Abe Great Falls (Shizuoka)

Japan / Shizuoka / Fujinomiya / Shizuoka
 waterfall, interesting place
Abe Great Falls (安倍の大滝, Abe-no-Ōtaki) is a waterfall in northern Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Japan, on the upper reaches of the Abe River. It is also sometimes referred to as the Suruga Great Falls (浄蓮の滝, Suruga-no-Ōtaki) or the Otome Falls (浄蓮の滝, Otome-no-taki). It is located near the Umegashima onsen resort area.

The Abe Great Falls is listed as one of the "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", in a listing published by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in 1990.

Access: Abe-sen bus from JR Shizuoka Station for two hours and get off at the Umegashima Onsen bus stop (54 km).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Great_Falls
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Coordinates:   35°18'0"N   138°21'8"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago