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The navy quarter, dockside, Maizuru

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The navy quarter, dockside

Short calls — one taxi hop, everything clusters. Timed from the gangway and back.

2 hr 30 min door to door5 stopsNeeds a 4.5-hour call
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Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
2 hr 30 min
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 4.5-hour call or longer
Short calls — one taxi hop, everything clusters
Room to spare
None
Fits a 4.5-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
~¥2,600 pp
Museum ¥400 + harbor cruise ¥1,800 + coffee in brick.
Booking
Book ahead
At least one step needs booking before you sail: the steps below say which

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 to the Red Brick Park

    ~10–15 min, about ¥3,700 from Dai-2 (¥4,600 from the International Wharf) · grounds free · the museum opens 9:00

    What you will see hereFull guide: Maizuru Red Brick Park
  2. +0:20
    Red Brick Museum

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

    What you will see hereFull guide: Maizuru Red Brick Park
    Repatriation Memorial Museum, Maizuru
    Photo: TOTIZYOUKA / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +1:00
    Navy harbor cruise

    ¥1,800 · 30 min past working JMSDF destroyers · weekdays only 11:00, 13:00 and 14:00 (weekends and holidays hourly 10:00 to 15:00), so on a weekday plan the whole visit around one of them · book online up to 90 days ahead, or buy at the museum at least 20 min before

    What you will see here
    Navy harbor cruise, Maizuru
    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

    What you will see here
    Navy curry, Maizuru
    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.

Maizuru Red Brick Park
Maizuru Red Brick ParkPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Amanohashidate, Maizuru
AmanohashidatePhoto: lumoplank / CC0
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
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, Maizuru
Tanabe Castle sitePhoto: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Maizuru

Bricks, destroyers, and the best view in KinkiNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hUnderstanding what this port actually isThe bridge to heaven, timedNeeds an 8.5-hour call · ~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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