Location: |
Ikenosawa, Minamidaito-son, Shimajiri-gun 901-3806 Okinawa Prefecture.
On the Minamidaito Island. (25.857764, 131.224315) |
Open: |
All year after appointment one day in advance. [2022] |
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Classification: | Karst Cave Old- and New Daitô limestones. |
Light: | Incandescent |
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Bibliography: |
Naruhiko Kashima (1993):
Fracture of speleothems in Hoshino-no-ana cave, Minami - Daitô Island, Okinawa prefecture, southwest Japan
Journal of the Speleological Society of Japan, vol. 18, dec. 1993: 33-41 (6 fig.)
(; english summary).
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Address: |
Hoshino-dō, 64 Kita, Minamidaito, Shimajiri District, Okinawa 901-3801, Tel: +81-9802-2-2037.
Reservations: Minamidaito Village Tourism Association, Tel: +81-9802-2-2815. Minamidaito Village Hall, 144-1 Minamidaito, Minamidaito-mura, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa 901-3895, Tel: +81-9802-2-2037. E-mail: |
As far as we know this information was accurate when it was published (see years in brackets), but may have changed since then. Please check rates and details directly with the companies in question if you need more recent info. |
1993 | developed as a show cave by the Furusato Creation Fund. |
JAN-1994 | opened to the public. |
星野洞 (Hoshino-no ana) developed in Old- and New Daitô limestones of Pliocene and Holocene age.