Caves in Japan
55 places · 25 prefectures · Category
Hollows in the ground or in rock, such as limestone caves.
Popular caves
Cave · Mine City1Akiyoshidocalcareous cave in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Cave · Iwaizumi Town2Ryusendo CaveLimestone cave in Iwaizumi, Iwate, Japan
Cave · Toyooka City, Hyogo3Genbudocave located in Toyooka, Japan
Cave · Iwaizumi Town4Akkadolongest cave in Japan, a limestone cave in Iwaizumi Town, Shimohei District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Cave · Narusawa Village5Narusawa Ice Cavelava tube in Japan
Cave · Niimi City6Maki-do Cavecave in Japan
Cave · Niimi City7Himesakakanachiana Limestone Cave
Cave · Kami City, Kochi8Ryuga Cavecave in Japan
Cave · Yoichi Town9Fugoppe Caverock art site in Japan
Cave · Ishigaki City10Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruinspaleoarchaeological site on Ishigaki, Yaeyama Islands, Japan
Cave · Okutama Town11Nippara Cavecave in Japan
Cave · Tamura City12Abukuma-dolimestone caves in Fukushima, Japan
Cave · Fujikawaguchiko Town13Fugaku Wind Cavecave in Japan
Cave · Kumamoto City14Reigandocave in Japan
Cave · Nanjo City15Gyokusendocave in Japan
Cave · Sasebo City16Fukui Cavecave in south-western Japan, paleolithic site
Cave · Yomitan Village17Chibichiri Cave
Cave · Taga Town18Kawachi no Kaza-anacave in Japan.jpg?width=240)
Cave · Yugawara Town19Shitodonoiwaya (Cave)
Cave · Nakanojo Town20Arafune-Azumaya Cold Storage Facilitiesbuilding in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Cave · Sumita Town21Rokan Cavecave in Japan
Cave · Soo City22Mizo-no-Kuchidoketsu (Cave)
Cave · Itoshima City23Keya-no-Oto (Cave)
Cave · Otaru City24Temiya Caverock art site in Japan
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Hokkaido & Tohoku
Kanto
Chubu
Kansai (Kinki)
Chugoku
Shikoku
Kyushu & Okinawa
Categories were assigned automatically from Wikidata classes and heritage designations; each place is in one category only (designation categories hold only places not in another category such as castles or burial mounds). Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Other categories
Shrines, temples, castles and historic sites