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Maritime Self Defence Force Sasebo Museum "Sail Tower"

海上自衛隊佐世保史料館「セイルタワー」

Central Sasebo

A historical exhibition hall of the former Japanese Navy and the Maritime Self-Defence Force.

It is a naval vessels historical museum that inherits the legacy of the former Japanese Navy. Along with an added new seven-story building, a part of the building of the Former Sasebo Navy Club(built in 1898) was restored to establish this museum. It intelligibly explains the history and activities of the former Navy and the Maritime Self-Defence Force, and the models of naval vessels and various historical materials are exhibited as well.

Address
〒857-0058
8-1 Uwa-machi, Sasebo, Nagasaki pref.
Phone number
0956-22-3040
Business hours
9:30AM - 5:00PM (Last admission: 4:30PM)
Holiday
Closed on the 3rd Thursday every month, Dec.28th - Jan.4th
Price
Admission free
Parking
Available for free (20 cars & 6 buses)
Directions
By bus/ From JR Sasebo Station, take the bus bound for Ainoura area and get off at "Sasebo Sogo Iryou Center iriguchi"(in front of Sasebo General Hospital), 2 min. on foot.
By car/ 10 min. from JR Sasebo Station by taxi, or 1 min. from Nishikyushu Exp. Way Sasebo Chuo IC.