Tsuruga, Fukui

Tsuruga was the only Japanese port opened to the Polish orphans in 1920, and to the Jewish refugees in 1940 thanks to Jan Zwartendijk, the Dutch Consul in Kaunas, who issued visa for Curaçao and Surinam, Mr. Chiune Sugihara, Vice-Consul for the Empire of Japan in Lithuania who issued transit visa for Japan.Tsuruga has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 26 members.Tsuruga has a very healthy mixed economy focused on providing services to the Wakasa region, and also features a container port, a bulk terminal, a coal-fired power plant, two textile mills, a large furniture factory, a playground equipment manufacturer, and a Panasonic (Matsushita) facility.High speed rail service to Tsuruga Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen began on 16 March 2024.The club has been host to many national and international celebrity guests such as Jazztronik, Gilles Peterson, Toshio Matsuura from UFO, DJs Ravi, Julien Love and Two Dee, and Soil and Pimp Sessions.
view of the port of Tsuruga
Tsuruga City Hall
Tsuruga Port
Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum, Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan (2023).
Kehi matsubara beach
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