The Yamato Museum is a nickname of the "Kure Maritime Museum" in Kure

Kure, Hiroshima

is a city in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 240,820 and a population density of 681 persons per km². The total area is 353.74 km².- History :...

, Hiroshima

Hiroshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Hiroshima.- History :The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into Bingo Province and Aki Province. This location has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's recorded...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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History

The museum opened on April 23, 2005. It is nicknamed the Yamato Museum due to the display in the lobby of the large model ship Yamato Hiroba, a 1/10 scale model of the Japanese battleship Yamato

Japanese battleship Yamato

, named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was the lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships that served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing...

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Exhibition Rooms

• Yamato Hiroba - 1/10 scale of the
• History of Kure - as the shipbuilding
  Shipbuilding
  Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history.Shipbuilding and ship repairs, both...
  
  , port
  Port
  A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
  
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• Large Objects Exhibition Room
• Shipbuilding Technology
• Future Prospects

Fourth floor view terrace

The museum has an observation terrace on the 4th floor of the building, where people can stand to view the area.

Access

• JR
  West Japan Railway Company
  , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
  
   Kure Station
  Kure Station
  is a JR West railway station on the Kure Line, located in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan.-History:*Opened as a station of the Japan National Railways on December 27, 1903*Lent to the Sanyo Railway on December 1, 1904.*Sanyo Railway was nationalized on December 1, 1906....
  
  
• Kure City bus "Youmetown Yamato Museum-mae" bus stop
  Bus stop
  A bus stop is a designated place where buses stop for passengers to board or leave a bus. These are normally positioned on the highway and are distinct from off-highway facilities such as bus stations. The construction of bus stops tends to reflect the level of usage...
  
  
• Kure Port

External links

• Yamato Museum (homepage, in English)

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