach Tokyo

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Tokyo without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Incheon – Tokyo 120 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Celebrity Cruises

Keelung – Tokyo 120 h 00 MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys

Naha – Tokyo 168 h 00 MSC Cruises

Freeport – Tokyo 192 h 00 Costa Cruises

Yokohama – Tokyo 192 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Celebrity Cruises

Kobe-Osaka – Tokyo 216 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Seabourn Cruises

Hong Kong – Tokyo 240 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Emerald Cruises

Busan – Tokyo 264 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Ponant Cruises

Manila – Tokyo 264 h 00 Ponant Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Seward – Tokyo 264 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Crystal Cruises

And other ways to reach Shanghai

Busan – Shanghai 72 h 00 Costa Cruises

Hong Kong – Shanghai 120 h 00 Azamara Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys

Keelung – Shanghai 192 h 00 MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys

Yokohama – Shanghai 216 h 00 Royal Caribbean

Singapore – Shanghai 336 h 00 AIDA Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys

Basel – Shanghai 384 h 00 River Cruises

Jeju – Shanghai not held Costa Cruises

Kobe-Osaka – Shanghai not held Shanghai Ferry Company

Nagasaki – Shanghai not held Shanghai Ferry Company

Qingdao – Shanghai not held Qingdao Ferry Company

Where else these quays go

Also from Shanghai

Basel · Busan · Hong Kong · Jeju · Keelung · Kobe-Osaka · Nagasaki · Qingdao · Sasebo · Singapore · Yokohama · Zhoushan

Also from Tokyo

Auckland · Benoa · Busan · Cape Town · Freeport · Hachijojima · Halong Bay · Hong Kong · Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal · Incheon · Izu Oshima · Keelung · Kitakyushu · Kobe-Osaka

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Shanghai–Tokyo crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. The choice between MSC Cruises at 96 h 00 and MSC Explora Journeys at 360 h 00 is mostly a price decision, and we hold no prices for either.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.