Cruises in East Asia offer an exotic mix of cultures, customs, and history in a region where national identities overlap yet are also very distinct. Most itineraries fall into two main categories: three- to seven-night Yangtze River cruises or one- to three-weeklong cruises to some combination of ports in China, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. These typically depart from Hong Kong or Singapore, and sometimes from Kobe or Yokohama, Japan.