Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum
At the Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum, there are exhibits relating to Jewish refugees who landed at Tsuruga Port with visas for life issued by the diplomat Chiune Sugihara. There are records of exchanges between the Jewish refugees and the people of the region at the time.
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Street address
- 23-1 Kanegasaki-Cho, Tsuruga City, Fukui 914-0072
Access
Route1
- Take the Gurutto Tsuruga Shuyu Bus from JR Tsuruga Station for around 10 minutes, and get off at Kanegasaki Ryokuchi bus stop.
Route2
- About 10 minutes by taxi from JR Tsuruga Station.
Opening Hours
- 9:00-17:00 (last entrance at 16:30)
Closed
- Wednesdays (if Wednesday is a national holiday, the museum will close the following day), Year-end and New Year holidays
Best season
- All year
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