Carved deep into the earth over decades of mining local volcanic tuff, the Oya History Museum unveils a breathtaking underground labyrinth large enough to house a baseball stadium. With dramatic multicolored lighting cast against chiselled rock walls, the vast caverns evoke the atmosphere of a sci-fi set or a submerged Roman temple. Above ground, exhibits chronicle the fascinating history and extraction of Oya stone—the iconic material famously used in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel—while the subterranean chambers offer an unforgettable, otherworldly excursion.
- Museums
- History & Culture
- Geology
- Caves & Underground
- Architecture
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