Bansei Tokkō Peace Museum
is a war museum in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture. Opened in 1993, the museum commemorates the 201 airmen from the who died in a kamikaze attack in the final months of the Pacific War. Hichiro Naemura, a flight instructor at the Bansei base in 1945, spearheaded the effort to establish this institution as a memorial to his fallen comrades. See also Kamikaze Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots Cornerstone of Peace References World War II suicide weapons of Japan World War II memorials in Japan World War II museums in Japan Peace museums in Japan Museums in Kagoshima Prefecture Kamikaze Museums established in 1993 1993 establishments in Japan Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima