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Kaiten Memorial Museum: Day Trip from Hiroshima (83 km) – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Kaiten Memorial Museum is a museum in Shūnan-shi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, about 83 km in a straight line from Hiroshima Station. That distance puts it within day-trip range of Hiroshima for most travellers, depending on train connections.

Kaiten Memorial Museum
Photo: Kuma83, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeMuseum
Name in Japanese回天記念館
LocationShūnan-shi, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Heta Station – about 8.9 km
From Hiroshima Stationabout 83 km (straight line)
From Hakata Stationabout 128 km (straight line)
From Osaka Stationabout 356 km (straight line)
Interest among English readersabout 200 page views a month on English Wikipedia (12-month average)
Coordinates33.99333, 131.71739
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.city.shunan.lg.jp/site/kaiten/
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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