Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum

Experience something you may never have heard about.

The Repatriation Memorial Museum in Maizuru tells the story of the Japanese prisoners of war in Russia, their life in the camps and their struggle and eventually return to Japan. It is a story well kn...

Small but very elaborate

The museum is very small and takes no more than 20-40 minutes. The exhibitions and explanations are well done however. They have regular Japanese explanations beside the exhibitions as well as English...

Yuan Zheng の Tragic な Records

Original Text

It is an important memorial hall that will keep the sad record of the Pacific War that Japanese people should not forget. The actual small pier has also been restored, so I would like you to stop by. The withdrawal from Manchuria and Siberia continued from 1946 to 1958, and it is said that the port of call of the withdrawal ship was Maizuru Higashi Port. The misery of 々 who moved to a small boat and finally arrived at Japan was more than I imagined because the big ship could not be directly berthed. Arrival ...

ユネスコ World Memory Heritage

Original Text

２ There is a record of experiencing detention by the former Soviet army after World War II. It's a place worth visiting once to see how hard it was.

An exhibition that informs the misery of war

Original Text

Repatriation Memorial Hall in Maizuru. It is a little far from the red brick warehouse group. I went by car. It is on a hill and overlooks the repatriation pier from the park next door. Here are exhibits that convey the misery of the war. Those who were detained overseas such as Siberia by prisoners of war and could not return to Japan for a long time even after the war, and spent between despair and hope 々 and their family records are heartwarming.