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The Port of Humanity, in two hours

Any mobility — the whole cluster is flat and within 300 m. 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: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
~2.5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
2–3 hours
Any mobility — the whole cluster is flat and within 300 m
What it costs
¥900 pp covers every museum on this plan (¥500 + ¥400 + free)
¥900 pp covers every museum on this plan (¥500 + ¥400 + free). Shuttle has been free on recent calls.
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 to Kanegasaki Green Park

    First stop on the free loop (2026 pattern). Small expedition ships have docked at Kanegasaki itself — then you are already here

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  2. +0:15
    Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum

    ¥500 · the Polish orphans and Sugihara-visa refugees landed on this waterfront. Give it a full hour · closed Wednesdays

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    Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
  3. +1:15
    Red Brick Warehouse

    3 min on foot · 1905 oil warehouses; the ¥400 rail diorama recreates old Tsuruga

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    Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
  4. +1:50
    Former Tsuruga Port Station museum

    Free · 2 min on foot · where the Europe-bound boat train met the ship

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    Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
  5. +2:10
    Shuttle back from the same stop

    Loops have run every ~30 min on call days — confirm the day’s sheet at the gangway

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

Tsuruga, along this route

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

The Port of Humanity Museum, Tsuruga
The Port of Humanity Museum, TsurugaPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
The great torii of Kehi Jingu
The great torii of Kehi JinguPhoto: Mnd / CC BY-SA 3.0
The Tsuruga red brick warehouses
The Tsuruga red brick warehousesPhoto: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0
Sauce katsudon, the Fukui original
Sauce katsudon, the Fukui originalPhoto: くろふね / CC BY-SA 4.0
Kehi Jingu great torii
Kehi Jingu great toriiPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Kehi no Matsubara
Kehi no MatsubaraPhoto: くろふね / CC BY 3.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Tsuruga

Great torii, humanity, and the original katsudon4–6 hours · ~5hThe full Tsuruga story with a proper sit-down lunchThe whole story, plus pines and a fish market8 hours or more · ~7hLong calls — Diamond Princess’ 10-hour July pattern fits this exactlyA rain plan the boat-train era builtA wet day · Any hoursWet decks — all indoors except two short dashes
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