With annual average temperature reaches 22 degrees Celsius and more than 2000 mm rainfall per year, the island of Okinawa is a very humid location to visit.
Wind surfing, swimming, snorkeling, scuba dive, jet ski, and Boating is a popular activity here. You are not interested in water activities, there are five UNESCO sites that can be visited, as well as various festivals in the warmer months.
Like Like other tropical islands, there will be a rainy day or a day which is very hot and humid, when all the walkers would prefer to hide in their hotel room. But that's not a holiday!
Then tie your shoelace street and visit the underground caves of this ...
Cave Gyokusendo
Only 10 km from south of Naha Airport, this cave can be reached by bus or car in less than an hour. Gyokusendo Cave is the second largest cave system found in Japan and has a 800 meter track sempanjang that can be passed visitors.
This cave has a small rivers, waterfalls, stalactites and stalagmites that have formed since 300 thousand years ago. This cave has good lighting and very concerned about the safety of the visitors.
Metal handrails and walkways make walking along the 800 meters in the cave is fun. But you still must be vigilant. There is a slippery spots, where moisture accumulates on the tight-rope.
Motion detector will turn on the lights, the cave was alive with psychedelic colors that shine on the ice stalactites overhead. Rush of water from small rivers and waterfalls can be heard throughout the cave and, in some places, pools of water that emits blue light from lamps strategically placed below the water surface.
Although the atmosphere is peaceful, calm, and quiet, does not take much imagination to imagine the sudden appearance of a monster of unusual shapes and shadows of the rocks in this cave. The filmmaker has ever made this cave as a shooting location Godzilla movie in 1974.
Cave Gyokusendo, 9:00 to 18:30. (November-March: 9:00 to 18:00) 1.200 yen to the cave and Okinawa World Village. Facilities: restroom, gift shop, restaurant. Parking: free and unlimited. For more information about Cave Gyokusendo, visit www.japan-guide.com or www.okinawa-information.com.
Cave and Kin Kannon-do Temple
Kin Temple (Kannon), the most pedestrian friendly of the three caves that exist, gave a surprise and a unique history. Strong walking shoes instead of sandals or slippers Karel, it is recommended to prevent sprain or fall when you search the depths of the cave.
In 1552, Buddhist missionary who was berperjalanan from China to Japan, was saved from shipwreck by the villagers of Kin of the typhoon. While living there, he founded the Temple of Kin. Golden Buddha statue donated by missionaries sat smiling in the cave.
The road down to the cave is quite steep, handrails are provided along the stairs but not long until the visitors arrived at the flat surface. Although too dry, the roads in this cave can be slippery.
Along the way, visitors can see the incense is burned and there are the offerings, marks the worship of the sacred spots. Once you arrive at the ground surface is fairly flat, there are a lot of uniqueness, the uniqueness can be seen.
There are thousands of bottles of Tatsu Awamori (typical Okinawan Sake) measuring 1.8 liters of deliberately stored and cooled in the cool depths of a cave. The visitors pay ¥ 10 thousand per bottle for storing in wooden shelves lining the back of the cave for 5 to 10 years.
These bottles will be labeled the owner name and start date are stored. Some people even put a baby or wedding photos, others just names and dates.
The owners will take this bottle at special moments, such as the graduation of a child, celebrating a child growing up, or an annual anniversary party.
When I walked back to the top of the slippery stairs, I stopped in front of a smiling Buddha statue, as if the middle keeping the treasure at the bottom and think, "Yes, I too would smile like that."
Cave and Kin Kannon-do Temple, tel. +81 (0) 98 968 2438 (Distillation Kin), open every day 9:00 to 17:00, 400 yen. Facilities: bathroom and souvenir shops. Parking: on the road around and behind the temple. For more information about Kin Kannon-do Temple, visit www.showcaves.com or www.wonder-okinawa.jp.
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