Yamato Museum, Kure, Japan, October 30, 2013

Just 25 minutes by local train from Hiroshima is the city of Kure. It is an industrial city with several ship yards. It has been so for many years, and many of the battleships that participated in WWII were build here.

To commemorate this great legacy within ship building the city has build an almost new museum (2005) that covers both the pre-war and WWII period but also modern day ship industry.

By far the best thing to see at the museum is the incredible, beautifully made 1:10 (!) scale model of the Battleship Yamato. Just next to the model is a new and quite big special exhibition covering the design of this the world largest battleship ever build.

Some other things from WWII can also be seen at the museum, such as a Zero fighter and a Long Lance type 95 torpedo.

The video contains still pictures and HD video from the museum. Again I had too little time at the museum - only a little more than 1 hour due to we had to catch a ferry to Matsuyama. The ferry terminal is just next to the museum.

You may want to check out the website of the museum: http://yamato.kure-city.jp/english/e-index.html

Note that just 3 minutes' walk from the museum is the museum for the JMSDF (Japanese Navy).

Видео Yamato Museum, Kure, Japan, October 30, 2013 канала Nikolaj Richter Larsen