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Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) The Iron Whale Museum is an exhibition facility of the Kure Museum of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is a museum focusing on submarines (Iron Whales). It features displays of actual decommissioned submarines, a reproduction of the ship's interior, and explanatory panels, models, and films about diving, detection, and life on the submarine.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Ondo Strait is a narrow strait in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, and is one of the important waterways connecting the islands of the Seto Inland Sea with the mainland. It has long been used as a key point for ship navigation, and Kure developed as a naval base after the Meiji period, making Ondo Strait a key maritime...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) The Yamato Museum (official name: Kure Maritime History and Science Museum) is a museum located in the port area of Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, showcasing the history of maritime affairs, shipbuilding, and Kure. Since the Meiji era, Kure has been a port town home to some of Japan's leading naval arsenals (Kure Naval Arsenal) and shipyards, and the Yamato Museum...