Fukiware Falls - 吹割の滝 (fukiware no taki)

Submitted by cyangoose on Tue, 2005/09/20 - 12:22.
Location Cost:
Free
Location Description:

Fukiware Falls is a waterfall in Numata-shi Tone-machi. The name means something akin to 'falls that split and blow.' The name comes from how the ground appears to be split and the sheets of spray that come from the falls.

There is lovely hiking right around and above the falls and it's also possible to walk right up to the edge of the falls. Be careful and stay behind the painted lines though as people have been washed over the edge by sudden rushes of water.

Fukiware_Falls.jpg
[Photo taken by D. Lyman (c)2004]

The falls are approximately 7m high and 30m long.

On December 16, 1936, the previous Monbusho named the falls as a natural monument of Japan.

Location Directions:

by Train
At Numata Station, get on the bus marked 吹割の滝. It takes about 45 minutes.

by Car
Head East on the 120 from the Numata I.C. for about 20km.

Location Web Address 1:

http://www.houbien.jp/fukiware/

Location Web Address 2:

http://nishizak.cool.ne.jp/photo/fukiware.html

Location Web Address 3:

www.sight-seeing-japan.com/genr/gfl_fukiwari.html

Location Latitude:
36.698739261653756
Location Longitude:
139.21003818511963
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