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Tsuruga Cruise Port

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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.

Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.

In port at Tsuruga, the bucket-list move is Private Tsuruga & Fukui Full-Day Tour with Local Expert. Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum runs it. Below: 1 bucket-list things to do on a Tsuruga port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Private Tsuruga & Fukui Full-Day Tour with Local Expert
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Private Tsuruga & Fukui Full-Day Tour with Local Expert

A fully customizable private day with a knowledgeable local guide weaving together Tsuruga's sacred shrines, historic port district, and cultural gems — at your own pace, with insider commentary no group tour can match.

Book it Tsuruga/Fukui: Private Customizable Tour with Local Guide $190 per person
Run by Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum · 4.10 from 842 reviews
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Kehi Jingu Shrine: Japan's Third-Greatest Torii in Private Audience
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Kehi Jingu Shrine: Japan's Third-Greatest Torii in Private Audience

Stand beneath one of Japan's three great wooden torii gates at Kehi Jingu, a shrine of profound spiritual power dedicated to Emperor Chuai — a transcendent Shinto encounter just minutes from the port.

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Tojinbo Cliffs: Dramatic Basalt Coast & Sea of Japan Panorama
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Tojinbo Cliffs: Dramatic Basalt Coast & Sea of Japan Panorama

Witness Japan's most dramatic sea cliffs — sheer columns of basalt sculpted by volcanic fury stretching over a kilometre along the Sea of Japan coast — one of the country's most visually arresting natural spectacles.

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Fukui Dinosaur Museum: World-Class Palaeontology in Private Style
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Fukui Dinosaur Museum: World-Class Palaeontology in Private Style

Fukui Prefecture is Japan's dinosaur capital, and its landmark museum houses one of Asia's finest fossil collections — including species found only here — housed in a striking futuristic dome in the Katsuyama highlands.

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Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum: A Moving Chapter of WWII History
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Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum: A Moving Chapter of WWII History

One of Japan's most quietly powerful museums, this waterfront memorial tells the extraordinary true story of Jewish refugees and Polish orphans who found safe harbour in Tsuruga — a story of extraordinary human compassion on the Sea of Japan.

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Scenic Boat Ride to Mihama & Mizushima Island Coastline
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Scenic Boat Ride to Mihama & Mizushima Island Coastline

Glide across the mirror-calm waters of Tsuruga Bay on a scenic boat excursion to the pine-fringed islet of Mizushima — a serene, classically Japanese coastal tableau that has inspired poets and artists for centuries.

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You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to — each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.

Cruises that call at Tsuruga

Holland America · Westerdam 14 nights · Mar 28, 2027 · from Tokyo, Japan from $2,829 pp See the whole trip → Seabourn · Seabourn Encore 34 nights · Sep 18, 2027 · from Vancouver, British Columbia from $22,698 pp See the whole trip → Seabourn · Seabourn Encore 28 nights · Oct 9, 2027 · from Tokyo, Japan from $26,298 pp See the whole trip → Princess · Diamond Princess 28 nights · Nov 13, 2027 · from Tokyo, Japan from $4,362 pp See the whole trip → Princess · Sapphire Princess 21 nights · Aug 12, 2028 · from Tokyo, Japan from $3,147 pp See the whole trip → Seabourn · Seabourn Encore 14 nights · Oct 13, 2028 · from Tokyo, Japan from $14,098 pp See the whole trip →
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Or come by land

Kyoto After Dark: Firelight, Forest Paths & Ancient Craft 97 mi from Tsuruga · fly KIX Cultural Immersion & Night Adventures See the whole plan → Hiroshima Beyond the Memorial: Art Islands, Fireflies & Edo Port Towns 197 mi from Tsuruga · fly HIJ Culture, Coast & Craft See the whole plan →

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