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Navy curry

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Navy curry

~45min — the round trip from the gangway, with the 60-minute margin kept aside.

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Round trip
45 min
From the ship and back
Fits
a 2–3 hour stop ashore
Margin already counted
Getting there
A dozen venues
See the rides below
Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve
Why we send people here

Every Friday the fleet eats curry, and each Maizuru cafe cooks one actual ship’s recipe — order the Fuyuzuki at the Red Brick cafe and you are eating a destroyer’s Friday lunch.

Why it earns the hours
  • Short enough to be certain of: 45 min door to door, so even a tender day works.
The story

Why Navy curry is famous

The Imperial Navy issued curry every Friday so crews would not lose track of the days at sea, a practice the Maritime Self-Defense Force still keeps. Maizuru serves the recipe from the old ship logs, thicker than restaurant curry because it had to stay on the plate in a swell.

Where to have it

Three places, three different answers

The one the queue agrees on, the one people who live here use instead, and the one nearest your ship. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.

The famous oneMaizuru Red Brick Park

Navy curry from the old ship logs, thicker than restaurant curry because it had to stay on the plate in a swell.

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Where it is

Navy curry and your ship

Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.

The arithmetic

Where the 45 min goes

Counted from the moment you step off the gangway. The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside.

Out15 minA dozen venues
There15 minWhat you came for
Back15 minTo the gangway

15 minutes each way is the honest figure for a dozen venues, not the optimistic one. If your ship is late, cut the 15 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.

If you have longer

What fits alongside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare on a 6-hour stop ashore.

Kitasuiei quayside send-off1 hr for bothMaizuru sees ships off properly — taiko drums and waving crowds are regular here. Be on deck for sail-away; the rias hills do the rest.Tanabe Castle site1 hr 15 min for bothThe gate and gardens of the Hosokawa clan’s castle — a composed 30 minutes beside the station while you wait for the Amanohashidate train.Toretore seafood market1 hr 30 min for bothThe Sea of Japan’s catch under one roof — giant tori-gai cockles in early summer, rock oysters after, grilled on the spot.
The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Each one is a finished day we have walked and timed, with this stop in it. Read the route rather than assembling it yourself.

The navy quarter, dockside2–3 hours · ~2.5h door to doorShort calls — one taxi hop, everything clustersBricks, destroyers, and the best view in Kinki4–6 hours · ~5h door to doorUnderstanding what this port actually isBrick roofs and warm curryA wet day · Any hours door to doorWet decks — the arsenal was built to shrug off weather
Pairs well with

What to put beside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.

Build your own day →
1 hr for both

Kitasuiei quayside send-off

Maizuru sees ships off properly — taiko drums and waving crowds are regular here.

See the detail →1 hr 15 min for both

Tanabe Castle site

The gate and gardens of the Hosokawa clan’s castle — a composed 30 minutes beside the station while you wait for the Amanohashidate train..

See the detail →1 hr 30 min for both

Toretore seafood market

The Sea of Japan’s catch under one roof — giant tori-gai cockles in early summer, rock oysters after, grilled on the spot..

See the detail →
The one rule: be back on board 60 minutes before all-aboard. Build the whole day on the Maizuru plan page.