By TAKAO NOGAMI/ Staff Writer
August 29, 2021 at 07:00 JST
A layer of rock, resembling “beach rock,” covers the floor in the Nagashima Limestone Cave in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2018. No similar structure has been documented inside a cave elsewhere in the world. (Takao Nogami)
NAGO, Okinawa Prefecture--A treasure trove of rare limestone structures has been found in a small cave system on Nagashima, an islet off the Henoko district of this southern city, a group of researchers said. [Read More]
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