 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.837 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.443 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.407 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.331 views
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Another large exhibition room had a Japanese Zero fighter plane, kaiten manned torpedo, and midget submarine.320 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. 257 views
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Outside the museum, a battleship gun and anchor are displayed.249 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.249 views
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Rudder and propellers of Battleship Yamato.221 views
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Propellers of Battleship Yamato.215 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.197 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.196 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.193 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, 1945.178 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.175 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.173 views
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Sample wood paneling used for the model deck.173 views
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Since the Yamato was built in secrecy, there are very few clear photos of the ship.172 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."160 views
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Midget submarine.159 views
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The model even has little human figures.155 views
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Gun shells149 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.148 views
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All aboard!144 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.144 views
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Midget submarine cockpit.134 views
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We could also see the submarine museum at the JMSDF Kure Museum adjacent to the Yamato Museum.133 views
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Midget submarine cockpit.129 views
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Japanese Zero fighter.129 views
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Kure is a major shipbuilding town.126 views
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Japanese Zero fighter cockpit.126 views
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Entering Kure Port terminal.125 views
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Kure Port dock.124 views
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About midget submarines.119 views
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Back of the Yamato Museum facing Kure Port. 118 views
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Welcome to Kure.110 views
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