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At the end of the Akiyoshi-do cave there is an elevator which you can use up to the surface. Then there is a not to long uphill walk and you reach the Karst viewing platform. Also up there you find ice cream and a museum in a nearby building.
It's worth going to the viewing platform, especially if you arrived from Yamaguchi and intend to return that way because you'll want to see the Karst plateau.
On the plateau itself there are hiking paths. If you do plan some hiking then you better come prepared with water bottles and heavy sun protection as there is absolutely no shade at all.
Written Feb 16, 2008
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The Akiyoshi-do can be visited every day and an entrance fee applies. I wanted to check the current price but the official website is in Japanese only.
The cave is huge and you can walk about 1,5 kilometers through it. There is also a small river running through it and you enter the cave where it exits. It is extremely difficult to photograph in the cave unless you have a tripod because light conditions don't allow you too much and you flash won't go that far.
The amazing thing about this cave is its sheer size. There are rock formations but there are certainly more exiting ones in other parts of the world.
Mind you, there is a cave near Kochi that I once visited. But that one was also very crowded and actually a disappointment because the formations had changed in colour due to all the visitors touching them.
One favourite thing in Akiyoshi-do was the lime stone terraces filled with water similar to the ones in Pammukale (Turkey), only here they are not white.
Written Feb 15, 2008
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