Where can you find the largest system of limestone caves in the Tokai region? Just a short trip from Gujo city in Gifu Prefecture! Venture into what's known as the Otaki caves, and you can take a walk through over 700 meters of the two-kilometer-long tunnels. With a low temperature of around ten degrees Celsius, the Otaki caves are a perfect way to beat the summer heat as you take in the limestone formations with whimsical names such as the "Decorated Cake," as well as seeing the tallest underground waterfall in all of Japan.
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Otaki Caves
Limestone caves in Gifu Prefecture

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A forest of illuminated stalactites

The entrance to the tram

The tram to the mines

The entrance to the cave mines

One of the many limestone formations

A large relief at the base of the waterfall

A limestone formation illuminated from below

The narrow path creeps through the cave

Lights illuminate the chilly tunnels

Some greenery growing in the cave walls

Two small reliefs carved into the wall

The forest around the mines
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Victoria Vlisides
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