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A samurai house in Kitsuki where Mamoru Shigemitsu, who signed the surrender document and later worked for UN membership, spent his childhood.
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A house in Honjo, Kitsuki, Oita Prefecture, where Shigemitsu Mamoru spent his student days. Shigemitsu served as foreign minister at the end of the war, signed the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri, and worked for Japan's admission to the United Nations. Many photographs, letters and other items are on display. Admission is 200 yen for general visitors and 100 yen for elementary and junior high school students.
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