 Most viewed - Yamato Museum (Kure Maritime Museum) 呉市海事歴史科学館 大和ミュージアム |
One exhibition room has a model of the Battleship Yamato wreck.834 views
|
|
Battleship Yamato has an Imperial chrysanthemum crest on the bow. This was one of the things which helped to identify the wreck on the sea bottom.440 views
|
|
Yamato Museum's main attraction is this large scale model of Battleship Yamato. You can walk around it. This area of the museum is called Yamato Hiroba.405 views
|
|
The scale model of the battleship is 26.3 meters long. It has been reconstructed as accurately as possible based on photographs and exploration of the wreck.329 views
|
|
Another large exhibition room had a Japanese Zero fighter plane, kaiten manned torpedo, and midget submarine.318 views
|
|
272 views
|
|
Battleship Yamato was commissioned a week after the Pearl Harbor attack in Dec. 1941. It was Japan's most powerful battleship and now legendary. It turned out to be great waste since the big guns were hardly used and it was sunk 4 years later. 254 views
|
|
Outside the museum, a battleship gun and anchor are displayed.248 views
|
|
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's connection with Kure. On the bridge of the Yamato, he commanded the fleet at the Battle of Midway.247 views
|
|
222 views
|
|
Rudder and propellers of Battleship Yamato.219 views
|
|
218 views
|
|
Propellers of Battleship Yamato.213 views
|
|
"Yamato" is another name for Japan, and so it is a very revered and prestigious name for any ship. Many movies, anime, etc., have been based on Battleship Yamato which retains a strong cultural influence in Japan.196 views
|
|
The Yamato's final mission was suicidal. It was ordered to go to Okinawa in April 1945 and beach herself offshore so it wouldn't sink. While beached, it would fire its guns at the enemy on Okinawa.195 views
|
|
The Yamato Museum is open 9 am to 6 pm (enter by 5:30 pm). Admission is 500 yen for adults, 300 yen for high schoolers, and 200 yen for kids. Battleship Yamato was built in Kure.191 views
|
|
On her way to Okinawa, the Yamato was spotted by US submarines and aircraft and sunk by American carrier-based bombers and torpedo bombers on April 7, 1945.177 views
|
|
Kure Port in Hiroshima Prefecture. We arrived from Etajima island across the Seto Inland Sea. Kure is also a short train ride from Hiroshima Station.173 views
|
|
Yamato Museum's official name is Kure Maritime Museum. Although the 1/10 scale model of Battleship Yamato is the main attraction, it also has other exhibits explaining Kure's maritime history.172 views
|
|
Sample wood paneling used for the model deck.172 views
|
|
171 views
|
|
Since the Yamato was built in secrecy, there are very few clear photos of the ship.169 views
|
|
160 views
|
|
From the boat, we could see the dock where the Battleship Yamato was built in Kure, Hiroshima. "Kure" is pronounced "Kuray" not like the word "cure."158 views
|
|
Midget submarine.158 views
|
|
155 views
|
|
155 views
|
|
154 views
|
|
The model even has little human figures.153 views
|
|
Gun shells148 views
|
|
Battleship Mutsu plaque. After seeing the Yamato Museum, be sure to cross the street over to the submarine museum called the JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) Kure Museum.146 views
|
|
145 views
|
|
145 views
|
|
144 views
|
|
144 views
|
|
144 views
|
|
All aboard!142 views
|
|
41-cm diameter gun from Battleship Mutsu, outside the Yamato Museum. Until the Yamato was built, the Mutsu was Japan's largest battleship.142 views
|
|
140 views
|
|
138 views
|
|
138 views
|
|
137 views
|
|
137 views
|
|
136 views
|
|
135 views
|
|
135 views
|
|
133 views
|
|
Midget submarine cockpit.133 views
|
|
132 views
|
|
132 views
|
|
We could also see the submarine museum at the JMSDF Kure Museum adjacent to the Yamato Museum.131 views
|
|
131 views
|
|
129 views
|
|
127 views
|
|
127 views
|
|
127 views
|
|
Midget submarine cockpit.127 views
|
|
Japanese Zero fighter.127 views
|
|
Kure is a major shipbuilding town.125 views
|
|
125 views
|
|
Japanese Zero fighter cockpit.125 views
|
|
Entering Kure Port terminal.124 views
|
|
124 views
|
|
124 views
|
|
Kure Port dock.123 views
|
|
122 views
|
|
Back of the Yamato Museum facing Kure Port. 117 views
|
|
About midget submarines.117 views
|
|
117 views
|
|
110 views
|
|
Welcome to Kure.109 views
|
|
|
|
|
