Maehama Aircraft Shelters
Wartime remains scattered across the farmland of Maehama in Nankoku, Kochi, south of Kochi Ryoma Airport. They are semi-cylindrical concrete hangars built during the Pacific War to protect aircraft of the Kochi Naval Air Base from air raids. There were once 41 of them, large and small; seven remain today, and they were designated a historic site of Nankoku City in 2006. Shelter No. 1 still bears bullet holes from strafing by US aircraft, and the largest, No. 4, is 44 m wide. Some are used as storehouses by farmers, so please do not enter the fields or property and view them from the road.
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Nearby liminal spaces
- Chateau Sanpo (5.9 km)
- Former Okawa Village Office (Submerged by Sameura Dam) (32 km)
- Toganari District, Former Besshi Copper Mine (49 km)
- Kokumin Shukusha Muroto (57 km)
- Tsubojiri Station (Switchback Station in a Valley) (59 km)
- Iyotetsu Takashimaya Ferris Wheel Kururin (89 km)
LIMap is a map for finding and sharing liminal spaces: places emptied of people that feel eerie and nostalgic at the same time. Many of these places are private or off-limits, so please follow the notes above and view them only from where you are allowed.