Nachi Falls (Nachikatsuura, Wakayama)
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waterfall, interesting place, natural monument
Nachisan, Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama 649-5301, Japan
Phone: +81 735-55-0321
kumanonachitaisha.or.jp/pavilion/waterfall.html
Nachi Falls (那智滝, Nachi no Taki) in Nachikatuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, is one of the best-known waterfalls in Japan. With a drop of 133 m, it is often erroneously thought to be the country's tallest. In fact, the tallest waterfall in Japan is the Hannoki Falls, at 497 m.
Believed to house a kami called Hiryū Gongen worshiped at Kumano Nachi Taisha, it is part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range" UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Phone: +81 735-55-0321
kumanonachitaisha.or.jp/pavilion/waterfall.html
Nachi Falls (那智滝, Nachi no Taki) in Nachikatuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, is one of the best-known waterfalls in Japan. With a drop of 133 m, it is often erroneously thought to be the country's tallest. In fact, the tallest waterfall in Japan is the Hannoki Falls, at 497 m.
Believed to house a kami called Hiryū Gongen worshiped at Kumano Nachi Taisha, it is part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range" UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachi_Falls
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°40'31"N 135°53'15"E
- Seiganto-ji 0.7 km
- Daimonzaka Tea House 1.1 km
- Nunobiki Falls 19 km
- Kongōbu-ji 66 km
- "Melody Road" 320 meter section of Route 370 「メロディーロード」 69 km
- Nachi Blue Beach 5.9 km
- Nakano Island 8.2 km
- Kushima Island 9 km
- Hatajiri Bay 10 km
- Kushimoto Surveillance Station - Japan Air Self-Defense Force 23 km
- Fish farm 24 km
- Kii Oshima 24 km
- Myoga Island 25 km
- Fish farm 25 km
- Tsuya Island 26 km