Are there any ferry companies operating between Russian East ports and Japan?

Question

I'm interested in visiting the Japan after some Russian Far East trip.
I'm searching for the sea ways to the Japan. Can you help me with that?

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Update: I'm searching some extremal variants not from Vladivostok

Answer 1

Yes there are at least two. How far far east do you want?

Slightly far east:

• There is a ferry between Vladivostok and Takaoka.
• There should be a ferry between Vladivostok and Toyama.
• (There may be a ferry between Vladivostok and Niigata but reports say it's discontinued for now)

Extremely far east:

• There is a ferry between Sakhalin (Korsakov) and far northern Hokkaido (Wakkanai).

If it's something off the beaten path you're looking for I've been wanting to do the Sahkhalin-Japan crossing for a few years. If it's something practial you're looking for that may not be it (-:

Here are some useful links:

• http://ease.com/~randyj/rjjapanx.htm
• http://wikitravel.org/en/Toyama#By_boat
• http://www.waytorussia.net/FarEast/Vladivostok/Transport.html