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Summer Freeze: Escaping the Heat Inside Mt. Fuji’s Ancient Ice Cave

Visitors walk along an icy wall inside the Narusawa Hyoketsu Ice Cave in Narusawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, while summer heat scorches outside. Considered a national natural monument located at the foot of Mt. Fuji, this 150-meter-long cave was formed by lava flows originating from the eruption of one of Mt. Fuji’s side volcanoes, more than 1,100 years ago. With a year-round average temperature of…

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