Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama | |
Established: | 10 December 2004 |
Location: | 1-2-1 Shinkō, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan |
The is a museum in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to maritime security and the Japan Coast Guard. It opened on 10 December 2004.[1]
The centrepiece of the museum is a North Korean spy vessel, which was sunk by the Japan Coast Guard in December 2001 following a firefight in the East China Sea near the island of Amami-Ōshima. (See Battle of Amami-Ōshima.)