KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture—The Yamato Museum’s first major renovation project will expand the facility so that it can display such items as the mammoth lathe used to construct the main guns of ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe believed to have been used to fashion the main guns of Japan's mighty World War II battleship Yamato was in danger of becoming a rusting relic until a ...

Yamato-kan entry is free with paid museum admission. Members of the Japanese Taiko drumming group called Fushu Daiko perform last year at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens.

The Yamato flotilla was targeted by wave after wave of U.S. Navy planes. The battleship's decks were overcome by fire. Then, at 2:23 p.m., the great ship was rocked by an enormous explosion, and sank.

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Sankyu Inc. used a total of 86 lines in a three-file wide Scheuerle SPMT configuration to move the 2,250 tonne submarine to its final location The City of Kure is home to the Yamato museum that covers ...

In 2007, the JMSDF Kure Museum, also known as "Tetsu no Kujirakan" (Iron whale museum), opened just across from the Yamato Museum, with exhibitions housed in a 76-meter retired submarine.