One of more than twenty artificial caves dug into Lamma Island’s southern coast during the late Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. It was built to conceal shinyō (震洋) suicide motorboats of the 35th, 36th, and 107th Special Attack Units. Despite the popular “kamikaze” nickname, which is exclusive to airforce units, each boat carried 250 kilograms of explosives meant to ram Allied vessels expected to retake the colony, though Japan’s August 1945 surrender meant none deployed. Three caves remain accessible today via a footpath from Lo So Shing beach.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
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- Japanese Special Attack Units (特別攻撃隊)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.