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100 Selected Waterfalls of Japan · No. 68

Haso Falls 八草の滝

Drop 22 m (72 ft)Shirahama, WakayamaKansai region
Haso Falls
Haso Falls (八草の滝)Photo: アラツク — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Drop22 m (72 ft)
LocationShirahama, Wakayama, Japan
RegionKansai
Selected Waterfalls listNo. 68 of the 100 Selected Waterfalls of Japan (Nihon no Taki Hyakusen, 1990)
Coordinates33.64611° N, 135.47861° E

Haso Falls is located in a natural park in the Wakayama ZXXZQ206X, the 100 Selected Waterfalls of Japan.

Overview

The falls have been called the Shose River Falls, which is directly near the Sakura River Strait. It's been reported that people used to pass under the waterfall as a side road to Bearno Street.

Access

There's a small exhibition about 700 meters east of Wakayama Road 37.

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Text adapted from the Japanese Wikipedia article 八草の滝, whose full text was translated into English for this guide by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Drop and location facts cross-checked with Wikidata (CC0) and the 100 Selected Waterfalls of Japan list (Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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