Aokigahara National Forest
Aokigahara Cave Systems Facts
Ice Caves
- Approximately 70 feet down to the entrance
- Ice all year round
- Natural refrigerator
- Average temperature 3ºC or 37.4º F
- 156 meters or 511 feet in length.
Wind Caves
- Largest lava tube in the forest
- 201 meters or 659ft in length
- Average of 8.7 meters or 28.5 feet in height
- used to store silk worm eggs
- Sometimes sounds like ghosts howling
Bat Caves
- largest of the three major caves
- 925 meters or 3034 feet above sea level
- Is about 386 meter or 1266 feet in length
- Approximately 500 bats live in the cave.
- 5 kinds of bats present: Greater Horseshoe, Little Japanese Horseshoe, Eastern Long-fingered, Japanese Long-eared, and Hilgendorf’s Tube-nosed
