Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum

Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum (万世特攻平和祈念館, Bansei Tokkō Heiwa Kinenkan) is a war museum in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture. Opened in 1993, the museum commemorates the 201 airmen from the Bansei Air Base (万世飛行場) who died in a kamikaze attack in the final months of the Pacific War.^[1][2][3] Hichiro Naemura, a flight instructor at the Bansei base in 1945, spearheaded the effort to establish this institution as a memorial to his fallen comrades.^[4]

Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum
万世特攻平和祈念館
Airmen from Bansei Air Base before their kamikaze mission taken on May 26, 1945. Clockwise from top left: Kaname Takahashi, Takahashi Mineyoshimi, Takemasha Chida, Yukio Araki, and Tsutomu Hayakama. Araki was the youngest known kamikaze pilot to die in the war.
General information
Address	1955-3 Kasedatakahashi
Town or city	Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture
Country	Japan
Coordinates	31°26′14″N 130°17′43″E
Opened	1993

See also

• Kamikaze
• Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
• Cornerstone of Peace

References

1. "Bansei Tokko Peace Museum". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
2. "万世特攻平和祈念館" [Bansei Tokko Peace Museum]. Minamisatsuma City. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
3. "万世特攻平和祈念館" [Bansei Tokko Peace Museum]. Kagoshima Prefecture. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
4. Bansei Tokko Peace Museum Retrieved on 7 July 2016.