Comments on: Ruin of a Japanese ‘kaiten’ suicide-boat base

By: boat paint

boat paint — Sat, 01 May 2010 14:44:53 +0000

cool. I think your engineers. you know a lot of parts an functions on a big ship. nice one.

By: MJG

MJG — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:38:50 +0000

Drax- Cheers, and I have actually read that book, though must have forgotten the sequence you describe. Thanks for the reminder, will try to dig out my copy of the book.

By: Drax

Drax — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:06:31 +0000

Nice stuff! If you haven’t already checked it out, you might enjoy number9dream by David Mitchell, a novel that contains (among many other things) the fictitious journal of a doomed kaiten pilot.

By: MJG

MJG — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:44:22 +0000

Cort- Thanks a lot, so glad you`ve enjoyed the site. Keep coming back for more

By: Cort

Cort — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:02:53 +0000

I am REALLY enjoying the pages and the photography, and I’m not even sure how I ended up here! Amber answered one question I had, and that was why they didn’t put the observation post on the high point. I’ve never been to Japan, other than passing through one of the airports, and I feel like I’ve now been to these places. Great work. Thanks for posting for others to enjoy.

By: MJG

MJG — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:06:21 +0000

Amber- You live near here? Wow. As we were leaving the place we walked through the little cluster of houses on the land-bridge and went by a blonde woman walking a dog. We said `hello` but that was it. Was that you, or do you know that person?
Anyway- no we didn`t climb the mountain. The thought crossed my mind but it was cold and we had no idea what might be up there. Do you have photos of the lookout? I`d love to see them- if you could email me them at outofruins @ hotmail.com that would be awesome. Cheers!

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:59:54 +0000

Hi there….I actually live about five minutes walk from this place. My family and I go here almost weekly on our “family walks.” We only knew that it was WWII ruin, but never exactly what it was used for. Normally there are many fisherman out here… Did you climb the mountain? There is a lookout on top. I’m so glad I stumbled upon your page…..

By: MJG

MJG — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:54:31 +0000

David- Thanks, I`m glad the article resonated, especially because it`s such a great haikyo from such a serious time in world history. I didn`t want to get the tone wrong.

Dave- Thanks, and as I said to David above- glad I didn`t mess up the tone.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:44:17 +0000

This is a great look at such an emotional time in history.

By: David Meyer

David Meyer — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:13:47 +0000

A sad history, but an interesting haikyo and a very good article. The photos capture the lonely, impersonal feeling you describe.