Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum | |
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予科練平和記念館 | |
General information | |
Address | 5-1 Hasamado |
Town or city | Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture |
Country | Japan |
Coordinates | 36°02′44″N 140°13′24″E / 36.045514°N 140.223455°E |
Opened | 2 February 2010[1] |
Website | |
Official website |
The Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum (予科練平和記念館, Yokaren Heiwa Kinenkan) opened in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, in 2010.[1] The museum preserves and displays materials relating to the young Naval Aviator Preparatory Course trainees , Yokaren (予科練) for short, including photographs by Ken Domon.[2][3] In the adjacent garden, the Yūshō-en (雄翔園), there is a monument to the approximately nineteen thousand Yokaren who died in the war, while the Yūshō-kan (雄翔館) stores and displays their last testaments and other personal effects.[4]