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The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarine Museum

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

Kure, Japan

Helmsman’s station aboard the Akishio   Spink
Sub Akishio dwarfs the three story museum   Spink
Visitors enter under the submarine   Spink
Remotely-controlled mine clearing sub   Spink
Battleship Yamato museum is across the street   Spink
Visitors line up to look through the periscope   Spink
Conning tower   Spink
Officers’ mess   Spink
20mm gun   Spink
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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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March 11, 2010

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