Japanese Museum and Japanese Tunnel Photo: Japanese Museum and Japanese Tunnel

Japanese Museum, sometimes called Japanese-Filipino, located in the district Matsuo Davao city. In the collections of the Museum contain a variety of exhibits relating to different historical periods and educating visitors about the life of Japanese settlers in Davao city before the Second World war (and in those years there were about 20 thousand! ), during the occupation of the island and after the liberation of Mindanao, the us-Philippine troops. In addition to evidence of the war years here you can see many interesting things from everyday life, for example, a truck, a traditional Japanese bath, the collection of the national Filipino and Japanese costumes and household items. Of great value is the collection of Japanese coins and banknotes. Of course, not without a huge number of drawings and photographs, primarily famous Japanese and Filipinos, as well as the first Japanese-Filipino families and their descendants.

An interesting part of the collection is a real machine for the processing of Abaca, also known as the abacus, and other devices used on the plantations of Abaca. Before and during the Second World war, Davao city was a center for the production of Manila hemp, from which received fiber for the manufacture marine rope, fishing nets and other items. The Museum also presents other exciting exhibits, artifacts and old things, used in agriculture. Here you can see several journals and other publications Dating from the post-war period, as well as memories of Japanese residents in Davao at that time.

In General, the exhibits allow you to touch the lives of people who find themselves far from their homeland and forced to adapt to new conditions.

Another popular tourist attraction, are associated with the presence of the Japanese in Davao city, is a Japanese Tunnel, located half an hour from the city centre. It is said that this tunnel served as a refuge for Japanese soldiers during the Second World war. Today, the first thing you see tourists, approaching the tunnel, the statue of a Japanese soldier during the Second World war and Japanese women dressed in kimono. In the tunnel, you can also see several statues of soldiers, the prisoners, guns, water tanks, etc. in addition, in the tunnel there are several chapels, including a copy of the Golden Buddha. By itself, a small tunnel about 300 meters in length, but it does have branches, which can lead to deeper structure. However, tourists are denied access.

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