A shrine dedicated for Japan's valiant pilots who fought in WWII.
Location: M.A. Roxas Highway,Clark Freeport Zone Duration: 1
The air field was constructed by the Japanese in March 1944. In October 1944, it became the First Kamikaze Air Field of World War II. It was here where the Kamikaze pilots took off on 21 October 1944 to attack US Naval Forces East of the Philippines. A shrine was erected in honor of the pilots who participated in the WWII. Few steps away from the shrine is Seki Tunnel, situated at the Northwest corner of the Kamikaze West Airfield in a hill called “Babang Dapu” named by the Aetas. Used as an air raid bunker of the Japanese, it was called Seki Tunnel in honor of Lt. Seki Yukio, the first Kamikaze pilot to sink a US Air Craft Carrier off the Leyte Gulf. Lt. Seki is considered as the World’s First Official Human Bomb”.
