More useless facts:
The actual time for cargo ships to leave Japan and reach California is between 10 to 17 days (mostly dependent on mechanical mishaps and weather conditions). The ubiquitous estimate of 30 days is mostly due to the adage, "tell a customer it takes twice as long and they'll be grateful it was half." However shipping delays are very common due to port authority in both countries. Sometimes a cargo ship will sit in a harbor for days, waiting for permission to leave/exit because piers are full or there's a harbor inspection. Plus it takes about a week to load and unload cars (most car vessels carry around 1000 to 2000 vehicles).
Nissan owns a fleet of cargo ships (City of St. Petersburg and Nichioh Maru are well known), but also uses dedicated shipping firms. If you can get the vessel's name, there are websites that let you track them going across the ocean. Nissan generally tries to get ships arriving to California on a weekly basis. They don't wait a full 20 to 34 days for the same ship to make a round trip: there's steady rotation of vessels coming and going throughout the month. Nonetheless, weather and mechanical mishaps can delay the time tables.
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