Speaking of Okayama, Seto Ohashi Bridge, Momotaro, Kibidango, etc. are famous and are also called “Clear Weather Land Okayama”. Okayama is famous for its many limestone caves, including “Makido Stalactite Cave”. Introducing information and access to “Makido”, which is said to be the earliest found in the limestone cave in Okayama.
Around the end of the Edo period, Makido, which is said to be the earliest found in the limestone cave in Okayama Prefecture, has a temperature of around 14 degrees throughout the year. It is a popular tourist spot in Okayama Prefecture where you can enjoy a wide variety of stalactites with colorful lighting. Why don’t you go to the fantastic and beautiful “Makido” like “Ryugu-jo Castle” (Dragon Palace)?
The inside of Makido’s cave is about 450 meters long and has a maximum width of about 25 meters with no suddenly high or low parts, and undulations are gentle. In Makido’s cave, there is a vast lake and a cool mysterious atmosphere. In addition, the mysterious Makido, which is colorfully lit up and brilliantly shines, is designated as “Okayama Prefecture Designated Natural Monument”.
Makido is also called “Cave Museum”, where you can see a wide variety of natural and stalactite art such as “Icicle Stone”, “Curtain”, “Flowing Stone”, “Stalagmite”, “Stone Pillar”, it is a recommended tourist spot.
Makido, where the stalactites are colorfully illuminated, has many other attractions. For example, “Niagara Falls” of the majestic “Icicle Stone”, the “Demon’s Room” of the stalagmite group that feels like a demon standing, and the back space illuminated by blue lighting “Dream Palace” and so on. Underneath it is the blue-lit underground lake “lover’s fountain”, which is also a date spot.
In the vicinity of “Senmai-da” (thousand rice fields) made of a strangely shaped stalactite called rimstone, you can also observe the central pillar that stretches majestically on the ceiling. There is also a “fountain that wishes come true” where many coins are sinking in the cave, and it is said that if you throw a coin into the fountain over your left shoulder with your wishes in mind, your wishes will come true.
You can also see other undulating stalactites, but it is surprising that there is a bridge in the underground world as you stroll through the cave. This fantastic “Ryugubashi Bridge” is a popular spot for “Makido”, which is built on the lake below.
Traveling around Makido’s cave normally takes about an hour, but it takes a little more time to walk around while taking pictures. There are wet places, narrow places, places with low ceilings, etc. in the cave of Makido, so please wear with easy-to-walk shoes and easy-to-walk clothes while paying attention to your head.
The temperature inside the cave is always around 14 degrees to 15 degrees
“Makido Stalactite Cave” in Niimi City, Okayama Prefecture, became a natural monument designated by Okayama Prefecture in 1957. It is a very well-known place among the many Okayama prefecture’s limestone caves. There are also sights such as “Senmai-da” (thousand rice fields) which is said to make a wish come true by throwing coins, and “Fountain of lover” which is exciting for a minor gimmick. It is also known as the location of “Yatsuhaka Mura” (Japanese Village of the Eight Tombs), an old suspense movie in Japan.
Makido Stalactite Cave was said to have been discovered in the late Edo period, when a hunter was pursuing a raccoon, and has been known for a long time. In 1954, a passionate poet Tekkan YOSANO and Akiko YOSANO couple visited this place and was named “Makido” which means oddly filled cave, named after the place name “Maki”.
In the limestone cave, you can observe various stalactites. However, since the foothold is not so good, please proceed while paying attention to your feet. It is probably the lowest temperature that feels first when entering the limestone cave. Especially in the summer, the difference with the outside temperature becomes very large. The temperature inside the cave is always around 14 degrees to 15 degrees. It may be felt colder as you are sightseeing the limestone cave, so it is recommended that you prepare long sleeves as necessary.
Full of strangeness
Makido is the stalactite cave where one of the limestone field of Kusamadai, Okayama. Its total extension is 450m, and was called “Hole of Maki” in old days. The cave has very large ponds of the spring water, and stalagmite group and stalactite reflected in the water bring on a fantastic atmosphere.
The origin of the name of Makido (it means “full of strangeness”.) is said that poet Akiko Yosano who visited this place in 1929, and wrote it as “the cave which is full of strangeness”.
Full of variety
The stalactite cave is full of variety, like rim stone and straw stalactite, stone pillar covered the stalactite with the characteristic. It is definitely “full of strangeness”.
Thoroughly enjoy this fantastic atmosphere
The Makido Stalactite Cave which is called “Makido of the stillness”, has full of the clean spring in the penetralia, but there is few subterranean stream. The stalactite is lighted up translunary in the world of the quietness. Particularly, the inverse icicle stones reflecting in the surface of the water is a wonderful scene. In avoiding a tourist season of the summertime, you can thoroughly enjoy this fantastic atmosphere.
The world of the old tale
There is the bridge called “the Ryugu Bashi” (the Palace of the Dragon King bridge) in the stalactite cave. The cinnabar red bridge which emerge from the fantastic scene being lighted up, it is as if the world of the old tale.
Be careful for clothes
It is constant temperature from 14 to 15 degrees through one year in the stalactite cave. Because you feel it to be considerably cool in the summer, so you need to be careful for clothes.
Information(Access, Price/Charge, Tel, Address, Official site, etc.)
| Name: | Makido Stalactite Cave |
| Adresse: | Toyonagaakoma 2276-2 Niimi, Okayama 719-2721 Japan |
| Access: | JR Hakubi-sen Line “Ishiga-eki Station” (20 minutes by car) |
| Tel: | (+81) 867-74-3100 |
| Price: | 1,000 yen (Adult) 800 yen (Junior High School Students) 500 yen (Elementary School Students) Free (Preschool Kids) Please refer the official web page. |
| Official site: | http://www.city.niimi.okayama.jp/ |
Leave a Reply