Submarine Akishio — Attraction in Kure

Visiting the submarine is free and part of a super interesting marine museum covering submarines and mine sweeping following WWII. You can only enter a small part of the living and command areas but it gives you a sense of the conditions submariners would have operated in. There are also two fully functioning periscopes and you can sit in the “driving” seat and feel what it is like to operate the depth control....

This could be the landmark of Kure City. It was great visual impact. Having a real submarine converted to museum wasn’t new, but the idea of placing it on land was new, at...

It’s so much bigger than the American subs and with better headroom I didn’t once smack my head on anything unlike...