🏛️ Museum
Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum
A moving museum on the Jewish refugees and Polish orphans who landed at Tsuruga port.
Typical duration
60 min
Price
~¥500 entry (≈ €2.9 / $3.2)
From port
1.4 km / 0.9 mi
Transfer time
8 min
Indoor / Outdoor
indoor
Queue risk
low
👨👩👧 Family friendly♿ Wheelchair accessible⚡ Good for short stops
🕐 Best time to visit
Any time; a thoughtful indoor stop
Tsuruga was the Japanese landfall for Polish orphans in the 1920s and for Jewish refugees who fled Europe in 1940 on the 'visas for life' issued by diplomat Chiune Sugihara. This thoughtful museum by the old port tells their stories through documents, photographs and personal accounts - a moving, humane counterpoint to the town's lighter sights.
Getting there from the port
Beside the Kanegasaki waterfront; short taxi or shuttle from the pier
🚌 Best transport: taxi💶 Cost: Short taxi or walk from Kanegasaki