is a

war museum A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs ...

in Minamisatsuma,

Kagoshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,527,019 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 9,187 Square kilometre, km2 (3,547 Square m ...

. 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 to d ...

'' attack in the final months of the

Pacific War The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theatre, was the Theater (warfare), theatre of World War II fought between the Empire of Japan and the Allies of World War II, Allies in East Asia, East and Southeast As ...

. 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.

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World War II suicide weapons of Japan World War II memorials in Japan World War II museums in Japan Peace museums in Japan Museums in Kagoshima Prefecture Kamikaze Museums established in 1993 1993 establishments in Japan Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Military history of Kagoshima Prefecture {{Japan-museum-stub

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