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Mt. Hakkōda Snow March Memorial Museum

Mt. Hakkōda Snow March Memorial Museum, Military museum in Aomori, Japan

The Mt. Hakkōda Snow March Memorial Museum is a museum in Aomori's Saihata district, next to the Saihata Army Cemetery. It opened in 1978 in a building that had served as the commander's residence of the 4th Brigade, where Prince Fushimi Sadanaru was stationed from 1892 to 1894. The entrance holds a bronze replica statue of Corporal Gotō Fusanosuke, and the displays include the shoulder straps of Yamaguchi Shin, who died mysteriously during the march.

The march took place in 1902 when an army unit failed in the winter mountains and many soldiers died. The event later shaped Japanese military training practices significantly.

The museum displays how military training of the Meiji era was structured and what role endurance played in army preparation. The exhibits reveal expectations placed on soldiers through personal items and written records from that time.

The museum is next to the Kōhata Army Cemetery in Aomori's Kōhata district, reached by bus from Aomori Station. Buses to Tamogisawa or Tamogino are very few, and missing the return service can mean a wait of over two hours. The G7 Yokouchi loop line via Nakatsutsui runs about hourly and stops at Kōhata, a 20-minute walk away. The museum closes on 31 December and 1 January and on the fourth Wednesday and Thursday of February.

The museum holds the shoulder straps of Yamaguchi Shin, who accompanied the march and died under unexplained circumstances; his case remains one of the event's unresolved questions. The entrance displays a bronze replica statue of Corporal Gotō Fusanosuke, one of the few survivors found alive in the snow.

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June 23, 1978
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