JEATH stands for japan, England, America, Australa, Thailand and Holland.
The museum is a reconstruted p.o.w.s. (The prisoners of war in the second world war during 1942-1943) that ched detention hut.
Living quarters inside comprise raised bamboo bunks running the length of the long hut. One can see how each each p.o.w. was
alloted a scrimping living space on the bunks. On the walls of the huts are posted actual, enlarged photos and illustrations of the
"atrocities" against the prisoners, and the severe living conditions of the p.o.w.s. The museum is on the bank of the Mae Klomg
River inside Wat (Monastery) Chai Chumphon.
To reach the museum, turn left from the first intersection after entering Kanchanaburi town, coming from Bangkok.
Turn left again to Pak Phraek Road at the waterfront, and follow the road to the left, until reaching the first big monastery, Wat Chai Chumphon, a monastery on the river bank.
The JEATH War Museum is at the entrance of the monastery.
