![]() ![]() Using a translator app it’s not really an issue though. The museum displays in the main hall are almost all dual language, but the outside ones are not. For those looking to pick up JGSDF memorabilia the gift shop is loaded with items to interest you or whomever you’re buying for. (Check out their website and look at the volume of cutesy mascots they want you to bring the kids). Rikkunland is as much geared toward actual children as they are man-children like myself, it’s a recruiting tool after all, so the museum is child-friendly and designed to engage them with interactive stations like a tank fighting game, a flight simulator and equipment you can try on. Type 96 armored personnel carrier the Arabic says “Japan” ![]() (I tried… its difficult getting permission to enter the base.) There are few locations inside of Japan to see Japanese armor, and from experience I can say this is far easier to see than the collection at Tsuchiura. Due to its strict export laws, these vehicles are only in service with the self-defense force and aren’t even shared with foreign museums. (“Rikkunland” comes from the Japanese for “ground self defense force, which is “ Rikujo Jietai”)įor armor enthusiasts it’s also the most accessible collection of Japanese-built armor and military vehicles. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has centers in Kure and Sasebo, the Air Self-Defense Force has one in Hamamatsu and the Ground Self-Defense Force has the JGSDF Public Information Center or “Rikkunland” at Camp Asaka on the edge of Tokyo. These centers showcase what the self-defense force does to safeguard Japan and lets the public see the tools they work with. A Fuji AH-1S attack (defense?) helicopter is the central piece in the main exhibition hallĪs a form of public outreach and recruiting tool, the self-defense forces have established “public information centers” around the country.
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