Things to find in Japan

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• Akiyoshidō Cave
  The largest limestone cave in Japan, running for miles under the Akiyoshidai plateau in Yamaguchi, with a river, terraced pools (the “Hundred Plates”), and a constant cool 17 degrees. A lift connects it to the karst plateau...
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• Aokigahara Haunted place
  The dense forest at the northwest foot of Mount Fuji, grown on hardened lava so the soil is thin and the trees’ roots twist above ground, the volcanic rock disturbs compasses, and the porous ground swallows sound to an unnerving...
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• Isla de las Munecas of Europe: Poveglia’s rival, Hashima Haunted place
  Hashima, “Battleship Island,” is a concrete slab in the sea off Nagasaki that was once the most densely populated place on the planet, thousands of coal miners and their families stacked in high-rises on a rock, mining a seam...
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• Yamata-no-Orochi and the sword Legend
  From the Izumo country of western Japan, one of the oldest legends in the culture: the storm god Susanoo slew Yamata-no-Orochi, an eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent, and found inside its tail the sword Kusanagi, which became one...
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