Narusawa Ice Cave 鳴沢氷穴

La grotte de Narusawa

Narusawa Cave

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La caverne de glace cachée du mont Fuji

De son vrai nom Narusawa-hyōketsu,lagrotte de glace de Narusawa est une glacière naturelle située àquelques pas du mont Fuji. Cachéeau cœur dela forêt d'Aokigahara,la grotte de Narusawa est unlieuinsolite qui séduiratous les amoureux de spéléologie de passage dans la région descinq lacs.

 

A 1,150 year old cave!

 

Located east of Aokigahara Forest, Narusawa Cave was formed after the eruption of Mount Fuji in 864.

 

Seealso: Aokigahara Forest

 

 

21 meters deep, this cavern has been home to a natural ice formation over 153 meters long for centuries!

 

 

 

The famous suicide forest, Aokigahara.

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An invaluable treasure , which the inhabitants of the region have been able to use throughout their history to overcome the difficulties of everyday life.

First under Edo (1603-1868) , when the cave was used to store perishable foodstuffs, then under Taisho (1912-1926) to draw the ice needed to maintain the medical equipment in the neighboring clinics.

 

 

 

Entrée de la grotte

entrance to the cave

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As the ice does not melt, the cavity has been fitted out by the nearby speleology center to offer visitors a unique and ''refreshing'' spectacle.

It is therefore in a bluish atmosphere that the latter will be able to discover the cave of Narusawa, in the light of the spotlights arranged almost everywhere in the cavity.

 

Although the ice is constantly forming , we recommend that you visit the cave in the middle of winter. The temperatures are certainly cooler than usual, but some blocks of ice can reach up to 3 meters high at this time of year! It would be a shame to miss this!

 

La caverne de glace

The ice cave

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Les blocs de glace sont illuminés

Ice blocks are illuminated

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Adres - Uren - Toegang

  • Address

  • Uren

    by bus from Kawaguchiko Station (Fujikyuko Line), Fuketsu Stop
  • Prijs

    adult350 yen (2.70 euros), child 200 yen (1.54 euros)
  • Access

    8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (varies depending on the season)
  • Website

    http://www.mtfuji-cave.com/en/