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Kawaguchiko Motor Museum / Fighter Museum

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Kawaguchiko Motor Museum / Fighter Museum (Kawaguchiko Jidōsha Hakubutsukan / Hikōkan) is a museum located in Yamanashi prefecture, Japan. Founded in 1981 by former race driver and businessman Nobuo Harada, it has a collection of antique motor vehicles. In 2001 it opened a new area to display a collection of 20th century military aircraft used by Japan, from Japanese Imperial Forces during World War II and the Japan Self-Defense Forces in the postwar period.

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