Tsuruga Bay
A long, sheltered inlet that narrows towards the city. Its smooth shoreline and the harbour basins at its head make the strongest shape on the poster.
Minimalist map poster · Japan
35.6530° N / 136.0633° E
A deep bay on the Sea of Japan, a harbour grid behind it and wooded ridges closing in on three sides





One city, five moods
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Pixel ekwan · 24 × 36″ print filePrint-sharp
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The map
Tsuruga sits at the head of Tsuruga Bay, where a sheltered inlet of the Sea of Japan reaches far inland. On a map the city fills a narrow coastal plain. The harbour and its quays lie to the north, a compact grid of streets runs back towards the station, and forested hills rise quickly on the eastern and western edges. From above, the shape is simple: water in front, mountains behind, and the town between them.
That position made Tsuruga an important port for centuries. It was one of the shortest links between the Sea of Japan and the Kyoto and Lake Biwa region. In the early twentieth century, ships from Vladivostok connected here with the Trans-Siberian route to Europe. In 1940 and 1941 the port received Jewish refugees travelling on transit visas issued by the diplomat Chiune Sugihara, and that history is now remembered locally.
A Tsuruga map poster shows the curve of the bay and the Tsuruga Peninsula to the north, and the dark shoreline of the Kehi no Matsubara pine grove. Rail lines follow the flat ground and meet near the centre. Since 2024 that has included the Hokuriku Shinkansen, which now ends here. In black and white the balance between sea, plain and slope is easy to read.
A long, sheltered inlet that narrows towards the city. Its smooth shoreline and the harbour basins at its head make the strongest shape on the poster.
A pine grove along the beach west of the harbour, counted among Japan's celebrated pine-lined shores. On the map it reads as a band of green edging the bay.
Conventional lines and the newer Shinkansen tracks meet on the flat ground near the centre. Their lines tie the port to the valleys running inland.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
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Why Tsuruga
Tsuruga suits anyone with ties to Fukui, anyone who travelled the Hokuriku line, or anyone who knows the port's refugee story. The bay-and-hills shape works well in a small frame and also holds up at 24×36″.
You can set your own title and subtitle, change the coordinates line to a meaningful address, and pick from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Download the HD files for $9, or order a matte print with an optional wooden frame.
Oder poster Tsuruga| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7″) | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3, 11.7 × 16.5″) | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2, 16.5 × 23.4″) | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36″) | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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