A perfect day at sea on Saturday 31 August

Awoke to clear blue sky as we sailed north up the west coast of Honshu island and between its northern tip and the southern tip of Hokkaido island, before heading south on the east coast of Honshu towards Yokohama.
About 8am at our furthest point north, we recorded our lowest temperature of the trip at 22C, but by mid-morning back up into the mid 20'sC. This morning was the last time I will be asked at breakfast "are you travelling alone?" Disembarkation day tomorrow has no Room Service Dining, so Pat will need to come to the Dining Room!!!
On this leg, our most cruised cruisers are an American couple with more than 1700 Princess days.
Spent time walking on the Promenade Deck, lots of time in the sunshine on our balcony, and afternoon up on deck 16 for time in the whirlpool and the sun.
Earlier in the day, I dropped into the "clearing sale" of souvenirs, clothing,  jewellery etc, etc - reminded me of the Myer Bargain Basement of the 1970's! Left packing to the last minute so we could enjoy all the sunshine. Cases need to be out before our 7.45pm dinner, but we need to meet our neighbours in Skywalkers for pre-dinner drinks, so it was 6pm for us.
Final dinners are always a bit sad, but the traditional Bombe Alaska parade through the Dining Room always livens things up - and then there is the good natured "encouragement" of the wait staff to rate them a "10" in the passenger feedback survey.
One of the big wrap ups is also the Crew Show, and it was a "standing in the aisles" drawcard. We enjoyed extremes of talent and it wound up with some good old fashioned comedy farce - to great applause.
Almost mid-night tonight and an early morning tomorrow with cabins to be vacated by 8am. We however, will have a leisurely day, including being among the last to disembark.