Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum

Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum
Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum
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
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 [ja], 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]

References

^ ^a ^b 館長挨拶 [Greetings from the Director] (in Japanese). Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ "Characteristics of the Museum". Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ 予科練記念館「雄翔館」（阿見町） [Yokaren Memorial Museum "Yūshōkan" (Ami-chō)] (in Japanese). Ibaraki Prefecture. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ 雄翔館・雄翔園のご案内 [Guide to the Yūshō-kan and Yūshō-en] (in Japanese). Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

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