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My family is taking a short vacation to Kyoto and Tokyo (about a week), with the Bullet Train in between.

What military history and warbird sites of interest might I be able to visit?

Enjoy it and take a lot of pictures. I hope to someday visit there and see where my uncle was held in a POW camp.

BDK - in Tokyo see Yushukan War Memorial Museum - Hamada restored Zero, the D4Y1 Judy, artillery and other military artifacts.

https://www.vgbimages.com/AirMuseums/Yu ... seum-82819

Also the Science Museum to see the field converted 2 seater Zero.

https://www.vgbimages.com/AirMuseums/Na ... okyo-Japan

You can see the Kamakura Bridge in Tokyo





Surviving Ki-61 Tony hangars in Chofu

https://www.vgbimages.com/AirMuseums/Ch ... okyo-Japan

Hangar #3 is in a neighborhood.

https://www.vgbimages.com/AirMuseums/Ch ... I-Hangar-3

The damaged former Hitachi power station:

https://www.vgbimages.com/AirMuseums/To ... miki-Japan

Check my museum galleries on my photo site for more images:

https://www.vgbimages.com/AirMuseums

I suggest getting to Gifu - Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum

Museum links:
http://aviationmuseum.eu/World/Asia/Japan/index1.htm

Have fun!

I’ll ask over on another site about bookstores. When dad was in and out of Japan in the 2000’s, he had some contacts over there that knew of some excellent bookstore that had aircraft books, some of which were only published in Japan and in low numbers. He was able to get me quite a few over the years he was going over there.

Great info! Thank you!!!!

A list of the aircraft holdings at the Tokorowaza Aviation Museum is on Wikipedia <https://www.vgbimages.com/AirMuseums/Tokorowaza-Aviation-Museum-Namiki-Japan/>.

The collection includes the only surviving Farman III (sometimes listed as the Type II Shorthorn)?, which made the first Japanese flight (this airplane was in the US after the war, restored here and returned to Japan in 1960). There is also a Nieuport 18 (very rare WWI-era Nieupor) and the fuselage of a Nakajima Army Type 91 fighter.

The Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum has a Salmson 2 replica that I believe has original engine and parts (probably the most substantial surviving Salmson).

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If you are in Tokyo, the Yushukan museum has a Zero and Judy.

https://www.yasukuni.or.jp/english/yushukan/

The Aviation Museums page on the website J-HangarSpace is probably the best summary of Japanese aviation museums around.

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