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Overview
The Nippon Yusen Rekishi Hakubutsukan in Yokohama. It tells the story of Japan's shipping history. It has been closed since April 2023 and is planned to move and reopen as the Nippon Yusen Museum.
About this place
The NYK Maritime Museum (日本郵船歴史博物館, Nippon Yūsen Rekishi Hakubutsukan) is a museum in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to the maritime history of Japan and of the museum's operator, shipping company Nippon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha ("NYK Line"). It was opened in 1993.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Field：Shipping, company history
Source pref.kanagawa.jp ↗Source pref.kanagawa.jp ↗Official website
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