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Battleship Yamato Memorial/Museum

This was a surprise tour for us. Didn't know this was nearby until my mom told us. About an hour away. The Battleship Yamato was the famous Japanese ship during WWII that was the pride of the Japanese Navy. It was huge and supposedly unsinkable. However it was used during the end of the war as a last defense against American forces and was sunk.

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Yamato museum
Yamato museum		 The sub museum was next door
The sub museum was next door		 lots of displays and history
lots of displays and history		 of the Kure area and building of Yamato
of the Kure area and building of Yamato
also lots of models of ships
also lots of models of ships		 built at this shipyard
built at this shipyard		 lots and
lots and		 lots of ships
lots of ships
pretty cool actually
pretty cool actually		 submarines too
submarines too		 i took too many
i took too many		 pictures i think
pictures i think
yup, too many pictures
yup, too many pictures		 i need help
i need help		 really i do
really i do		 Week 1 - Kure - very large Yamato model in the main lobby
Week 1 - Kure - very large Yamato model in the main lobby
gift shop
gift shop		 i should've bought this
i should've bought this		 i don't know what i was thinking
i don't know what i was thinking		 maybe if i ever go back.
maybe if i ever go back.
since i like lego so much
since i like lego so much		 another view of the scaled down model
another view of the scaled down model		 and and the model and my H shirt
and and the model and my H shirt		 I think this was Atlantis
I think this was Atlantis
entrance
entrance		 sign
sign		 stuff recovered from the ship. flagpole i believe
stuff recovered from the ship. flagpole i believe		 Week 1 - Kure - anchor
Week 1 - Kure - anchor
for the anchor rope
for the anchor rope		 one of the turrets
one of the turrets		 sign
sign		 closer view of turret
closer view of turret
turret sign
turret sign		 propeller
propeller		 rudder
rudder		 propeller
propeller
Week 1 - Kure - propeller
Week 1 - Kure - propeller		 nameplate
nameplate		 sign again
sign again		 back inside
back inside
the light was really bad to take pictures
the light was really bad to take pictures		 oh well
oh well		 front view
front view		 front view again
front view again
model of one of the boilers
model of one of the boilers		 too bad there wasn't more english
too bad there wasn't more english		 i couldn't read japanese too well
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P6130162.JPG		 original drawings
original drawings		 crazy, to think of how they built this huge ship
crazy, to think of how they built this huge ship		 back then with drawings like these
back then with drawings like these
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search light		 kure shipyard
kure shipyard		 more of the big model
more of the big model
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i think these were the names of the sailors lost		 stuff recovered
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old torpedo		 another torpedo
another torpedo
one more torpedo
one more torpedo		 mini suicide sub
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Zero
my friend Jarrett is probably jealous of me now
my friend Jarrett is probably jealous of me now		 for being able to go to this museum
for being able to go to this museum		 P6130260.JPG
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P6130262.JPG		 another mini sub
another mini sub		 we had a translator box
we had a translator box		 with different spots that had english descriptions
with different spots that had english descriptions
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me and the zero
me and the zero		 me and the sub
me and the sub		 various shells
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Week 1 - Kure - zero from above
Week 1 - Kure - zero from above

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