Tokyo War Museum
The following is a list of museums and art galleries in tokyo.
Tokyo war museum. Japan tokyo and iwo jima tokyo this war museum is dedicated to the japanese warfare between 1894 and 1945. Yushukan museum in yasukuni shrine. Yasukuni shrine is mentioned every now and then as a place to offer memorial services for the soldiers died in the last world war. It contains many objects including a rare yokosuka mxy 7 ohka kamikaze flying bomb.
Wikimedia commons has media related to museums in tokyo. To use the sortable table click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order. In the area outside the yushukan war memorial museum are various statues paying tribute to every horse every dog and other creatures that served in japan s military in its various wars. The tokyo war museum was established in 1882 and describes itself as the first and oldest war and military museum in japan.
The yūshūkan 遊就館 is a japanese military and war museum located within yasukuni shrine in chiyoda tokyo as a museum maintained by the shrine which is dedicated to the souls of soldiers who died fighting on behalf of the emperor of japan the museum contains various artifacts and documents concerning japanese war casualties and military activity from the start of the meiji. It opened in 1882 as a facility to honor those who died in the war and to display weapons and war relics in the past. Yushukan is a museum built within the shrine compound.