is a
war museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
in
Minamisatsuma,
Kagoshima Prefecture. Opened in 1993, the museum commemorates the 201 airmen from the who died in a ''
kamikaze
, officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending t ...
'' attack in the final months of the
Pacific War. Hichiro Naemura, a flight instructor at the Bansei base in 1945, spearheaded the effort to establish this institution as a memorial to his fallen comrades.
Bansei Tokko Peace Museum
Retrieved on 7 July 2016.
See also
* ''Kamikaze
, officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending t ...
''
* Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
* Cornerstone of Peace
The Cornerstone of Peace is a monument in Itoman commemorating the Battle of Okinawa and the role of Okinawa during World War II. The names of over two hundred and forty thousand people who lost their lives are inscribed on the memorial.
Purpose
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References
World War II suicide weapons of Japan
World War II memorials in Japan
World War II museums in Japan
Peace museums
Museums in Kagoshima Prefecture
Kamikaze
Museums established in 1993
1993 establishments in Japan
Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima
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