大東亜戦争
第二次世界大戦（大東亜戦争/太平洋戦争）に関する戦跡などが熊本にも多数眠っている。
Kikuchi Airfield Museum and Surrounding War Remains (Kikuchi City)
ACCESS TO THE KIKUCHI AIRFIELD MUSEUM THE KIKUCHI AIRFIELD MUSEUM IS ABOUT AN HOUR DRIVE FROM KUMAMOTO CITY. IF YOU USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, TAKE A BUS FROM JR KUMAMOTO STATION TO KIKUCHI CITY, AND THEN TRANSFER TO A BUS BOUND FOR SABI TOWN, WHICH TAKES ABOUT 20 MINUTES [...].
Former Kuroishibaru Army Airfield, site of Moyasuden (Hall of Honor)
IN THE PAST, THERE WAS AN ARMY AIRFIELD IN KUROISHIBARA, WHERE MOYAIDEN (A SHINTO SHRINE) WAS ALSO LOCATED. IN PREWAR AND WARTIME JAPAN, THE MOYAIDEN WAS A BUILDING THAT HOUSED THE IMPERIAL REGALIA OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF JAPAN AND THE IMPERIAL RESCRIPT ON EDUCATION. AFTER THE WAR, IT WAS ABOLISHED DUE TO THE SHINTO DIRECTIVES OF THE GHQ, BUT IT WAS SPARED FROM DEMOLITION AND HAS BEEN PRESERVED ON THE SITE. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN THE PREFECTURE.
