日本海海戦紀念碑, Naval battle memorial at Mount Omine, Fukutsu, Japan.

The Nihon Kai Naval Battle Memorial stands in Omineyama Nature Park in Fukutsu. Built in 1934 by local veterinarian Masahiro Abe, it is a reinforced-concrete structure 38 shaku high and 5 shaku wide, with a 27-shaku mast echoing the date 27 May 1905. The front bears a 1.65 m inscription by Togo Heihachiro, his relief, and a copper plate reading "Each man strive harder." A mock cannon on the side evokes the bridge of the battleship Mikasa.

The memorial commemorates the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, when Admiral Togo led the Imperial Japanese Navy to victory against the Russian Baltic Fleet. This naval conflict transformed Japan's position as a military power in East Asia.

The front face carries a 1.65 m-wide inscription by Admiral Togo Heihachiro, a relief of Togo, and a copper plate with his words "Each man strive harder still." Togo objected to the original wording "Russo-Japanese War Victory Memorial," saying "victory" was unbearable when both sides had lost men, so the monument was named Naval Battle Memorial.

From JR Kyushu's Fukuma Station, take Nishi-Nippon bus number 5 bound for Tsuyazaki-bashi and get off at the terminus; the memorial is then a 21-minute walk (1.7 km). By car it is about 11 km from the Koga Interchange on the Kyushu Expressway. A car park is available.

Admiral Togo initially opposed naming the site Victory Monument, preferring to honor the fallen from both sides rather than emphasize triumph. This choice reveals how he viewed military honor as extending beyond simple battlefield success.