Grotto of Lourdes at St. Mary's Cathedral - Tokyo, JAPAN - Cave Entrances (Artificial) on Waymarking.com

In 1858, the Virgin Mary appeared to a young girl in a cave in the small mountain village of Lourdes in southwestern France. In commemoration of this event, many Catholic churches and institutions around the world have been built in her likeness.
This cave, made in May 1911, is the one of it.

It is completely the same size compare to the original, which is made of Stone and partly concrete.

The designer of the Lourdes Grotto on the Cathedral grounds was the famous Czech architect Jan Letzel (1880-1925), who was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Letzel is known as an architect who was active in Japan with his modern architectural style called Jugendstil and his unique style incorporating Japanese style, including the former Hiroshima Products Exhibition Hall (built in 1915), now known as the Atomic Bomb Dome.

The information from the plaque;
Grotto of Lourdes
Lourdes is a town located in the southwest of France, deep in the Pyrenees Mountains. About 120 years ago (1858), the Virgin Mary appeared to a young girl named Bernadette in a cave on the outskirts of the town and asked her to pray for the conversion of the people of the world and for peace. As a testimony, a miraculous spring sprang up, and those who drank or soaked in the water were completely cured of their incurable diseases, a miracle that continues by now. After a rigorous scientific investigation, the Church recognized this fact in 1862, built a church there, and allowed people to visit the temple. During the current pilgrimage season, between 70,000 and 300,000 pilgrims gather daily from all over the world. This cave is the same size as the real one, and was built in 1911 by a French missionary, Father De Manziel.

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