An excursion to Yamato Museum.

The museum is 5 minutes walk form Kure station. In front of the gate is the 41cm (16 inch) gun of the battle ship Mutsu. A replica of course.

A 1/10 scale precision model of the battle ship Yamato.

Viewed form the stern.

The exhibition hall has 4 floors and is built in well hole style. You can view Yamato from the top and...

... from the bottom.

46cm (18 inch) triple mounted guns.

Due to the backlight I couldn't take photos from the bow.

The front.

The island structure.

The back of the island structure.

The astern.

A restored A6M6 is displayed at the next floor.

Viewed from the top.

If only I bought a real camera, not the one that is built in my cell phone...

There are other precision models of ships. This one is the heavy cruiser Maya ...

... and the battle ship Nagato.

Defocused because they are behind glass cases. The auto focus function did not work properly...

Other photographs are available here.

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