KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture ... who find them both in Japan and abroad. There are about 230,000 items in the museum’s collection. The one-tenth size model of the Yamato is a prime attraction ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty ... lathe to return to Yamato’s birthplace. Because the city government was beset ...

Yamato was the lead ship of her class, constructed under extreme secrecy at the Kure Naval Arsenal in Hiroshima Prefecture. Ordered in 1937 as part of Japan’s rapid naval rearmament following ...