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A bronze at the entrance to Ryugado cave in Kami, honouring the man who gave himself to surveying it.
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A bronze statue of Yamauchi Hiroshi standing in front of the stairs at the entrance to Ryugado limestone cave in Kochi Prefecture. Yamauchi, who took an interest in Ryugado and took on exploring inside the cave, is regarded as the pioneer of speleology and caving in Japan, and in 1931 (Showa 6), while serving as a teacher in Kochi Prefecture, he discovered Okudo of Ryugado, which extends 4 km.
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