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Kumaya Cave

Okinawa · Outlying Islands · Nature & Scenery

Japanese name: クマヤ洞窟

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Kumaya Cave
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WHAT TO DOKumaya Cave

A cave on Iheyajima worn from 280-million-year-old chert, held to be the setting of the myth of the heavenly rock door.

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A cave on Iheyajima worn from 280-million-year-old chert, held to be the setting of the myth of the heavenly rock door.

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