Ryugashi-do Cave

On Sunday, we went to Ryugashi-do cave. It took us about one hour to walk through the whole thing.  Inside the cave there was a place called the Grand Golden Waterfall.  It was 30 meters high and was not like a regular waterfall. Instead, the waterfall was rapid dribbles of water coming from the celling. Past the waterfall, there was a little tunnel into Phoenix hall. It was sooooooo cool. there were stalactites and stalagmites that had fused together. There were stalactites that formed a rim that looked like teeth. There was a very small pool. Outside of the cave, in the entrance way, there was an exhibit with bats in it and a turtle. Later, we saw a bat flying in the cave! What was really sad about the whole cave was that people had thrown money everywhere, especially in the pools, and had broken the stalactites and stalagmites and curtains, even though it takes about 100 years for it to grow a centimeter. Afterwards we went to the museum and gift shop. At the gift shop, we bough chocolate rocks! Chocolate rocks are hard candy on the outside, but chocolate on the inside and they look like rocks of all different sizes, colors and shapes. But the biggest were only about an inch. I love weekends because we explore new places.

The leaf dragon who breaths mist guarding the entrance to the cave.

A bat in the bat exhibit.  

Jane and I in the cave.

A passageway to a underground pond.  

curtains. 

phoenix hall. I think the stone that makes stalagmites and stalactites looks like drippy nacho cheese. 

Looking at stuff in the museum. 

Rubber band shooter Will, Jane and I each got. They are sooooooooooooo awesome!