Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum
予科練平和記念館
Usual hours and prices, checked 2026-10-07 against the sources under “What this place is”. They can change for holidays and events — confirm before you go. Official site
Our guide
The Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum opened in 2010 in the town of Ami, Ibaraki. It keeps and displays material about the Yokaren, the young trainees of the Naval Aviator Preparatory Course, including photographs by Ken Domon. In the Yūshō-en garden next door stands a monument to the roughly 19,000 Yokaren who died in the war, and the Yūshō-kan holds and displays their last letters and other belongings.
Tsuchiura Castle is about 4.9 km away. We have not checked opening hours, fees or a public-transport route.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Yokaren Peace memorial museum,Ami-town,Japan — Katorisi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum — Abasaa · Public domain · source · resized
- Yokaren Peace memorial museum, Ami-town — Motokoka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Statue of Yokaren, Yusho-en — Motokoka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
The Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum (予科練平和記念館, Yokaren Heiwa Kinenkan) opened in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, in 2010. 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. 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.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-07 · Official visitor information
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What to expect at this type of place: Museum
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