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  Location of Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum  Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum (Japan) | |
| Location | 1-44-1 Kanegasaki-cho, Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture |
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| Coordinates | 35°39′46″N 136°04′24″E / 35.662778°N 136.073444°E |
| Type | history museum |
| Website | http://www.tmo-tsuruga.com/kk-museum/index_e.html |
Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum (人道の港 敦賀ムゼウム, じんどうのみなと つるがむぜうむ）is a museum that displays the history of Tsuruga Port, located in Kanegasaki Park, Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture. It emphasizes Chiune Sugihara, who saved the lives of many Jewish refugees during World War II by issuing transit visa. Tsuruga port was the place they disembarked after long journey from their Europe.
Exhibition
The main exhibit covers the history of Tsuruga Port. Since early time, Tsuruga Port has been open to the continent. Especially starting from the Meiji era to early Showa era, it enjoyed its heyday by serving as a departing point of the route trans-Eurasian travel via Vladivostok[1].
The exhibit highlight the humanity activities Chiune Sugihara (also pronounced as Senpo Sugihara). While he served as an acting consul of Japanese Consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania, he saved the lives of many Jewish persecuted by Nazis during World War II by issuing transit visa, ignoring the intention of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Tsuruga Port was the first point of disembarkation to Japanese territory after a long and harsh journey from Europe via Trans-Siberian Railroad. The visa is now called "visa of life". It also explains how the citizen of Tsuruga warmly supported the Jewish refugees during their short stay in Tsuruga before they take off for further journey to the final destination by exhibitions and interviews to those who survived as well as their descendants[1].
"ムゼウム" is a Japanese transliteration of the word "museum" in Polish, based on the fact that many of the Jewish refugees originated from Poland.
Access
About 30 min walk from Tsuruga Station of JR Hokuriku Main Line or 8 min bus ride (Tsuruga Shuyu bus) from Tsuruga Station to Kanegasaki Park, followed by 4 min walk.
Open date
Closed December 29-January 1. Open at 9:00 and close at 17:00 (admission closes at 16:30).
References
- ^ a b http://www.tmo-tsuruga.com/kk-museum/index_e.html Official Webpage
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Other nearby attractions
- Tsuruga port - Kanagasaki park - Kirameki-minato kan - Former Tsuruga port station building (Tsuruga railway museum) - Takatoro Tall Stone Lantern at Suzaki - Lamp house - Tsuruga warehouses - Tsuruga Red Brick Warehouse
- Tsuruga Municipal Museum
- Minato Tsuruga Yama Kaikan
- Kami-Warabe Washi-Paper Doll Museum
- Kehi no Matsubara (pine tree park)
- Kehi Shrine