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Scale model of wartime Ozushima island.Jan 19, 2013
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Inside the Kaiten Memorial Museum.Jan 19, 2013
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Photography is allowed inside the museum, but they don't allow you to take pictures of the wall of portraits of those who died as kaiten pilots.Jan 19, 2013
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View of Seto Inland Sea from the museum.Jan 19, 2013
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Memorial bellJan 19, 2013
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Names of kaiten pilots who died.Jan 19, 2013
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Monument for kaiten pilots who died.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten engine remnants.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten engine remnants.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten engine remnants.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten pilot seat inside the kaiten.Jan 19, 2013
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Periscope of kaiten.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten manned torpedo replica outside the Kaiten Memorial Museum on Ozushima island, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Jan 19, 2013
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The Kaiten Memorial Museum has a full-scale replica kaiten torpedo on display right outside.Jan 19, 2013
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The Kaiten Memorial Museum has a full-scale replica kaiten torpedo on display right outside.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten Memorial Museum on Ozushima island, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Closed Wed. Admission 300 yen. Free for kids under age 18. 回天記念館Jan 19, 2013
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Path to Kaiten Memorial Museum.Jan 19, 2013
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Forest for international exchange.Jan 19, 2013
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Now the Ozushima Primary School, this was where they had the military barracks for kaiten personnel. They transported the kaiten from here to the offshore launch-training facility.Jan 19, 2013
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Way to the Kaiten Memorial Museum. It's slightly up the hill.Jan 19, 2013
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Way back to the tunnel.Jan 19, 2013
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About the kaiten manned torpedo launch-training base built in 1939. It started to be used from Sept. 5, 1944 as a kaiten training base.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten pilots trained by driving kaitens around the island or around just the eastern part of the island.Jan 19, 2013
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Remains of the kaiten crane's foundation.Jan 19, 2013
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They launched the kaiten from this dock out in the ocean. They used a crane to hoist it into the water. The kaiten was 14.75 meters long and 1 meter wide.Jan 19, 2013
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A torpedo launching dock. This is too small for a kaiten.Jan 19, 2013
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A Type 93 torpedo was 8.5 meters long and 61 cm wide. The kaiten was 14.75 meters long and 1 meter wide which is too big for this torpedo launching bay.Jan 19, 2013
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This facility was originally built in 1939 for testing Type 93 torpedoes. This is a launching bay for a torpedo, not kaiten which is too big for this.Jan 19, 2013
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Remains of the kaiten manned torpedo launch-training facility on Ozushima island, Yamaguchi Prefecture. 回天発射訓練基地跡Jan 19, 2013
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The kaiten pilots trained by piloting the kaiten around the island.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten manned torpedo launch-training base on Ozushima island, Yamaguchi Prefecture. 回天発射訓練基地跡Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten manned torpedo launch-training base was built in 1939. They started using this facility for launch training from Sept. 1944.Jan 19, 2013
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About the kaiten training site.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten monumentJan 19, 2013
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Kaiten manned torpedo launch-training facility.Jan 19, 2013
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When you come out of the tunnel, the Kaiten manned torpedo launch-training facility is right there.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten were launched by a submarine.Jan 19, 2013
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More photos on the other tunnel wall.Jan 19, 2013
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Read the caption.Jan 19, 2013
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The tunnel also has photos of kaiten and their suicide pilots. Very poignant and sad captions for each photo.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten manned torpedo launch-training facility on Ozushima island.Jan 19, 2013
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View of the kaiten manned torpedo launch-training facility.Jan 19, 2013
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An opening part way in the tunnel.Jan 19, 2013
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Trolley tracks.Jan 19, 2013
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They used a trolley to transport the kaiten from the base to the offshore training facility. The trolley tracks in the tunnel have been filled in.Jan 19, 2013
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Inside the tunnel leading to the kaiten training facility.Jan 19, 2013
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This World War II-era tunnel was used to take kaiten torpedoes to the training facility. It now provides access to the training facility.Jan 19, 2013
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Tunnel ahead.Jan 19, 2013
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Island near Ozushima.Jan 19, 2013
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Kaiten manned torpedo launch-training facility. This is where they launched practice runs around the island in manned torpedoes.Jan 19, 2013
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Offshore kaiten manned torpedo launch-training facility used to train kaiten pilots still remains.Jan 19, 2013
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I went to see the kaiten training facility first. The path is along the shore.Jan 19, 2013
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Tourist map of Ozushima. Go right to see the Kaiten Memorial Museum or go left to see the offshore kaiten training facility.Jan 19, 2013
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Way to the Kaiten Memorial Museum amid camp cabins.Jan 19, 2013
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Memorial for kaiten pilots.Jan 19, 2013
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Welcome sign on Ozushima.Jan 19, 2013
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Map of Ozushima. We are on the lower left of the island.Jan 19, 2013
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Our boat leaving Ozushima.Jan 19, 2013
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Disembarking on Ozushima island. Be sure to check the return boat schedule since boats don't run that often.Jan 19, 2013
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A flag on a flag pole on this hill marks the location of the Kaiten Memorial Museum.Jan 19, 2013
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Arriving Ozushima island. A facility used to train kaiten pilots still remains and the Kaiten Memorial Museum explains about the kaiten manned torpedo and the suicide kaiten pilots.Jan 19, 2013
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Tokuyama industrial complex.Jan 19, 2013
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Inside the hydrofoil boat for Ozushima island.Jan 19, 2013
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High-speed hydrofoil boat for Ozushima island takes 20 min. There's also a car ferry that takes about 45 min. and the boat fare is the same.Jan 19, 2013
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Tokuyama Port and boat for Ozushima island. Boat fare is 690 yen (ticket office is opposite of this dock).Jan 19, 2013
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About the kaiten.Jan 19, 2013
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Replica of a kaiten at Tokuyama Port. Note that Ozushima is not pronounced "Otsushima." Some might spell it as Ohzushima to indicate a long vowel O.Jan 19, 2013
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Ozushima island is a short boat ride from Tokuyama Port (photo) near JR Tokuyama Station. The island is known for the training ground for kaiten manned torpedoes during World War II.Jan 19, 2013
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Exhibits about a prominent local singer.Jan 18, 2013
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The second floor also has exhibits.Jan 18, 2013
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Scale model of Yanai's traditional townscape.Jan 18, 2013
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Inside the Yanai tourist information office and local museum.Jan 18, 2013
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About the former Suo Bank building.Jan 18, 2013
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Former Suo Bank serving as tourist information office.Jan 18, 2013
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Adjacent to Muroyano-sono is this distinctive building hat used to be Suo Bank built in 1907 and designed by Sato Setsuo. It is now the Tourist Information Office and local museum. 町並み資料館Jan 18, 2013
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Firefighting equipmentJan 18, 2013
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ArmorJan 18, 2013
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Farming toolsJan 18, 2013
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Courtyard with roof tile decorations.Jan 18, 2013
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MirrorsJan 18, 2013
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Bento lunch boxes for rice.Jan 18, 2013
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Bento lunch boxesJan 18, 2013
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PhonographJan 18, 2013
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CombsJan 18, 2013
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Make-up instruments for women.Jan 18, 2013
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Old camerasJan 18, 2013
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Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya) included old cameras.Jan 18, 2013
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Inside the Gadget storehouse (Dogugoya).Jan 18, 2013
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Maid's roomJan 18, 2013
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Exclusive room with a koto.Jan 18, 2013
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Ceiling beamsJan 18, 2013
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Upstairs of main building (omoya).Jan 18, 2013
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Small shrine outside.Jan 18, 2013
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Entrance area of main building, serving as the business office.Jan 18, 2013
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Scale model of Muroyano-sono.Jan 18, 2013
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Floor plan of Muroyano-sono.Jan 18, 2013
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Map of Yanai's traditional townscape area in Furuichi/Kanaya.Jan 18, 2013
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Muroyano-sono is open 9 am to 5 pm and closed on Wed. and during the year end and New Year's period. Admission is a few hundred yen.Jan 18, 2013
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Probably built in 1702, Muroyano-sono consists of several buildings clustered together. They include the main building (omoya), main storehouse (hongura), and rice storehouse (komegura).Jan 18, 2013
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Muroyano-sono is a long house (Machiya) museum, formerly the estate of an oil merchant. It is adjacent to Yanai's townscape of white-wall buildings.Jan 18, 2013
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Bocho bus in front of Yanai Station.Jan 18, 2013
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Music box MuseumJan 18, 2013
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Iwakuni-KIntaikyo Airport will open on Dec. 13, 2012.Jan 18, 2013
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Yanai, YamaguchiJan 18, 2013
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Goldfish manhole at Yanai, Yamaguchi.Jan 18, 2013
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