Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots 知覧特攻平和会館
17881 Chiranchōkōri
Minamikyūshū-shi
Kagoshima-ken 897-0302
+81 993-83-2525
Daily 09:00 – 17:00
Subject to closure on some days as deemed necessary
Admission fee
From Fukuoka’s Hakata Station, take the train to Nishi-Kagoshima Station (about 3 hours 45 min) Also Buses available in front of Nishi-Kagoshima Station depart for Chiran 80 min travel time directly to museum.
Aircraft collection
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61217 62343 – 1446 |
Fuji T-3
Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien Mitsubishi A6M7 Model 62 Zero Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (replica) Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate |
Chiran is a town which was a base for kamikaze pilots at the end of the Pacific War. The Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots displays, preserves and collects the valuable documents of these pilots who rammed enemy ships by becoming human bombs.