Historical Museum of Kanoya Air Base — Attraction in Kanoya

Great free museum with just enough English although the prohition on photos made us hesitant to use google translate so we missed some context. I do feel some unease at the glorification of the kamikaze without some reflection on the moral and ethical aspect of a country institutionalising suicide by its youth as a form of warfare. There is a direct bus from Kagashimachou station as other reviews suggest. Alternatively you can take the 40 minute 550y ferry and then catch a 40 minute 760y bus to the stop at the museum Koukyuutai Mae. Timetables uploaded. Note that the 10.50am ferry arrival does not give you time to catch the 10.51am bus and you will need to catch the 9.20am ferry. We spent around 2.5 hours at the museum. There is a limited cafe but plenty of other...

Very interesting museum with airplanes from WWII. The museum and the park are free of charge for visitors. Dogs are not allowed in the park and the museum. We needed to wait for a while, in order to get inside, as they did kind of slots with half an hour break in between in order to regulate the visitor numbers during covid 19. Very sad to see all the pictures from the young Kamikaze pilots who lost their lives due to the order of some mad high rank officers. Nevertheless, I feel it is good to show this here as well to not...

It’s a moving place that portrays the tragic narrative of the divine wind known as the kamikaze. This was the main base for these brave young doomed aviators in many battles such as the 82 day battle for Okinawa. There is a MIT Zero fighter there which was recovered from the Osumi bay and restored, and an actual living zero pilot only one two left, a courteous friendly guide well that was 10 years ago an honour to meet such a man, every time I go to this base I pay homage to...