Hiroshima - 12 April

Port of Remembrance, Compassion and Heart Activation

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As the opening port of our journey, Hiroshima invites reflection, humility and a profound activation of the heart. The Peace Memorial Park and Atomic Bomb Dome hold a quiet, contemplative field that many experience as a deep heart opening, grief that is collective rather than personal, paired with an unexpected sense of calm, forgiveness and unity. This is a place where emotional defences soften and compassion naturally rises.

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Just offshore lies Miyajima, home to the floating torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine, marking the threshold between worlds, the human and the divine. This pairing of Hiroshima and Miyajima creates a powerful heart-based initiation, remembrance balanced with reverence. It is no coincidence that Tracey Ash, one of our speakers, has long facilitated retreats as a field for heart activation, peace invocation and transformational presence. Together, these energies set the tone for the cruise, heart-led, conscious and deeply human, opening the field for everything that follows.

 

Kagoshima - 13 April 

Gateway of Fire, Earth Power and Heaven-to-Earth Descent

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Kagoshima is a place where spirituality is woven into the land itself. Set on the edge of southern Kyushu, the city opens onto Kagoshima Bay and faces the ever-present Sakurajima, one of the most active volcanoes on Earth. Fire, water and earth are in constant exchange here, creating a powerful elemental field that feels grounding, purifying and quietly activating. Rather than sitting on a named ley line, Kagoshima rests on a living earth corridor, a volcanic rift system that runs through the bay, Sakurajima and into the Kirishima highlands, often felt as a stabilising current that anchors awareness into the body and personal power.

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Just inland, the sacred Kirishima Mountains rise through mist and forest, long revered in Shinto mythology as the place where the divine descended from the heavens to meet the Earth. This heaven-to-earth gateway quality is palpable, a meeting point of higher awareness and embodied life. Add ancient shrines, volcanic peaks and restorative onsen hot springs heated by the land itself, and Kagoshima becomes both initiation and indulgence. Spiritually potent yet visually stunning, it grounds the group, clears energetic weight and sets a strong foundation for the multidimensional journey ahead, a rare blend of pilgrimage, pleasure and primal Earth energy.

 

Jeju Island (Gangjeong) - 14 April 

Island of the Goddess, Volcanic Earth and Ancestral Waters

 

Jeju Island feels ancient in a way that is immediately recognisable. Formed entirely through volcanic activity, it rises from the sea with a soft but powerful earth frequency, often experienced as nurturing, stabilising and deeply feminine. At its heart stands Hallasan, South Korea’s highest mountain, long regarded as sacred and central to Jeju’s spiritual identity. This is a land shaped by fire and water, lava fields, waterfalls, underground lava tubes and dramatic coastlines, creating a strong sense of elemental balance.

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Jeju is steeped in indigenous shamanic tradition, distinct from mainland Korea. The island has long been associated with goddess energy, earth spirits and ancestral reverence, reflected in its sacred sites, stone guardians and rituals honouring nature and the sea. Many people feel Jeju as a place of emotional clearing and quiet recalibration, where intuition sharpens and the body naturally relaxes into coherence. As a port, Gangjeong offers a gentle yet potent pause in the journey, grounding, restorative and quietly mystical, a place where the land itself feels like it is holding you.

 

Sasebo - 15 April

Waters of Many Worlds, Hidden Islands and Liminal Passage

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Sasebo carries a very different energy to the volcanic power of Kagoshima or the heart activation of Hiroshima. This is a place of water consciousness, thresholds and quiet multidimensionality.

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Located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Sasebo opens onto the famous Kujukushima, literally “the 99 Islands”, an intricate scattering of forested islands, inlets and tidal channels that feel almost otherworldly in their complexity.

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Energetically, island clusters like Kujukushima act as liminal zones, places where boundaries soften. The constant movement of tides around dozens of islands creates a dynamic, shifting field that many sensitive people experience as dreamlike, spacious and subtly activating. This is a landscape that encourages altered states, intuitive perception and a sense of existing between worlds rather than firmly in one.

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The region has long been associated with seafaring, navigation and hidden passageways, both physical and symbolic. Water here feels intelligent and communicative, supporting emotional processing, subconscious clearing and deep listening. Unlike more dramatic power sites, Sasebo works quietly, dissolving rigidity, loosening fixed identities and inviting a more fluid sense of self.

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Spiritually, Sasebo offers attunement. The forested islands, mirrored waters and layered horizons create a strong sense of depth, as though multiple realities are gently overlapping. Visually stunning and quietly mystical, it feels like sailing through a living mandala of land and sea.

 

Kobe -17 April

Integration, Coherence and the Return to Centre

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Kobe carries a calm, refined energy that feels perfectly placed as the final port of the journey. Set between the sea and the Rokko mountain range, the city holds a natural balance, expansive water before it and steady mountains behind. This alignment creates a grounded, heart-centred frequency that many experience as quiet strength and inner coherence. Kobe feels settled, composed and gently affirming, a place where movement slows and perspective widens.

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After the depth, activation and subtle recalibration of the earlier ports, Kobe offers integration. It supports embodiment, clarity and a sense of wholeness, allowing insights and experiences to knit together before returning to Tokyo. Ancient shrines sit comfortably within a modern, elegant city, reflecting harmony between past and present, spirit and daily life. As the final port, Kobe acts as a soft landing point, steadying the field and preparing the group to re-enter the world with greater presence, balance and quiet confidence.

 

Tokyo - 20 April

Arrival, Return and the Art of Living Awake

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Tokyo is both our point of arrival and our place of return, the frame that holds the entire journey. It is a city where ancient wisdom and future vision coexist effortlessly. Quiet forest shrines sit within one of the most advanced cities on Earth, creating a living reminder that consciousness does not belong only in retreat spaces. Tokyo meets you where you are, alert, alive and engaged with the world.

 

Beginning here sets the tone, presence within motion, awareness within everyday life. Returning here completes the arc. After the heart opening of Hiroshima, the grounding fire of Kagoshima, the ancestral waters of Jeju, the liminal seas of Sasebo and the integration of Kobe, Tokyo becomes a mirror. It reflects what has shifted within. This is where insights are brought back into form, clarity and rhythm. Tokyo invites embodiment, not escape, a conscious re-entry into life, carrying what has been remembered, healed and integrated back into the living now.