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The bridge to heaven, timed, Maizuru

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The bridge to heaven, timed

Long calls — the day Kyoto’s name on the itinerary should have meant. Timed from the gangway and back.

6 hr 30 min door to door7 stopsNeeds an 8.5-hour call
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Door to door
6 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
An 8.5-hour call or longer
Long calls — the day Kyoto’s name on the itinerary should have meant
Room to spare
None
Fits an 8.5-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
~¥3,500 pp
Transit + lifts · lunch at the sandbar.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Taxi ~5 min to Nishi-Maizuru Station

    Check the Tantetsu departure board first — trains run about hourly

  2. +0:30
    Kyoto Tango Railway to Amanohashidate (about 40–55 min, ¥650)

    Cash, or tap a contactless credit card · sit left for bay views

    What you will see hereFull guide: Amanohashidate
    Amanohashidate, Maizuru
    Photo: lumoplank / CC0
  3. +1:20
    Lift up to the viewpoint — the Three Views sandbar

    Do the famous upside-down look; laugh; take the photo anyway

  4. +2:20
    Bike or walk the pine spit

    Rental bikes cross it in ~20 min · the shrine and beach sit mid-bar

  5. +3:30
    Sandbar lunch, then the train back

    Confirm your return train BEFORE lunch and treat it as all-aboard

    Navy curry, Maizuru
    Photo: kxz Chen from Taoyuan City, Taiwan / CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. +5:00
    Toretore seafood market by Nishi-Maizuru

    Closed Wednesdays · tori-gai in early summer

    What you will see here
    Toretore seafood market, Maizuru
    Photo: Kansai explorer / CC BY 3.0
  7. +5:45
    Taxi to the pier

    ~5 min · margin spent on nothing

The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Maizuru, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

The Maizuru repatriation memorial
The Maizuru repatriation memorialPhoto: 桂鷺淵 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park
Maizuru Repatriation Memorial ParkPhoto: 桂鷺淵 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Tanabe Castle site, Maizuru
Tanabe Castle sitePhoto: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Navy harbor cruise, Maizuru
Navy harbor cruisePhoto: Sengoku2501 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Red Brick Park, Maizuru
Red Brick ParkPhoto: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Repatriation Memorial Museum, Maizuru
Repatriation Memorial MuseumPhoto: TOTIZYOUKA / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Maizuru

The navy quarter, docksideNeeds a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5hShort calls — one taxi hop, everything clustersBricks, destroyers, and the best view in KinkiNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hUnderstanding what this port actually isBrick roofs and warm curryA wet day · Any hoursWet decks — the arsenal was built to shrug off weather
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