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The short call · Maizuru

The navy quarter, dockside

Short calls — one taxi hop, everything clusters. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~2.5h door to door5 stops2–3 hours ashore
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Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
~2.5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
2–3 hours
Short calls — one taxi hop, everything clusters
What it costs
~¥2,600 pp: museum ¥400 + harbor cruise ¥1,800 + coffee in brick
~¥2,600 pp: museum ¥400 + harbor cruise ¥1,800 + coffee in brick.
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
    Shuttle/taxi to the Red Brick Park

    ~15 min · the 1900s arsenal warehouses — grounds free

    What you will see here →
  2. +0:20
    Red Brick Museum

    ¥400 · brick architecture worldwide, told inside the real thing

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    Photo: TOTIZYOUKA / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +1:00
    Navy harbor cruise

    ¥1,800 · 30 min past working JMSDF destroyers · weekday sailings ~11:00/13:00/14:00 — time your visit to one; tickets in the museum building

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Sengoku2501 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +1:45
    Navy curry at the park cafe

    Destroyer Fuyuzuki’s own recipe — the fleet genuinely eats this

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    Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. +2:20
    Taxi back

    Have the cafe call it

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
Goro Sky Tower
Goro Sky TowerPhoto: As6022014 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Maizuru

Bricks, destroyers, and the best view in Kinki4–6 hours · ~5hUnderstanding what this port actually isThe 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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