In Tamura city, which isn't really a city, it's just a local governnment area, is Abukuma caves. I hadn't heard of them before, and neither had Hiro. They were only discovered in 1969 - though it's quite possible the Emishi knew about them before then ;). They were impressive limestone caves, well worth a visit if you're into that kind of thing.
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| I might need to refer to a geologist to make a meaninful comment about this. |
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| In the caves |
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| There was English signage, and Korean and Chinese. I was impressed, though I decided I'd be unlikely to remember it and didn't read most of them. |
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| Caves that look like an anti smoking campaign. |
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| Or the digestive tract |
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| Some places were very narrow - you wouldn't want to be 15 stone going into it. |
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| A view from the carpark area down into the Tamura area. |
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| The road home. |
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Anti-smoking campaign?! LOL.
Thanks for the stories and the photos. Looking forward to more from Akita! ^^ Drive safely!
Akita rained the whole time. We cancelled the bike trip on Thurs morning and forked out the 6man for return train tix. It's 7 hours up and back, door to door, to spend 2 rainy days visiting relatives.
I have a few mountain vege pics that I might be able to string together a lame post about.
It always feels so warm in Tokyo stepping off the shinkansen from Tohoku.
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