As Japan collapsed in 1945, legend claims General Tomoyuki Yamashita ordered vast amounts of looted treasure buried across the Philippines. Known as Yamashita’s Gold, the story includes secret tunnels ...
KIANGAN, Ifugao, Philippines – It was in the 1990s when I first saw the so called Yamashita shrine in this Cordilleran town that marked the capture of General Tomoyuki Yamashita on September 2, 1945.