Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum
Museum in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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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]
Location5-1 Hasamado, Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Opened2 February 2010[1]
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| Location | 5-1 Hasamado, Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°02′44″N 140°13′24″E |
| Opened | 2 February 2010[1] |
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