DirtyGlassEye
Blocked Passageways
Some places the sun just can't reach, always for the better. This was a cloesup shot of a frozen gate in Narusawa Ice Caves. The cave is actually tiny, at least for a big ol' American like me, there's one segment that requires you to get down and crawl, which I guess isn't completely out of the ordinary for most cave explorers but it was for me. Since the tunnels were small, I tried to get up closer for this shot to highlight that small space just a bit more clearly.
What's fascinating is parts of this lava tube aren't just blocked by natural ice, there's a larger reason this gate was here. Some of these tunnels go on for miles and miles, some reaching as far as other islands (most popular theory is Enoshima Island in the east).
The tour itself is still rather small, only around 4 rooms before going back to the surface so it is a self guided tour, and if you plan on going, remember that this is an ICE cave. It doesn't matter how warm it may be outside, you will feel the temperature drop in a drastic way when you descend.
And to make things a bit more mysterious, this cave lies within the acursed Aokigahara Forest, which I am not brave enough to talk about in detail, at least not today.
Blocked Passageways
Some places the sun just can't reach, always for the better. This was a cloesup shot of a frozen gate in Narusawa Ice Caves. The cave is actually tiny, at least for a big ol' American like me, there's one segment that requires you to get down and crawl, which I guess isn't completely out of the ordinary for most cave explorers but it was for me. Since the tunnels were small, I tried to get up closer for this shot to highlight that small space just a bit more clearly.
What's fascinating is parts of this lava tube aren't just blocked by natural ice, there's a larger reason this gate was here. Some of these tunnels go on for miles and miles, some reaching as far as other islands (most popular theory is Enoshima Island in the east).
The tour itself is still rather small, only around 4 rooms before going back to the surface so it is a self guided tour, and if you plan on going, remember that this is an ICE cave. It doesn't matter how warm it may be outside, you will feel the temperature drop in a drastic way when you descend.
And to make things a bit more mysterious, this cave lies within the acursed Aokigahara Forest, which I am not brave enough to talk about in detail, at least not today.