Chiran Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
dissolved municipality in Kawanabe district, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
About Chiran
Tome Torihama and the Tomiya Shokudou During the final period of the war when Japan was sending hundred of young pilots to their deaths on kamikaze missions, Tome Torihama ran a military eatery where many of the boys took their last meals. She became famous for the love that she showed to the pilots, and many stories have been written about her. Perhaps the most well-known story is the following incident, which Tome and her daughter always swore to be true until their respective deaths in 1992 and 2005. After dinner at the restaurant on the eve of his suicide mission, Sgt. Saburo Miyagawa, Tome and her high-school age daughter Reiko were walking when they came upon some fireflies, at which point Miyagawa suddenly told the women that he wanted to come back and visit them the next day, promi
Top Attractions in Chiran
Explore the best things to see and do in Chiran:
- ★Chiran Special Attack Peace Museum
- ★Samurai Street
- ★Tomiya Shokudou
Where to Stay in Chiran
- 🏨Tomiya Ryokan
Chiran Travel Guide Sections
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