National Showa Memorial Museum

National Showa Memorial Museum
Shōwakan
Established 27 March 1999
Location Chiyoda, Tokyo
Website http://www.showakan.go.jp/

The National Showa Memorial Museum (昭和館 Shōwakan) is a national museum in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, managed by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The museum is commonly referred to as the "Showakan" and primarily displays items illustrating the lifestyles of the Japanese people during and after World War II (the Shōwa period in the Japanese calendar).

Originally to be named The War Victims Peace Commemoration Prayer Hall, the museum opened on 27 March 1999, partly in response to strong lobbying by the Japan War-Bereaved Families Association, whose headquarters are in the adjacent Kudan Hall.[1]

The Museum is located next to Kudanshita Station and the northern entrance to Kitanomaru Park.

References

  1. ↑ Goebel, Stefan (2011). Cities into battlefields. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-7546-6038-5.

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Coordinates: 35°41′42.1″N 139°45′2.6″E / 35.695028°N 139.750722°E / 35.695028; 139.750722

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