Maizuru Port, which faces the Japan Sea and is located in the western part of the Wakasa Bay within Maizuru Bay, is known as a suitable port, due to its formation as an inlet off the open sea and is less subject to weather conditions.
日本海に面する舞鶴港は、若狭湾西部の舞鶴湾にあり、外海に対して入り江になっているため、比較的天候に左右されにくく、天然の良港として知られている。