HikawaMaru Museum Yokohama

The Hikawa-Maru Museum, Yokohama is a very special museum. This museum is not a building made of concrete and stone chips, rather a ship built into a museum. This ship had served Japan for thirty long years between the years 1930 to 1960 with 25,000 total numbers of passengers. The most important part of the journey of this ship has been the service rendered by her in the Pacific War. During the war the ship now known as Hikawa-Maru Museum, Yokohama became a sailing hospital for the soldiers fighting the battle for Japan.

The Hikawa-Maru Museum, Yokohama was known as the "Queen of the Pacific" due to its service in the Pacific War. The Queen is serving till now but not as a hospital ship but as a museum where many visitors come by to get a glimpse of the captain's cabin, smoking rooms, passenger rooms, the infirmary and the bridge of the ship.

There is something very interesting for you waiting in the Hikawa-Maru Museum, Yokohama. Good news for the fans of Charlie Chaplin! You will be able to see the room in, which he stayed sometime in the year 1932. You will also get to see the dining table settings of the first class group of passengers. Book lovers will be delighted to see the incredible collection of books. Other than that the Hikawa-Maru Museum, Yokohama also provides the visitors a chance to see the wood block prints associated to travel in those days.

Now you must be wondering where you will be treated with so much, well, this ship or rather the Hikawa-Maru Museum, Yokohama is located in the Yamashita Park. The ship has been enjoying the waters of the park since 1961!

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