Tunnel Fortifications of Imperial Japan Along the Coast of Ilchulbong Peak, Jeju

Built around 1945, this facility was constructed mainly through the large-scale mobilisation of people from other regions rather than Jeju islanders themselves, in particular mine workers from Jeonnam Province (South Jeolla Province). It consists of eighteen sites in total: one in the shape of the character 王 and the rest in the shape of the character 一. Among these, the straight, 一-shaped tunnel fortifications were built as hangars to store the small boats used by the Japanese military to carry out suicide bombing attacks on Allied fleets. Clear records survive of the construction units and garrison units involved, vividly illustrating the reality of the Japanese military presence and its ambitions of aggression.

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Where it is

Region

Seogwipo, Jeju

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산