The Watudodol tourist area is indeed famous for the beauty of the sea. The location is superior with an alluring panorama of the Bali Strait. The vast expanse of the blue sea is clearly visible if we are in the Watudodol area.
more, the sea view is even more beautiful when we are in the Gandrung statue area in Watudodol. Almost every day the area is visited by many residents, both locals of Banyuwangi and visitors from outside the city who happened to pass by in the Watudodol area.
Usually, the passers-by deliberately stopped to rest for a while around the Banyuwangi icon Gemdrung statue. However, Watudodol area turns out to not only present the beauty of the beach.
In Watudodol there are also two Japanese caves that still stand strong today. Dear, the condition is very worrying. Dirty and rundown. There's a lot of trash in the cave under that Gandrung statue.
The smell of urine immediately rises when entering the cave. The cave door is indeed easy to reach. The cave, which was a Japanese heritage during World War II, overlooks the Bali Strait. “Not only under the Gandrung statue, A Japanese heritage cave is also on the hill in the western part of the Watudodol tourist area.
It's the same with the cave under the Gandrung statue, although it is very dirty and dizzy, it turns out that the place is often visited by residents to do meditation and special rituals. Suryami, 50, shop owners around Watudodol, justify it.
Even though it's very dirty, there are still many people who believe the cave is very suitable as a meditation location. Mainly, on friday night, The Japanese cave under the Gandrung statue is visited by many residents.
“Yes, Friday night must be crowded there. Usually they meditate there,” he said. Suryami also confirmed that many people think that Japanese caves are closely related to mystical things.
Several times the Japanese cave was used as a shooting location for mystical-themed events for national private television stations. “It's also surprising how many people meditate there, even though it's dirty and smells of urine. I just want to go in, I can't stand the smell,” added.
It's really a shame if this Japanese cave is not well maintained. If the historical place is well cared for, actually can be a historical tourist attraction in Watudodol Japan built a defense cave around Watudodol indicating that Banyuwangi's position was worthy of being reckoned with during World War II..
So that, The Japanese had to build caves and fortifications there to spy on enemy ships in the Bali Strait. (radar)
