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See everything with your eyes

and feel the brevity of human time.

Okayama Prefecture-Designated Natural Treasure

Total Length: 450 meters
Time Required: 30 Minutes

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Akiko Yosano wrote this poem with her husband
when she visited Makido Cave on April 10, 1929.

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To Yonago

Niimi Chiya
Hot Springs ̶ Ibuki no Sato

Soba Dojo-Inakaya“Kusama Soba” is popular due to thebest ingredients. You can try soba
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Kinugake Falls
The water that falls from the 60 meter
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Ifurai Museum of Art
Lover’s Fountain: Darkness enclose you
when the lighting turns off.

The works of the sculptor Ifurai andlocal Hoso-style ware are displayed.

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Various shapes of limestone are seen
throughout the cave.

※ Each cave requires an entrance fee.

Inquiries

Niimi Commerce and Tourism Division

310-3 Niimi, Niimi-shi TEL. 0867-72-6136 http://www.city.niimi.okayama.jp/

Niimi Tourism Association

4161-27 Nishigata, Niimi-shi TEL. 0867-88-8154 http://niimi.gr.jp/

Makido Cave Administrative Office2276-2 Toyonaga Akouma, Niimi-shi TEL. 0867-74-3100

Ikurado Cave Co., Ltd.

Ikura 409, Niimi-shi TEL. 0867-75-2224 http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~ikurado/

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Okayama Prefecture-Designated Natural Treasure

Ikurado Cave
Total Length: 1,200 meters
Time Required: 40 Minutes

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Ikurado CaveNiimi, Okayama