At the end of World War II, the fighter "Shidenkai" is said to have gathered the best of Japanese aviation technology at that time.
Did you know that the "only actual machine existing in Japan" is on display at the Shidenkai Exhibition Hall in Ainan Town, Ehime Prefecture?
This aircraft is said to have crash-landed in Kura Bay, Ainan Town, Ehime Prefecture at the end of World War II, and was accidentally discovered by a local diver in Showa 53 (Showa 53), and since Ehime Prefecture salvaged it in July of the following year, it has been opened to the public, conveying the preciousness of peace along with the memory of the war in which many lives were lost.
　This time, the Shidenkai on display has been certified as the 13th example of an "Important Aviation Heritage" where historically valuable aircraft are selected, but the exhibition facilities is being rebuilt due to deterioration after 45 years.
With the Maintenance of the new exhibition hall, it There are necessary to Implementation the relocation of the aircraft, but since careful relocation work is necessary with the utmost consideration for the "Shidenkai" aircraft, Ehime Prefecture has decided to ask for donations through crowdfunding using Furusato Nozei in order to ask for the help of many people for part of the cost.
Now, 80 years after the end of World War II, the number of people who experienced the war is decreasing year by year, and I sincerely ask for your warm support so that Shidenkai can continue to pass on the memory of war and the importance of lasting peace to future generations through its appearance.
The donation is 5,000 yen or more per unit, and thank-you gifts are prepared according to the amount, and in addition to ornaments with prefectural pearls and original sneakers with the motif of Shidenkai, models of aircraft will be given for expensive donations, but due to the system, people living in Ehime Prefecture cannot receive them.