Nippara cave

Short description: Cave in Tokyo, Japan

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Nippara Shōnyūdō

日原鍾乳洞

Limestone cave

Nippara Limestone cave

Tokyo

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Nippara Limestone cave

Nippara Limestone cave (Japan)

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Location| 1052 Nippara, Nishitama District, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 35°51′09″N 139°02′26″E﻿ / ﻿35.852611°N 139.040444°E﻿ / 35.852611; 139.040444
Geology| Solutional cave
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Nippara Shōnyūdō (Japanese: 日原鍾乳洞, lit. 'Nippara limestone cave'), located in Nippara, Okutama, Nishitama District, Tokyo, Japan, is a limestone cave. It is over 1270m long from the entrance to the end, and it measures 134m from the depths to the ceiling. It has been registered a natural monument in Tokyo; equally large as Roukokudō, the two caves are known as one of the largest caves in the Kanto region. The cave flourished as a sacred mountain in the past and is a well-known tourist site as of modern times. The cave is opened throughout almost the entire year excluding between 30 December and 3 January.

## Contents

* 1 Outline
* 2 Access
* 2.1 Fees
* 2.2 Transportation
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Outline

In the cave, there are stratums from the Paleozoic era. The temperature in the cave stays at eleven degrees Celsius throughout the year. The Shingū Dō reaches 527 meters in depth, being of largest scale in the cave.

There are many mineral formations of stalagmite and stalactite, which are named Kongōzue (金剛杖) by practitioners of Shugendō in the Edo era.[1]

## Access

The cave is open to public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. between 1 April and 30 November, and from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. between 1 December and 31 March.

### Fees

As of 2020, the cave is operated by Nippara Hoshōkai and there are entrance fees to enter the cave.

Age group | Regular fee (per person)[2] | Discounted fees for groups of 25 or more (per person)

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Adult | 800 yen | 700 yen
Junior Highshool Students | 600 yen | 500 yen
Elementary School Students | 500 yen | 400 yen

### Transportation

It takes about 30 minutes to travel to the cave by Nishi Tokyo Bus from Okutama Station of the JR East Ōme Line. Nippara Shōnyūdō bus stop is the closest bus stop to the cave. However, the route bus does not stop at this stop on holidays. On holidays, the nearest bus stop is Higashi-Nippara, which is about a 20 minute-walk away from the cave.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Route 204 passes through around the cave, but the road is narrow and curved, and has falling rocks.

## See also

* Chichibu Tama Kai National Park
* Mount Kumotori

## References

1. ↑ Limestone cave
2. ↑ "Nippara Limestone cave". Nippara Hoshōkai. http://www.nippara.com/nippara/syounyuudou/syounyuudou.html.

## External links

* Nippara ShōnyūdōTemplate:Lang in
* Nippara Shōnyūdō Official FacebookTemplate:Lang in
* Nippara Shōnyūdō Official twitterTemplate:Lang in
* Tokyo Metropolitan TourismTemplate:Lang in

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