Japanese battleship Mikasa
三笠 (戦艦)
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Our guide
Mikasa is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s, the only ship of her class, named after Mount Mikasa in Nara. She was the flagship of Vice Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō throughout the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur and the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima. Days after the war ended her magazine exploded by accident and sank her; she was raised and repaired over more than two years. She later served as a coast-defence ship in the First World War and supported Japanese forces in the Siberian Intervention. After 1922 she was decommissioned under the Washington Naval Treaty and preserved at Yokosuka as a museum ship.
She lies in Mikasa Park, mapped to the same point. Yokosuka-Chūō Station is about 800 m away, and Sarushima about 1.8 km. 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
- Japanese battleship Mikasa — Unknown author · Public domain · source · resized
- Mikasa zenbu shuho2 — by Monado · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Mikasa05 — by Monado · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Mikasa-Bridge-Painting-by-Tojo-Shotaro — Tōjō Shōtarō · Public domain · source · resized
- Battleship Mikasa park — nattou · Public domain · source · resized
- Yokosuka-mikasa-08-2010 — Nesnad · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 戦艦三笠2 — Tokyo Watcher at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 戦艦三笠 — Tokyo Watcher at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 戦艦河内・三笠 — C2revenge · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Mikasa (三笠) is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s, and is the only ship of her class. Named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan, the ship served as the flagship of Vice Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō throughout the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war and the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima. Days after the end of the war, Mikasa's magazine accidentally exploded and sank the ship. She was salvaged and her repairs took over two years to complete. Afterwards, the ship served as a coast-defence ship during World War I and supported Japanese forces during the Siberian Intervention in the Russian Civil War. After 1922, Mikasa was decommissioned in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty and preserved as a museum ship at Yokosuka.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-06 · Official visitor information
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What to expect at this type of place: Museum
Nearby station
Nearby station: Yokosuka-Chūō, about 800 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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