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Caves of Japan.

17 cave guides in Japan, out of 46 well-known caves we know there.

ReigandōJapanJapanNarusawa Ice CaveJapanJapanAbukuma-doJapanJapanMaki-do CaveJapanJapanAkkadōJapanJapanFugaku Wind CaveJapanJapanRyusendo CaveJapanJapanRyūga CaveJapanJapanShiraho Saonetabaru Cave RuinsJapanJapanLake Sai Bat CaveJapanJapanAkiyoshidōJapanJapanKyūsendōJapanJapanNippara CaveJapanJapanTakkoku-no-IwayaJapanJapanIokido CaveJapanJapanDōgashima TensōdōJapanJapanGyokusendōJapanJapan

Other well-known caves in Japan

  • Arafune-Azumaya Cold Storage Facilities
  • Susenoja cave
  • Genbudō
  • Uchimagi Cave
  • Yuga Cave
  • Komakado Kazaana Cave
  • Arafune Cold Storage
  • Kawachi no Kaza-ana
  • Yūgen-dō
  • Ryūgashi Cavern
  • Sotomo
  • Seiryū Cave
  • Senbutsu-shōnyūdō
  • Yamashita First Cave Site Park
  • Yakataishi no Nanatsugama
  • Yodo-no-domon
  • Chikura Cavern
  • Mikurodo
  • Shijimi-no-iwamuro
  • Futenma Shrine Cave
  • Hakusan Dōmon
  • Shizushi Limestone Cave
  • Hida Great Limestone Cave
  • Chibichiri Cave

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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The family

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Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.

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