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The standard call · Maizuru

Bricks, destroyers, and the best view in Kinki

Understanding what this port actually is. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~5h door to door6 stops4–6 hours ashore
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Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
~5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
4–6 hours
Understanding what this port actually is
What it costs
~¥5,000 pp with both museums, the cruise and the tower taxi
~¥5,000 pp with both museums, the cruise and the tower taxi.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
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
    Red Brick Park + museum first

    Before the tour buses stack up

    What you will see here →
  2. +1:00
    Harbor cruise past the fleet

    Buy tickets on arrival — weekday sailings are few

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Sengoku2501 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +1:45
    Navy curry lunch

    At the park, or Goro’s summit cafe next

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +2:30
    Taxi up Goro-dake — Sky Tower

    ¥300 · the rias-bay panorama · the bus stop below means a 60-min climb, so taxi honestly

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    Photo: As6022014 / CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. +3:45
    Repatriation Memorial Museum

    ¥400 · the postwar homecoming story, UNESCO-listed — quiet, essential

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    Photo: TOTIZYOUKA / CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. +4:40
    Taxi back to the pier

    ~15 min

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
Amanohashidate, the pine sandbar across the bay
Amanohashidate, the pine sandbar across the bayPhoto: KimonBerlin / CC BY-SA 2.0
Navy curry, the Maizuru fleet recipe
Navy curry, the Maizuru fleet recipePhoto: kxz Chen from Taoyuan City, Taiwan / CC BY-SA 2.0
Tanabe Castle site
Tanabe Castle sitePhoto: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Toretore seafood market
Toretore seafood marketPhoto: Kansai explorer / CC BY 3.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Maizuru

The navy quarter, dockside2–3 hours · ~2.5hShort calls — one taxi hop, everything clustersThe bridge to heaven, honestly timed8 hours or more · ~6.5hLong calls — the day Kyoto’s name on the itinerary should have meantBrick roofs and warm curryA wet day · Any hoursWet decks — the arsenal was built to shrug off weather
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