Found: Yamashita’s Gold!

There have been many speculations about the authenticity of Yamashita’s Treasure. To this date, many treasure hunters are still looking for it. Are the stories true or plain urban legend? Read on and find out.

Treasure burials in the Philippines before and during World War II are very real. These treasures named after General Yamashita still have millions of tons in gold and huge amounts of jewels secured in deep dangerous conditions. The bulk of Yamashita treasures buried in the Philippines will perish with the Earth because of corrupt forces guarding these treasures.

Horrible Japanese poisons, bombs, booby traps and other “curses” protect the precious metals and jewels now, and far into the future. A tiny amount of the stolen loot has been recovered by Marcos and other politicians. Some have made recoveries using secret agreements like the Japanese “friendship” projects do as alibis for Yamashita gold recoveries. Others follow with recoveries even now but keep their results top secret for fear of their lives.

Yamashita’s gold is the collective name given to the gold, platinum, jewellery and other precious items stolen by the forces of Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita which many treasure hunters believe is still concealed somewhere in the Philippines.

Gen. Yamashita is reported to have hidden the treasure as he retreated from US forces. The treasure, said to have been carried on several trucks, was broken into many smaller stashes that were buried along the line of his retreat on the island of Luzon. The bulk of the stashes is reportedly concentrated in the mountainous area where Yamashita made his last stand against the invading US troops, before his eventual surrender on September 2, 1945.

The gold and other valuables were stolen from East and Southeast Asia by Japanese forces during World War II and supposedly hidden in the Philippines. Many people believe the reports of hidden treasure to be an urban legend, but the theory has its supporters among some respected researchers and historians. There are still many treasure hunters who comb the Philippine countryside in search of the treasure.

The gold is believed to have been anything from gold bullion to religious statues. The theory is that the treasure from Asia was to finance Japan’s war effort. The treasure had to be transported from the continent back to Japan. Most of the stolen treasure from South East Asia was first shipped to the port of Singapore, where it was then relayed to the Philippines. From the Philippines, the treasure would be shipped to the Japanese home islands.

However, as the Pacific War progressed, Allied submarines and aircraft took a heavy toll on Japan’s shipments. The Japanese then took the treasure and hid it in caves and underground complexes throughout the Philippines, hoping to recover it after the war was over. However, many of those who knew of the locations of the loot were either executed or incarcerated for war crimes, including Yamashita. Thus, the whereabouts of the treasure were lost. Many years later, Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos claimed to have discovered the location of the treasure, and to have deposited it in secret bank accounts. These hoards are known collectively as the “Marcos gold”. There is, however, a counter-allegation that Marcos invented the story, as a cover for his thefts from the Philippine national treasury.

This site is at a central point between Japanese lines in a small mountain. The property owner’s father was a small boy when the Japs were killing and burying the treasure. He, as a boy ran and hid in the mountain close by and witnessed the Japanese making the burial.