Traveling to Japan from the USA avoiding air travel? [duplicate]

It's possible to travel on cargo ships, though I'm not sure how practical it is. There are certainly container ships sailing backwards and forwards between the west coast of the US and Japan (and China and other parts of east Asia). See, for example, this question.

Many cruise lines offer transpacific routes. Here is one I found via Google (cruise Vancouver Japan) link

If you want to travel regularly, this would not be the best option due to the limited number of ships making that route, but for a one-time trip, it seems reasonable.

There's a Metasearch for cruise ships including all costs. You can do a search by region or from region A to region B.

Searching California to Asia for the rest of the year it only shows 2 cruises departing for Tokyo from Vancouver, both in September, 14 days ~$1000 with cruise line Celebrity

http://cruisesheet.com/?from=California%2FWest+Coast&start_month=Apr+2016&end_month=Nov+2017&to=Asia&line=&ship=&min_days=2&max_days=132&min_cpd=38&max_cpd=100&min_price=165&max_price=24022&order=

Not a terribly practical suggestion, perhaps, but one British woman has rowed solo from Japan to Alaska.

I also googled and http://www.freighter-travel.com/travel-itineraries.html lists what you are asking for, it says 1000 eur. Try googling simply cargo ship travel to Japan. Also see http://www.travltips.com/cruises/freighter/fareast.php

Ferries between Japan and Korea, China and Russia.

Currently no ferry between Panama and Colombia.

However, several companies offer multi-day tours between the two countries. Here's one.

No ferries between America and Asia, not even between Alaska and Russia. And no ferries between the Americas and Greenland, Europe or Africa.

Charter flights between Alaska and Russia. (Presumably in smaller, lower flying planes.)

But, cargo ship voyages, between New York and Hong Kong, amongst others, do exist.

So, with overland connections between Asia and Africa and Europe and Africa also available, it's possible to travel the world overland without going completely nuts (like this guy).

You can travel on Freight Ships. (EXAMPLE)

I am not so sure why you would like that, because there are also cruises to go your route.

As for my understanding, your problem is not getting into Japan (an island) but leaving the US.

There are many commercial ferries and sea routes to and from Japan (Korea, China, Taiwan…) But your problem is actually getting to any one of these other locations. Your problematic part is jumping the Atlantic, going from the "New world" to the Old. Once you get to Europe or Africa (a lot of cruise ships ..) you can do the rest by trains, small ferries, and even driving your own car.

Long trip though and expensiv .

Another option, if your problem is only pressure as opposed to fear of flight, Is to fly on non-pressurized non-jets aircraft. A lot of private small companies offer them, And your best rout would be US east-coast ( or Canada ) -> Finland -> Europe -> China OR South america -> Africa -> Continue at will to China.

This will also not be cheap, both on pocket and time. But it is a hell of an adventure :-)

All those suggested ways are one-time adventures. I would not use it as a regular 'go-home-on-holiday' routes. But If your budget can support it - they all potentially work.

On the other hand - Fixing the ear might be a lot cheaper :-)