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Entrance to Gyokusendo Cavern or Cave. 玉泉洞
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Steps down to Gyokusendo Cavern.
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The main attraction of Okinawa World is Gyokusendo (玉泉洞), one of the largest limestone caverns in Japan. It's cooler in here (21˚C), so it's great in summer.This section is called Toyo Ichido. 東洋一洞
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The part of the cavern open to the public is 890 meters long. Takes about 30 min. to walk through it. Diverse features and stalactites everywhere with colored lighting.
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Lots of blue lighting.
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"Buddha statues"
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The cavern basically follows an underground stream. Tourists can walk on this walkway. It's always wet and water dripping.
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"Ceiling of Spears" 槍天井
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"Ceiling of Spears" 槍天井
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Ice on the walkway.
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Rest house in a cavern.
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Deer bone fossils.
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Deer bone fossils.
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Where the stalactites are too long, they had to be cut to make way for tourists.
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Inside Okinawa World's Gyokusendo Cavern, this is called the Blue Spring. Perhaps the prettiest spot of all. 青の泉
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Blue Spring is also a limestone dam.
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Blue Spring limestone dam.
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Golden rock
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Take a selfie here.
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Banyan tree formation
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Japanese mitten crab, one of the creatures that live in the cavern. モクズガニ
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Freshwater goby, one of the creatures that live in the cavern. ヨシノボリ
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Nearing the cavern exit.
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At the end of the Gyokusendo Cavern is a long escalator going back up to ground level for the exit.
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