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  1. There is an easier and faster way to go from Nihon-Odori Station in Yokohama to Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. Stay on the Minatomirai line until Shibuya Station. If you study the Minatomirai schedule, plan to take the Express. The cost is the same. Nihon-Odori to Shibuya Station takes 29 minutes on the Express. There, it is a very short walk to the Ginza Line. Take the Ginza Line to Ginza Station. From Ginza Station, Imperial Hotel is a 10 minute walk or a 5 minute Taxi ride.
  2. For the first half of your 30-year career, there were far more smokers than we see today. It is only logical that there were more smoking related fires at that time. In recent years the reduced number of smokers has resulted in reduced instances of smoking-related fires. For the second half of your 30-year career, most cruise lines had stopped the traditional Baked Alaska Parades, and instead used safer means of generating the “sparkle”. By that point in time, most propane burners had also been banned for cooking in Guest Areas, and most table-side cooking had been moved back to the galleys. What little public area cooking was done primarily on induction equipment, removing open flames and unnecessary high heat.These developments significantly reduced hotel-related fire events onboard ships. Yes, many fires still occur today on passenger ships; primarily in galleys, laundries, incinerators, and engine spaces. But to answer the original question, many of the Public Area fires we experienced in “the good old days” no longer happen due to increased restrictions on Baked Alaska Parades and tableside cooking, and decreasing numbers of smokers, along with further restrictions on where one can smoke on ships today.
  3. For the past 47 years I have managed cruise ship hotels. During that time period I have personally witnessed / been involved with around 50 cases where passengers and/or crew suffered serious burns from Baked Alaska parades, tableside cooking, etc. I could probably find another 50 “old timers” with similar numbers. We might come up with 2500 or so cases where there were serious injuries over the past 50 years. This is not “countless numbers”, but it is a significant number of injuries that should not have occurred and could be prevented. Fires started by careless smokers happen far less often. Serious injuries from those careless smokers are even more rare. The great majority of ship fires occur in the trash incinerator, the laundry, the galley, and the engine room. These fires almost never result in serious injury. If I were a cruise company lawyer, I would most likely focus on fire events that cause personal injury and lead to costly lawsuits. Those would be the Baked Alaska and tableside cooking events.
  4. It is always a good idea to learn the correct name of a place you plan to visit.
  5. It sounds like your friend is discriminating against you by not sharing his cabin.
  6. It depends on the cruise line
  7. Generally no. If you want independent tours in Japan, you must arrange them in advance of arrival.
  8. Unfortunately JR wants cash only for the tickets. You must buy them when in Japan.
  9. Take a taxi from Daikoku into Yokohama. You can store your bag in a locker at any train station, or leave it with the Bell Desk at any hotel. Do your Yokohama Tour. Pick up your bag and catch a shuttle or taxi to Haneda.
  10. IF your ship arrives in Yokohama on time that morning, and IF Immigration is fast that morning, and IF you take a taxi quickly from the Cruise Terminal to Haneda Airport, you most likely will not have any problem checking in for your flight.
  11. If the lockers at Osanbashi are full (highly unlikely) you could take a 10 minute taxi ride to any one of a dozen hotels in the area and leave the bags with the Bell Desk - or go to Yokohama Station and use the lockers there. Most of those hotels - and Yokohama Station - offer frequent inexpensive transfers to Haneda Airport.
  12. The solution is very simple. Very few cruise ships dock at Sendai. Any private tour operator could easily learn - and would know - where your ship will be docked. Let the tour operator work it out.
  13. A few things he did not mention: It is quite a hike from the ship to the train station. The Yurikamome line primarily takes you to a baseball stadium downtown and the cruise terminal in Odaiba. It is best to go to the end of the line in downtown Tokyo, and then find transportation from there.
  14. Osanbashi Terminal is quite close. Daikoku Terminal is quite far.
  15. There are 2 cruise terminals in Yokohama: Osanbashi Terminal on the Yokohama waterfront, and Daikoku on an island in Yokohama Bay. Which is yours?
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