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Akiyoshidai Plateau
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Yamaguchi Prefecture
Otherworldly and mesmerizing, Akiyoshidai in Yamaguchi Prefecture is one of Japan’s largest karst plateaus. Its thousands of protruding limestone rocks, scattered across a rolling grassy landscape, are formations of what was once a coral reef around 350 million years ago. Shaped by the elements of nature, the limestone often contains Paleozoic fossils, fragments of history preserved in stone.
Beneath the plateau lies a vast network of limestone caves known as Akiyoshido, another natural fantastical phenomenon, filled with stalactites, stalagmites and pools of still water.
Akiyoshidai is a Quasi-National Park and a designated Special Natural Monument of Japan, and there are many ways you can take in its 350-million-year history. You could take a tour on an all-terrain Segways, or rent a cross bike or electric cross bike for ease and speed!
40 minutes from JR Shin-Yamaguchi Station by bus.
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