Waterfall Spots in Hakuba / Azumino Area

  • Bandokoro Great Falls
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    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Adumi Norikura Kogen
    A famous waterfall located on the 1,248 meter high Norikura Highland. Situated along the Ko'ono River, the falls are 15 meters wide and 40 meters tall. Together with Zengoro Falls and Sanbon Falls, Bandokoro Great Falls is considered one of the three best waterfalls in the Norikura area. From the nearby viewing platform, you can get an excellent view of the waters rushing by and experience their thunderous roar.
  • Sanbon Falls
    Travel / Tourism
    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Adumi Suzuran
    Sanbon Falls in Norikura Plateau has been designated one of Japan’s 100 most beautiful waterfalls, and is one of Nagano Prefecture’s Places of Scenic Beauty. Water from three different falls flow together and cascades down to the ground. There’s a fall with a dynamic current, a fall that looks as if it’s stroking the bare rock as it falls—each fall has its own unique appeal. Each season has its own appeal as well, with the fresh greenery of summer and changing colors of fall offering enchanting sights indeed.
  • Zengoro Falls
    Travel / Tourism
    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Adumi Norikura Kogen
    This 21.5-meter tall, eight-meter wide waterfall sits at an altitude of 1,525 meters in the Norikura Highland. It is one of the three major waterfalls of Norikura along with Sanbon Falls and Bandokoro Falls. It is said to be named after a lumberjack named Zengoro who was pulled into the waterfall basin by a large char. You can get quite close the basin, but it’s very slippery, so exercise caution.
  • Maekawa Hontani Otaki
    Travel / Tourism
    Nagano Matsumoto-shi Azumi
  • Ryujinnotaki
    Travel / Tourism
    Nagano Matsumoto-shi Azumi Shirahone
  • Kumomanotaki
    Travel / Tourism
    Nagano Matsumoto-shi
  • Kurosawanotaki
    Travel / Tourism
    Nagano Azumino-shi
  • Roku Sa E Kado Taki
    Travel / Tourism
    Nagano Kita-azumi-gun Hakubamura
  • Hikosanotaki
    Travel / Tourism
    Niigata Myoko-shi

Nagano Areas

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Nagano prefecture is an exciting mix of mountains, hot spring monkeys, and preserved Edo history. At the heart of the Japanese Alps, Nagano is one of the country’s most popular destinations, whether in winter for its snow sports and the much-loved Jigokudani Monkey Park or in the warmer months for discovering the undulating hills on foot. For fantastic Edo architecture, head to the Kiso Valley for a 60-kilometer stretch of quaint wooden buildings that marked the Nakasendo route 200 years ago.

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