I’m here at last.. I’m so thirsty.
Oh it says natural spring water.
This water tastes so good.
My name is anna.
Today, I’m in a town called iwaizumi in iwate prefecture to do research on ryusendo cave.
It took about two hours and fiftyeen minutes from Tokyo station to morioka station by shinkansen..
Then I took a two hours and twenty minutes bus ride to ryusendo cave.
It is one of the largest line stone limestone cave in japan.
And is known for its beautiful underground lakes.
I hope I can take some fantastic pictures for my guidebook.
After buying my ticket, I walked to the enterance of the cave and go in.
I only take a few steps, but the air suddenly feels much cooler.
It's really cool cold in here. I need to put on my sweater.
I say,
The guide at the enterance tells me
In summer the temperature here is about Fifteen degrees cooler than outside the cave.
that's a Big difference.
Oh, is that the sound of water?
That is (? a pool of Long life.
Oh the water is so clear and blue. He looks like a julo(? jewel!
The ryu in ryusendo means dragon. And sen means spring. So the color of the water is sometimes called dragon blue.
Dragon blue. I like that name.
Ryusendo cave is at least three thousands six hundreds meters long.
Keep a people are still researching it, so it might be long
Touarists can visit the first seven hundreds meters.
Inside, the limestone is in many different shapes.
One per part looks like a turtle. And another looks like a lion.
The guide says, people have been coming to this cave for a long time.
we think people lived here in jyomon period.
That’s really interesting.
Uh huh
You can find out more about this cave in the science musiam across this (? the street.
Ok
Wow what was that?
I saw something Small and braown fly by my shoulder.
That was a bat.
A bat?
Yes, five types of bats living live in this cave.
Don’t worry, they won’t hart hurt you.
After a few more minutes,
We reach the underground lakes.
There are eight lakes in this cave.
The one you are looking at is 98 meeters deep.
There’s another lake far further the into the cave.
It is one hundred and twenty meters deep. And it is the deepest in japan.
Wow let's go in and see it.
I’m afraid that lake is not open the visitors.
Oh I see.
I can't believe how clear the water is.
The water is so clear, that you can see down 41 meters
41 meters?
I start taking a pictures of these amazing lakes
I look through the laends, into the deep dragon blue water.
I feel like a beautiful dragon, by might suddenly appeare in front of me.