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Shōmyō Falls 称名滝

| Drop | 350 m (1,148 ft) |
|---|---|
| Width | 15 m (49 ft) |
| River | Shōmyō River |
| Location | Ashikuraji, Toyama, Japan |
| Region | Chubu |
| Selected Waterfalls list | No. 38 of the 100 Selected Waterfalls of Japan (Nihon no Taki Hyakusen, 1990) |
| Coordinates | 36.57528° N, 137.52333° E |
Shōmyō Falls The difference is 350 meters and is the best in Japan. I'm going to drop out of the Kantahara Plateau, and I'm going to pour it into the Tokyo River after it's become a famous river.
Overview
The difference between Shōmyō Falls is 350 meters and a four-dimensional waterfall that is said to be one of Japan's largest, with 70 meters, 2nd 58 meters, 3rd, 96 meters, and 4 feet, with a diameter of 60 meters and about 6 meters deep. It's a nationally designated champion and a natural monument, and it's a the 100 Selected Waterfalls of Japan, and it's chosen for the 100 Japanese soundscapes. It has been reported that the sound of waterfalls is derived from the name of Buddha, named "Sun's Buddha." In spring, when snow melts a lot of water, there will be a Hanwood waterfall on the right side of Shōmyō Falls and two waterfalls will fall. Also, when the flow is greater in particular, there will be a sawing waterfall on the right side of the Hanwood Falls, and you can see three waterfalls in line. (The fall in Hanwood Falls is generally 497 meters) and it's bigger than 350 meters of Shōmyō Falls, and it's not always in existence, but it's not usually recognized as a waterfall of Japan's greatest difference. Shōmyō Falls is thought to have been located about 100,000 years ago near a small view area 15 kilometers lower than it is now. After that, over the years, he has cut the molten rock of the basalt down to its present location by about 10 centimeters a year. On the way he has made such steep terrain as the wall of the evil castle. [Sebastian Republic of 1945] [In the context of power crisis during the war], Japanese power transmissions made construction to cut the north end of the waterfall to create a water - powered water treatment facility on the side of the waterfall. The Northland power plant, which met the end of the war and took over the project during the construction process, has ceased to continue its construction, but there are still traces of digging horizontally from the third waterfall. At the point of 2020, a survey by the Karderandanda Museum in Yamayama found that there was a new difference between the water level of about 6,000 millimeters per year and the lowest level of earth's surface relationship. It is thought that the time when a new trend began to develop was around the year 2005. Beyond Shōmyō Falls, there's a great canyon called the famous hallway.
Traffic access
I'm going to go to Mt. Fuji Park on Toyama Road 6 and from the branch point on the mountain road, I'm going to go to the famous mountain stop line. There's a parking lot at the end, a mile from that parking lot, and you can go on foot in about 30 minutes. Also, in season, the dark-dark bus passing Mt.
Documentary
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Text adapted from the Japanese Wikipedia article 称名滝, 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).