Kamikaze West Airfield

Well preserved historic place. However, we were approached by security guards and asked if we have a permit from CDC to visit the place. They let us go since we are not aware that visiting this place requires a permit.

Pretty cool site. Difficult to get to and pretty small. It rests next to an orchard and right get up agains a hill, which!... has a cave that you should definitely explore. Not much to it but you will have tiny bats whizzing past your head. Pretty cool piece of history!

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This is Kamikaze West Airfield. The site of the airfield where the Kamikaze corps first took off. East Airfield, which is about 3km northeast of here, is more famous, probably because it was created by the city of Mabalacat, and one theory is that it is part of an activity to attract Japanese Americans and companies. This West Airfield was created by volunteers from civilians, who were actually patted and kindly treated by the kamikaze brothers during the war. They say that they want to regain the most lacking identity of us Filipinos today, knowing that the young Japanese soldiers are about to die for their homeland, rather than their families. With that in mind, he was impressed by the aspirations of the kamikaze brothers. Until around 2013, it was unknown to most people in the neighborhood, and even if you asked this place, you could teach East Airfield uniformly, even the people at the U.S. military base did not know, and the guards at the zoo parking lot barely knew it. I knew and told me. When I visited in 2014, there was a signboard on the side of the road, but I think I didn't notice it because it was there before. The photo is from 2014 and I met during a military training break for the Manila Police Corps. I asked them about this monument, but he said, "I read the wording of the monument, but I wasn't particularly aware of it. I always use it as a resting place." Although it is privately owned, I was able to come and go freely until 2015. There is a gate on the way, and there are people who are stationed there. Would you like to say hello? I wasn't told anything in particular. When I visited in 2017, I was told to get permission, but he told me that he was visiting occasionally and that he would be back in about 10 minutes. Since it is actually private land, I think that permission is required, but I think that it will respond flexibly according to the situation in Filipino style (in my opinion).

Because it is in the airport premises, you should get permission from the airport in advance or consult with the guard on the day.