Hello everybody, Experience in taking the ferry from Vladivostok to Japan ? Preparing something like the long way round ...
Have you checked at www.horizonsunlimited.com ? There is a lot of detailed and current information about ferry service between Russia, Japan and Korea P.S.: Welcome to ADVrider...
I believe rtwdoug did that very trip during his last RTW trip. PM him. You can find him here: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=516355
As far as I know, it shouldn't be a problem. I used to live in Niigata and had planned to go to Vladivostok before I left but it didn't work out http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1898388 The company that runs the ferry http://fkk-air.toyama-net.com/rus_sennai.html
I did it in April last year. All good however I went from Japan to Vlad. You will need a Carnet for Japan