 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.848 views
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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.460 views
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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.418 views
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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.349 views
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Another large exhibition room had a Japanese Zero fighter plane, kaiten manned torpedo, and midget submarine.330 views
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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. 270 views
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's connection with Kure. On the bridge of the Yamato, he commanded the fleet at the Battle of Midway.258 views
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Outside the museum, a battleship gun and anchor are displayed.257 views
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Rudder and propellers of Battleship Yamato.234 views
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Propellers of Battleship Yamato.228 views
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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.207 views
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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.206 views
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"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.205 views
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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, 1945.185 views
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Sample wood paneling used for the model deck.184 views
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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.182 views
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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.181 views
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Since the Yamato was built in secrecy, there are very few clear photos of the ship.179 views
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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."170 views
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Midget submarine.166 views
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The model even has little human figures.165 views
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Gun shells157 views
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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.155 views
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All aboard!153 views
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41-cm diameter gun from Battleship Mutsu, outside the Yamato Museum. Until the Yamato was built, the Mutsu was Japan's largest battleship.152 views
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We could also see the submarine museum at the JMSDF Kure Museum adjacent to the Yamato Museum.144 views
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Midget submarine cockpit.140 views
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Japanese Zero fighter.137 views
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Midget submarine cockpit.136 views
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Kure is a major shipbuilding town.133 views
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Japanese Zero fighter cockpit.133 views
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Kure Port dock.132 views
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Entering Kure Port terminal.132 views
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Back of the Yamato Museum facing Kure Port. 126 views
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About midget submarines.125 views
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Welcome to Kure.117 views
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