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Tokyo Maritime Science Museum
Link3-1 Higashi-yashio, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81 03-5500-1111

Founder & first curator: Ryoichi Sasagawa
Located along Tokyo Bay, this museum is shaped like a ship. The museum's exhibits are nearly all in Japanese, and deal with maritime history, shipbuilding and all facets of Maritime Science. Although its WWII collections are limited, it is still worthwhile.

Click For EnlargementThe upstairs gallery includes large scale models of WWI and WWII ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, including a nearly 15' model of the super-battleship, Yamato, and other smaller models of battleships and Mikasa, Mutsu and Myoko

41 cm/45 3rd Year Type Naval Gun Barrel
Displayed outside the museum is a single, 16.1" gun barrel from Battleship Mutsu

H8K2 Emily Manufacture Number 426
Displayed at the museum from 1980 - 2004. Now, moved to Kanayo Base Musuem



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