Yūshūkan Museum

The museum

The Yūshūkan is a Japanese military history museum associated with Yasukuni Shrine. Its exhibits include original wartime aircraft, notably a Mitsubishi Zero displayed in a large glazed gallery following the museum’s early twenty-first-century renovation.

The Yūshūkan is a Japanese military history museum associated with Yasukuni Shrine. Its exhibits include original wartime aircraft, notably a Mitsubishi Zero displayed in a large glazed gallery following the museum’s early twenty-first-century renovation.

The collection places particular emphasis on japanese military technology and material culture, including Second World War aircraft and the Japanese naval air war. This is a general military history museum whose interpretations have attracted historical controversy; the archive records aircraft and visit logistics rather than endorsing any institutional narrative. The Zero is confirmed in the museum’s own collection history.

Aircraft listed below are selected documented collection or exhibit entries, not a complete museum inventory. Individual aircraft may be stored, loaned, undergoing restoration, or inaccessible during renovations. Where the evidence does not establish their current location on public display, display status is marked unknown. Verify visit arrangements and individual exhibit access directly with the institution before traveling.