YOU SAID:
There is a cave up on the mountain.
INTO JAPANESE
山の上に洞窟があります。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There is a cave on the mountain.
INTO JAPANESE
山に洞窟があります。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There is a cave in the mountain.
INTO JAPANESE
山には洞窟があります。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There is a cave in the mountain.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.