Iron and Steel History Museum — Attraction in Kamaishi

Perhaps it will strike you as a must see destination, being a museum to the history of industry, both in Kamaishi and Japan generally, but for non Japanese speakers the museum is a bit of a miss, with only the brochure upon entry providing any real level of English language support - otherwise it's just examples of iron ore and iron tools with very little context. The scale model smelter demonstration at the start of the museum is visually impressive, however not necessarily worth visiting...

Visited as part of a shore excursion for a cruise that visited Miyako, Japan. Interesting video they played but it was hard to hear the English over the Japanese commentary.... wish they had English subtitles. View from the 4th...

I was wondering why there were such large cranes at the harbor, then I happened upon this museum. I has excellent exhibits on the history of steel making...