Japanese Hole, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra
Tourist Attractions an Beaches in Indonesia
Aperture
of Japan is one of the objects that exist in the city ramble
bukittinggi and historical relics of the Japanese population while in
bukittinggi.
Due
to a very strategic Bukittinggi, nestled in the middle - the middle of
the island Sumatra, the Japanese invaders set bukittinggi town as
Japanese army defense command center in Sumatra (seiko sikikan kakka)
led by generals Watanabe.
As
a military stronghold for the Japanese made a tunnel under the heart of
Bukittinggi, in addition to functioning as a defense was also prepared
as a store of ammunition, barracks, dining, hospitals, courtrooms and
kitchen, the total number of rooms 27 pieces and is a complete complex,
such as the floor plan which can be seen on the walls of the entrance.
The
length of the hole that contained the location of this panorama
approximately 1400 meters, while the total length of which is under the
city bukittinggi approximately estimated around 5000 feet, so a
well-kept / maintained only 30% of the existing pit.
The
major use of the pit as Japan is the Japanese invaders military base
defense of allies attack the construction is very confidential, and no
one knows exactly when this Japanese hole began. Can
only be estimated several months after March 1942, when the Japanese
captured the city from the hands of the Dutch government bukittinggi
Unskilled
workers to multiply is taken from the hole - Indonesian people who were
arrested from different areas, such as Java, Kalimantan, South Sumatra
and so forth, while the catch of bukittinggi himself brought up again to
another daetrah force also hired on the project - Other projects, such as le loge for m, embuat railroad that would connect with pekanbaru riau Muaro Sijunjung. However, this work does not go slesai, because Japan lost trigger Allied hands.
Technical
workers in the construction pit was taken from people - people who work
in Indonesia coal mine Ombilin Sawahlunto originating from the island
of Java.All
unskilled workers are not sati is sure to save themselves, all of them
died of due to lack of food and the torment of the Japanese soldiers. So the hole confidentiality is maintained.
Although
this hole can be completed, but has not had time to completely
utilized, because japan trigger capitulated to the allies due to dropped
two atomic allied forces in the city of Nagasaki and Hiroshima on 7 and
8 August 1945, and continues to be proclaimed the independence of the
Republic of Indonesia on August 17, 1945 by Soekarno - Hatta.
Currently, Japan is pretty crowded hole visited by both domestic and Abroad and are favorite attractions in bukittinggi and even West Sumatra.
Conditions in Tunnel
From the gate, we descend rung as many as 135 pieces,if this rung higher average - average 20 cm, thus 135 children means we have to go down the stairs as high as 27 m. If we again compare where we stand now with the existing road above us, have a height difference of approximately 5 m. From this calculation it transpired that the foundation holes ranging from 30 to 40 m from the surface. The depth should be pretty safe rated by Japanese air attacks from the allied forces.
source:Bukittinggikota.go.id
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