Hi Jennifer and welcome to our forum.
In 1897 it would almost certainly have been a steamship, especially as the voyage was completed in around 11 weeks which would be good for those days, it suggests a cargo liner maybe from the fleets of P&O or Ben Line as they ran to Japan.
But the chance of being able to find port records for that sailing day will be quite slim, I think, unless my colleagues are able to point the way to some archive.