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Introducing special landscape features,
caves, animals,
plants, and so on in Hiraodai Countryside Park |
Cave
Senbutsu Cave
(tourist route)
| It is designated as a famous cave that is acknowledged
as a Japanese special nature treasure. Its tourist route has
about 700 meters long. Some places also have natural ground
rivers. The visitor can splash and walk along in the water. |
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Mejiro Cave (tourist
route)
| This is the most
longest cave in Hiraodai, whish has more than 2000 meters
long. Only small part of its route is opened to the public.
Near the end of the route, there is a big hole and waterfall,
which is about 20 meters long. However, these are not opened
to the public because of the security reasons. In this
cave, several fossils of rare animals have founded such
as Newman elephant and Bighorn deer. |
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Ojika Cave(tourist
route)
| The length of
this cave is about 400 metes, but there is a 50 meter difference
in distance between the highest and lowest level. The entrance
area has a pit style opening, which is very unusual. About
25 meters down from the entrance, there is exist to a horizontal
hole, where tourist allows to see the inner part of Karstic.
The fossils of several animals such as river otters, deer,
and Newman elephant have been founded in this cave. |
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Seiryu Cave
The length of this
cave is about 2000 meters long. It is formed by meandering
ground water. The fossils of several animals such as Eastern
elephants, Newman elephant, and Bighorn deer have been founded
in this cave.
CAUTION :
This place is not tourist route. |
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