Usual hours and prices, checked 2026-10-06 against the sources under “What this place is”. They can change for holidays and events — confirm before you go. Official site
Our guide
The Yamato Museum is the popular name of the Kure Maritime Museum in Kure, Hiroshima. Our source says little more than that, so this page is short.
Kure Station on the Kure Line is about 400 m away in a straight line. We have not checked opening hours or fees.
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
- 大和ミュージアム - panoramio (10) — Yoshio Kohara · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- ZERO01 — Carpkazu (uploader on Commons) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Yamato Museum and JMSDF Kure Museum - Aug 21, 2017 — Yousuke · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source · resized
- Yamato-bridge — メルビル · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Yamato-Museum-2 — Evelyn-rose · CC0 · source · resized
- Yamato-Museum-1 — Evelyn-rose · CC0 · source · resized
- YAMATO Moder — Carpkazu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- YAMATO M — Carpkazu (uploader on Commons) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Type 95 torpedo (Oxygen torpedo) — Kk8998982 · Public domain · source · resized
- Shells from IJN WW2 battleships — メルビル · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
The Yamato Museum (大和ミュージアム, Yamato Museum) is the nickname of the Kure Maritime Museum (呉市海事歴史科学館, Kure-shi Kaiji Rekishi Kagakukan) in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-06 · Official visitor information
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Museum
Nearby station
Nearby station: Kure (Kure Line), about 400 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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