Watu Ulo is one of the tourist objects which lies in the side of Indonesian ocean that has beautiful panorama and it is the right place for enjoying the sea. It is called "watu ulo" by the native inhabitants because in the former time there was a snake making asceticism. After succeeding his asceticism, it became a stone resembling a snake, sticking into the sea, and its body lied on the land. In the Japanese occupation period at the coastal area, the Japanese soldiers made fortresses which are used for fortifying against the attacking enemies and now some of the fortresses become tourist objects. The people in the coastal area called it Japanese fortress because beside the Japanese fortress, there is also a bat cave inhabited thousands of bats. The visitors can across along the shore and the sand to get to the cave. The lonely situation of the cave
is often used for meditation by people, remembering that the cave has 100m depth. To get there, the visitors can use public transportation or rental car in 30 minutes from down town.
