Maizuru City (舞鶴市) is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture on an inlet of the Sea of Japan.  The city was founded on May 27, 1943.  As of March 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 89,235 and the density of 261 persons per sq. km.  The total area is 342.15 sq. km (132.10 sq mi).
  Maizuru is a city rich in nature, located on the scenic Maizuru Bay.  Maizuru Harbor is located in Maizuru Bay, from which travel to Hokkaido is possible via the Sea of Japan.
  Maizuru's development was greatly spurred after the naval port was installed in 1901.  In the Russo-Japanese War, many warships were based there, due to its proximity to the Sea of Japan.  After the Second World War, Maizuru was a key port for returning Japanese servicemen and detainees from continental Asia for over 13 years.
  Today, Maizuru is a key district headquarters for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.  Maizuru became sister town to Nakhodka, Russia in June 1961, the first Russian-Japanese sister towns in history.  Maizuru, Kyoto is also a Sister City with Portsmouth, England.  (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia.")

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JR Higashi-Maizuru Station

JR Higashi-Maizuru Station (JR東舞鶴駅), Kyoto is located at Maizuru Bay (舞鶴湾) as well as JR Nishi-Maizuru Station (JR西舞鶴駅) along the Sea of Japan.

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(Saturday 13 March) JR Higashi-Maizuru Station (JR東舞鶴駅), Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) JR Higashi-Maizuru Station (JR東舞鶴駅), Kyoto

Restaurant Horie

Restaurant Horie (レストランほりえ) along Sanjo-dori Street (三条通) near JR Higashi-Maizuru Station

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(Saturday 13 March) Restaurant Horie (レストランほりえ) along Sanjo-dori Street (三条通) near JR Higashi-Maizuru Station

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(Saturday 13 March) Restaurant Horie (レストランほりえ) along Sanjo-dori Street (三条通) near JR Higashi-Maizuru Station

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(Saturday 13 March) Ad for "Nikujyaga-teishoku" (肉じゃが定食; a table d'hote of boiled [simmered] meat and potatoes with soy sauce and sugar, 780 yen), Restaurant Horie. "Nikujyaga" is a Japanese soul food since 1901 (明治34年) when Heihachiro Togo (東郷平八郎, 1874-1934; the legendary admiral who defeated the Russian Baltic Fleet in Russo-Japanese War) worked here as the first captain general of the Maizuru Naval Base (舞鶴鎮守府初代司令長官). As a young prospecting officer, Togo studied in Great Britain for seven years and liked the British Beef Stew very much. As the general, he worried about the epidemic spreading beri･beri (脚気) among the Japanese Navy seamen. They used Japanese soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil because of the lack of wine, butter and seasoning Britain used for making beef stew. Thus the Japanese beef stew is called "Nikujyaga." The Fourth Maritime Self-Defense Force Training School Maiduru (会場自衛隊第四術科学校) still keeps the recipe as The Maritime Cooking Textbook (『海軍厨業管理強化書』). In addition, Kure City, Hiroshima (広島県呉市) also insists the birthplace of "Nikujyaga."

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(Saturday 13 March) "Nikujyaga-teishoku" (肉じゃが定食; a table d'hote of boiled [simmered] meat and potatoes with soy sauce and sugar, 780 yen), Restaurant Horie

Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum/Park

Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum (舞鶴引揚記念館) is located at Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park (舞鶴引揚記念公園), Oura Peninsula (大浦半島), Kyoto Prefecture along the Sea of Japan: Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto (京都府舞鶴市字平). After Japan's unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945, numerous remnants came back from various battlefields over the world. Maizuru Port particularly accepted the poor soldiers from Russia and China: 664,531 remnants and 16,269 skeletal remains in total for thirteen years. After World War II, as many as c.570,000 Japanese soldeirs left behind the Continent were sent to the former Soviet Union: c.472,000 were forced to live at detention camps in Siberia. This museum features the hard life at detention camps in Siberia.

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(Saturday 13 March) Map of Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum/Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Signpost of Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum/Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Sculpture titled "Katarai" ("Talk"), Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum/Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum/Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) A monument of Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum/Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Sculpture titled "Heiwa-no-Gunzo" (「平和の群像」: "The Group of Peace"), Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) "Bokyo-Irei-no-hi" (望郷慰霊之碑; the Monument to Console the Spirits of the Dead who Yearned for the Sight of Their Home), Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Poetry monument inscribing two poems, Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Monument inscribed "Oh, mother country" (「ああ母なる国」), Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Compass indicating Nakhodka (where the famous Russian port and railway terminal is located), Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) "Tenbo-sanbashi" (展望桟橋; Pier of a Panoramic View), Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier), viewed from Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) A view from Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

Repatriation Pier

"Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) A bus-stop for "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Song monument for "Mabuta-no-Sanbashi Maizuru-yo" (「まぶたの桟橋 舞鶴よ」: "Maizuru Pier in My Eyes"), "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) List of the benefactors to reconstruct "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) A national flag of Japan, "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Information board of the reconstruction of "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

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(Saturday 13 March) Greetings for the visitors of "Hikiage-sanbashi" (引揚桟橋; Repatriation Pier) near Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park, Taira, Maizuru City, Kyoto

Maritime Self-Defense Force Dock

Maritime Self-Defense Force Dock (自衛隊桟橋) in Higashi-Maizuru Port (東舞鶴港)

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(Saturday 13 March) Maritime Self-Defense Force Dock (自衛隊桟橋) in Higashi-Maizuru Port (東舞鶴港)

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(Saturday 13 March) Maritime Self-Defense Force Dock (自衛隊桟橋) in Higashi-Maizuru Port (東舞鶴港)

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(Saturday 13 March) A Self-Defense Force ship, Maritime Self-Defence Force Dock, Higashi-Maizuru Port

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(Saturday 13 March) A Self-Defense Force ship, Maritime Self-Defence Force Dock, Higashi-Maizuru Port

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(Saturday 13 March) A Self-Defense Force ship, Maritime Self-Defence Force Dock, Higashi-Maizuru Port

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(Saturday 13 March) A Self-Defense Force ship, Maritime Self-Defence Force Dock, Higashi-Maizuru Port

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(Saturday 13 March) A Self-Defense Force ship, Maritime Self-Defence Force Dock, Higashi-Maizuru Port

Red Brick Warehouses

Red Brick Warehouses (赤れんが倉庫群) along the port are the industrial symbol of Maizuru City.

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(Saturday 13 March) Red Brick Warehouses (赤れんが倉庫群) along the port

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(Saturday 13 March) Red Brick Warehouses (赤れんが倉庫群) along the port

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(Saturday 13 March) Red Brick Warehouses (赤れんが倉庫群) along the port

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(Saturday 13 March) Red Brick Warehouses (赤れんが倉庫群) along the port

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(Saturday 13 March) Red Brick Warehouses (赤れんが倉庫群) along the port

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(Saturday 13 March) An old post, Red Brick Warehouses (赤れんが倉庫群) along the port

Maizuru World Brick Museum

Maizuru World Brick Museum (舞鶴市立赤れんが博物館) is located at 2011 Hama, Maizuru City (舞鶴市字浜2011). They have a wonderful collection of bricks around the world.

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(Saturday 13 March) Maizuru World Brick Museum, 2011 Hama, Maizuru City

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(Saturday 13 March) Maizuru World Brick Museum, 2011 Hama, Maizuru City

Coffee-Bon

Coffee-Bon (Coffee ボン) is located along Sanjo-dori Street (三条通) near JR Higashi-Maizuru Station.

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(Saturday 13 March) Coffee-Bon (Coffee ボン) along Sanjo-dori Street (三条通) near JR Higashi-Maizuru Station

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(Saturday 13 March) My afternoon refreshments: hotcake and coffee, Coffee-Bon (Coffee ボン)

        

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