Getting There By Water
The ports of Taichung, Hualien and Suao are only visited by cargo ships. Weekly international passenger ferries run between the Taiwanese Keelung and Kaohsiung ports and Naha, the capital of the southern Japanese-island of Okinawa. The overnight ferry, which takes from 16 to 20 hours to reach Keelung, departs from Okinawa on Thursday or Friday. Arimura Sangyo Company (tel: +81 98 860 1980 in Japan or tel: (07) 330 9811 in Kaohsiung). Star Cruises’ ‘Gemini’ also plies this route (tel: +81 3 6403 5188 in Japan, or tel: (02) 2731 0808 in Taiwan; website: www.starcruises.com.tw). There are also sea links between Kaosiung and Macau.
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