MUNCAR – Japanese cave in Sembulungan Mountain, Muncar District, precisely in the area of Alas Purwo National Park (TN AP), one of the historical places built during the Japanese occupation. Formerly, it's the hideout of the Nipon army.
The location of the Japanese Cave is underground. To enter that cave, must pass through a rectangular door with a width of half a meter. Besides that, you also have to go through some stairs.
Visitors who want to enter that cave, have to be careful because it is full of bats, venomous snakes are also found in the cave. The depth of the cave is approx 20 meter. If you get to the bottom, there are three rooms, one page, and one door to the ocean. The door to the sea cannot be passed because it is inhabited by venomous snakes.
“This door leads to the sea, Visitors are advised not to cook because there are many snakes,” said Rino Putra Kelana, the Forest Ranger Partner officer in charge of guarding the cave, Thursday (5/10).
According to Rino, This Japanese cave is only crowded when there is a sea picking event. The visitors came while following the ritual procession at the tomb of Mbah Agung Kalong. "Sea quotes are always crowded, so many only once a year,” he said.
Meanwhile, one of the Japanese Cave visitors, Eka Widiyaningsih, 21, Kutorejo Hamlet residents, Desa Kalipait, Tegaldlimo . District, admits to being amazed by the beauty of the caves of Japanese heritage.
Even when you enter, you have to feel the pungent smell of bat droppings, but once you enter the cave you don't feel the smell. In fact, the air in the cave is very cold. “Not tiring, even fun,” he said.
Other visitors, Hessa Hendra, 20, said to go to the Japanese Cave tourists only by sea during 45 minutes from Muncar Harbor. After arriving at Sembulungan Beach, walk through the bamboo forest along 1,5 kilometer.
“The road to the cave climbs through cliffs and bamboo forests,” the light. The journey to the location of the Japanese Cave is very exhausting. But after arriving, The tiredness is barely felt by looking at the beauty of the cave. “Nice place, Formerly the headquarters of the Japanese army,” he said. (radar)
