Yasukuni
The Great Exhibition Hall displays large weapons and smaller items that have been left over from the war.
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.JPG "The Great Exhibition Hall displays two weapons with explosive charges used in suicide attacks, an ooka (manned glider with three rocket engines that fired for nine seconds each) and a kaiten (manned torpedo, seen here on the right) recovered by the U.S. Navy and on permanent loan to the Yushukan. The museum also has a memorial to those who died in the fukuryu special attack corps. These were sailors wearing protective underwater gear who were to be waiting in shallow water to destroy the enemy's landing craft with explosives attached to the top of a bamboo pole. The Navy never deployed this weapon, but many sailors lost their lives in unsuccessful trials of this suicide attack weapon."){kind=small}
.JPG "The Yushukan honors all of Japan's war heroes and display photos of many war dead. The photos have no particular order, but the museum has books in several places where one can search for a person by alphabetical order of names or by home prefecture. The photos include several women who died in the line of duty while supporting the military. There is no explanation as to why certain photos are displayed out of the total of 2.5 million persons who gave their lives in battle for Japan."){kind=small}