Mine Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
About Mine
The name literally means "beautiful ancestral shrine", although the name may also have come from the city being surrounded by mountain peaks, ormine(峰) in Japanese. It's probably a coincidence that there was mining at the nearby Yamato Mine (previously called Ofuku Mine) during the 20th century. Akiyoshi is made of limestone, which is believed to have developed from coral reefs back in the Paleozoic era. Trees said to have appeared in the area for the first time 500,000 years ago. Many fossils from ancient Japanese rhinoceroses, tigers, and elephants have been excavated from the plateau, giving scientists some idea of what sorts of creatures first inhabited the region. Because the area is made of limestone, Akiyoshi Cave, the largest cave in Japan, formed over a span of 300,000 years. Tod
Top Attractions in Mine
Explore the best things to see and do in Mine:
- ★Akiyoshi Cave
- ★Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park
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