Alley Karasukojima

**Which vessels are in changes weekly.** Submarines, destroyers, minesweepers — it depends on operations, and there is no schedule. That unpredictability is part of why people come back. **It is a working base.** Photography from the park is fine but the fence line and signage are there for a reason. Do not attempt to enter beyond the marked area. **The brick warehouses are the arsenal.** Original naval buildings along the road behind the park, still in use. Walk the street rather than only the waterfront. **Free parking until eight in the evening.** Which makes an evening visit possible, though there is no lighting on the vessels. **Combine with the Yamato Museum.** It is about fifteen minutes away and gives the industrial history that this waterfront is the surviving edge of.