The beauty of the canyon panorama Sianok ( Bukit Tinggi Sumatera Barat )

Panorama Park and Japanese hole located at Jl. Panorama Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, just a few meters from the Pical Sikai, where we had previously visited for breakfast. There is a tour guide who accompanied us around in this Panorama Park for a panoramic view of the canyon Sianok, which is written in a separate article, and then fell to the Japanese hole. Areas that serve as Panorama Park and Japanese hole is large enough, looks clean and well maintained. The monkeys are free to roam in this park and it looks already very familiar with the visitors. They can casually wandering in the park and pedestrian paths. Unlike the Japanese Cave in Forest Park Ir H Juanda Bandung horizontal, Japanese hole in this park entrance down, piercing the earth, which is basically achieved by climbing the 132 stairs. Lighting and air circulation inside the cave is quite good, so it is easier for the visitors. A man janitor Panorama Park and Japanese hole looks were resting for a moment, looking at the results of previous work, while a herd of monkeys roam around and become one of the attractions of this park. As the name implies it is in this place apart from Panorama Park which is a place to relax and enjoy the views over the famous canyon Sianok, then at the end of this park there is the entrance to the Japanese Tunnel, a cave, a legacy of the colonial era Japanese soldiers in Bukittinggi. One interesting segment Sianok canyon can be seen from Panorama Park and Japanese hole. Aside from being a place to mingle with friends and family when his leisure, Sianok Canyon panorama view of the outskirts of the park is quite enchanting. For visitors who do not have much time to go straight to the bottom of the canyon Sianok while in London, Panorama Park and Japanese hole has become an excellent choice for a panoramic view of the valley and a very beautiful canyon. Statue of two men who dressed as Japanese soldiers at the end of the Panorama Park is located near the entrance to the Japanese hole. The inscription under the statue to mark the official renovation Panorama Park and Japanese hole.

Steps down from Panorama Park towards Japanese hole that looks neat after undergoing renovation. Japanese hole lip has a height of 3 meters and a width of 2 meters, is located a few meters below the surface of the park, with doors made of iron. Making this Japanese hole under the instructions of the 25th Division Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Moritake Tanabe Japanese army. He ordered the making of a bunker that can withstand a bomb blast vibration over 500 kg, and furnished rooms for the purposes of Division Headquarters and the 25th Army. Therefore, this Japanese hole, the construction start in early March 1944 and was completed in June 1944, was made with a depth of 40 meters below ground level. It's just this Japanese hole wall after the renovation has lost its original form as coated cement, although it was done to make it more safe and convenient for visitors. On the basis of this Japanese hole Panorama Park contained ammunition storage room, meeting room, bedroom, living room workers, torture and execution chamber. The rooms were reportedly planned to be used as a museum of geology, geology and tatakota mockups, acrylic sculpture space, space paintings and photographs, cafes, rest room, mini theater, prayer room and toilet. Once down the halls in this Japanese hole, we come out through the hole at the other end which is usually locked and to open it need to spend a few tips for guards. This is an easier way for you who do not want to climb back to the Panorama Park with climbing stairs 32nd it.