Only 2 hours from Tokyo , go exploring the lava caves of the Aokigahara Sea of Trees.
Lake Kawaguchi is located about 2 hours from Tokyo. Country Lake Systems is a tour company that offers a variety of outdoor activities around Lake Kawaguchi and Mt. Fuji, including canoeing, ATV, MTB, and the Jukai Cave expedition that we will experience today.
Once the three of us had changed into our matching gear, including a chapskin, gloves, and helmets with headlights, we were in full expedition mode. We changed into a minivan provided by the tour company and entered the Aokigahara Sea of Trees at the foot of Mt. Aokigahara Sea of Trees is famous as a haunted place where many people have gone missing. The group was very nervous.
The guided tour will take you into the Fuji Wind Cave, which is located within the Sea of Trees and is designated as a natural monument. The Sea of Trees is a vast primitive forest created by lava from the eruption of Mt. Unlike limestone caves, which are formed by groundwater eroding limestone, Fuji Kaza Cave is a lava cave formed when the surface of the hot lava flow cools and hardens first, creating a space inside later.
Kosugi:The entrance is bigger than expected!
. Naturally, it is a dark space with no electricity or gas. Ichido turned on the LED light and led by the guide, we fearlessly entered.
Ichise:And it's colder than I expected!
The temperature inside the cave is a constant 0 degrees Celsius throughout the year, and it is said that the cave was once used as a natural freezer. In fact, remnants of wooden boxes that were used at that time can be found scattered throughout the cave, and the reason that even those that are more than 100 years old have not rotted and kept their shape is that the environment inside the cave, with its low temperature difference, functions as a natural preservation capsule.
Kono:. And the ground and walls are rugged, probably because of the lava.
Military gloves were worn because of these sharp lava rocks. If you grab a rock with your bare hands or fall and touch the ground with your hands, your hands will get cut. Moreover, the light from the LED light is reflected in some places because they are frozen in some places! You can never be too careful.
When you eventually reach the innermost part of the cave, you will see a world of ice spreading across the entire surface. The guide will show you how to turn off the LED lights, and you will literally be enveloped in a pitch-black darkness.
Ichise:Scary , but precious because we usually live in the city and never get to experience this kind of darkness.
Kono:. I'm usually outdoors, camping and fishing, so it might be fun to experience a cave once in a while.
Kosugi:Okay, let's all take a picture together!
The sun and warmth of the sun's rays thus returned were also exceptional. I was so surprised and excited in the cave that I didn't realize it, but my body was getting cold at the bottom without realizing it. I want to make a camp base at "C-01" as soon as possible to keep warm!
