The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarine Museum – Kure, Japan - Atlas Obscura

Helmsman's station aboard the Akishio Spink (none)

Helmsman's station aboard the Akishio Spink (none)

Sub Akishio dwarfs the three story museum Spink (none)

Visitors enter under the submarine Spink (none)

Remotely-controlled mine clearing sub Spink (none)

Battleship Yamato museum is across the street Spink (none)

Visitors line up to look through the periscope Spink (none)

Conning tower Spink (none)

Officers' mess Spink (none)

20mm gun Spink (none)

The JMSDF Submarine Museum’s three-story brick building, opened in 2006, is dwarfed by the submarine Akishio, mounted on steel cradles between the museum and Kure’s busy downtown street.

The museum features hands-on exhibits of Japan’s submarine history, and visitors can enter and tour part of the Akishio from the building’s third floor. Across the street is the equally fascinating Battleship Yamato Museum, and both are in view of Kure’s harbor and shipyards.

The museum is visited frequently by Japanese sailors, as the Japanese submarine school is nearby.

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