Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum
| Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum | |
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予科練平和記念館 | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 5-1 Hasamado |
| Town or city | Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°02′44″N 140°13′24″E / 36.045514°N 140.223455°E |
| Opened | 2 February 2010[1] |
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| Official website | |
The Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum (予科練平和記念館, Yokaren Heiwa Kinenkan) opened in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, in 2010.[1] The museum preserves and displays materials relating to the young Naval Aviator Preparatory Course trainees, Yokaren (予科練) for short, including photographs by Ken Domon.[2][3] In the adjacent garden, the Yūshō-en (雄翔園), there is a monument to the approximately nineteen thousand Yokaren who died in the war, while the Yūshō-kan (雄翔館) stores and displays their last testaments and other personal effects.[4]
See also[edit]
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- Pilot training in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
- Ken Domon Museum of Photography
- Kasumigaura Air Field
References[edit]
- ^ a b 館長挨拶 [Greetings from the Director] (in Japanese). Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Characteristics of the Museum". Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ 予科練記念館「雄翔館」（阿見町） [Yokaren Memorial Museum "Yūshōkan" (Ami-chō)] (in Japanese). Ibaraki Prefecture. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ 雄翔館・雄翔園のご案内 [Guide to the Yūshō-kan and Yūshō-en] (in Japanese). Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2023.