Nippara Limestone Cave
Nippara Shōnyūdō, located in Nippara, Okutama, Nishitama District, Tokyo, Japan, is a limestone cave. It is over 1270m long from the entrance to the end, and it measures 134m from the depths to the ceiling.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: FoxyStranger Kawasaki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Japan
- Also known as: “Nippara cave” and “Nippara Cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Takanosu Yama.
Takanosu Yama
Peak
Photo: Mass Ave 975, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Takanosu Yama is a peak, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Nippara Limestone Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Okutama.
Okutama
Photo: Rambalac, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Okutama is a town located in the western portion of Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, at a distance of roughly 60 kilometres west-northwest of Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Nippara Limestone Cave
- Categories: solutional cave and landform
- Location: Chichibu, Saitama, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.85243° or 35° 51′ 9″ northLongitude
139.04077° or 139° 2′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XV22R+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 253715296OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q11505009
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Nippara Limestone Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف نيبارا”
- Chinese: “日原鐘乳洞”
- Japanese: “Nippara Shōnyūdō”
- Japanese: “にっぱらしょうにゅうどう”
- Japanese: “日原鍾乳洞”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 一石山神社 and Mt. Takiiri no Mine.
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