Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama

The Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama (海上保安資料館 横浜館, Kaijō hoan shiryōkan Yokohama-kan) is a museum in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to maritime security and the Japan Coast Guard. It opened on 10 December 2004.[1]

Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama
Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama, July 2008
Established10 December 2004
Location1-2-1 Shinkō, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Public transit accessSakuragichō Station
Websitewww.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/03kanku/kouhou/jcgm_yokohama

Exhibits

The centrepiece of the museum is a North Korean spy vessel, which was sunk by the Japan Coast Guard in December 2001 following a firefight in the East China Sea near the island of Amami-Ōshima. (See Battle of Amami-Ōshima.)

See also

References

  1. 海上保安資料館 横浜館 [Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama] (in Japanese). Japan Coast Guard. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

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