When This Diver Found A Sunken Shrine, He Had No Idea What Was Waiting For Him

Diving Into The Unknown

One particular scuba diver, took the same dive in Japan’s Tateyama Bay for 25 years. He was now 79 years old, and enjoyed this area so much that it became his favorite spot.

Discovers A Shrine

When he reached an algae-covered frame, deep in the depths of the blue, he pulled out a hammer and began banging on the shrine. The noise echoed through the water, creating a piercing signal that a strange undersea creature knew well – a creature who had been answering it for 25 years.

Age Is No Barrier

Hiroyuki Arakawa of Tateyama, Japan, went scuba diving for the first time at 18 – and he loved it so much, that by the time he was 79 years old, he was showing no signs of stopping. “Being in the water, you can be so isolated,” he said. “It’s your own world. I like being in the deep water.

Caretaker Of The Deep

Fortunately for Arakawa, his role as caretaker of a sunken religious shrine led him to dive to depths of 50 feet or more regularly. But on one of his dives about 25 years ago, he found something aside from the structure in need of his attention.