Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Kure - Atlas Obscura

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Attractions
in Kure

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarine Museum

"Excuse me sir, your submarine is blocking my building."

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Battleship Yamato Museum

Museum dedicated to the largest warship ever built.

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Kumano-chō, Japan

Fudenosato Kobo Brush Museum

This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.

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6 miles from Kure

Hiroshima, Japan

A-bomb Memorial

Peace Park and the A-bomb dome.

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11 miles from Kure

Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima's Hypocenter

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

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11 miles from Kure

Hatsukaichi, Japan

World's Largest Rice Scoop

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

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14 miles from Kure

Hatsukaichi, Japan

Itsukushima Shrine

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

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14 miles from Kure

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Navy curry and rice is both practical and delicious.

How Curry Became a Japanese Naval Tradition

Ships and submarines have their own unique recipes.

October 25, 2018