After the end of the Second World War, the Port of Maizuru was designated by the government as one of several ports through which repatriates could enter their homeland. Over 13 years it has received repatriates from old Manchuria, Korea, and Siberia, the majority of whom (around 600,000) were kept in forced-labour camps in Siberia. The Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum tells the story of this period, shows the warm welcome of the Maizuru people towards the returning soldiers, and proclaims the value of peace to the world. Clothes from the labour camps are exhibited, as well as letters and diaries written by soldiers to their families. In 2015, 570 items, including the famous Shirakaba Diary (a diary written on the bark of Siberian silver birch), were inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
- Tel
- 0773-68-0836
- Address
- Maizuru Repatriation Park, 1584 Taira Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture
- Access
- Train: From JR Maizuru Station, take a taxi for 15 minutes or a bus for 20 minutes (get off at "Repatriation Memorial Museum" bus stop)
Bus: Take a highway bus on the Kobe (Sannomiya) or Osaka (Umeda, Namba) lines and get off at JR Maizuru Station. From there, take a taxi for 15 minutes or a bus for 20 minutes (get off at "Repatriation Memorial Museum" bus stop)
Car: 15 minutes from the Maizuru East Interchange
*Please check the website for bus schedules: http://m-hikiage-museum.jp/access.html - Business Hours
- 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Last entrance 4:30 p.m.)
Closed: 12/29 - 1/1, the third Thursday of every month (except in August and during holidays) - Parking
- Space for regular-sized vehicles: 91 (Price: Free)
Space for large vehicles: 13 (Price: Free)