Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls, All in One Place

In 1990, Japan selected its official hundred great waterfalls — the 日本の滝百選 — from Hokkaido's remote Hagoromo Falls to Mariyudu Falls on Iriomote Island. This guide maps every one of them: where each fall is, how far it drops, how to reach it, and — where they exist — the guided tours that actually take you there.

100waterfalls

41prefectures

350 mtallest (Shomyo)

6bookable by tour

The map

HokkaidoTohokuKantoChubuKansaiChugokuShikokuKyushuOkinawa

Hokkaido 6 falls

Hagoromo Falls (羽衣の滝), waterfall in Hokkaido, Japan

Hokkaido · 270 m

Inkura Falls (インクラの滝), waterfall in Hokkaido, Japan

Hokkaido · 44 m

Garo Falls (賀老の滝), waterfall in Hokkaido, Japan

Hokkaido · 70 m

Ryusei-Ginga Falls (流星・銀河の滝), waterfall in Hokkaido, Japan

Ryusei-Ginga Falls

Hokkaido · 90 m

Ashiribetsu Falls (アシリベツの滝), waterfall in Hokkaido, Japan

Ashiribetsu Falls

Hokkaido · 26 m

Oshinkoshin Falls (オシンコシンの滝), waterfall in Hokkaido, Japan

Oshinkoshin Falls

Hokkaido · 50 m

Tohoku 15 falls

Kurokuma Falls (くろくまの滝), waterfall in Aomori, Japan

Matsumi Falls (松見の滝), waterfall in Aomori, Japan

Fudo Falls (不動の滝), waterfall in Iwate, Japan

Akiu Great Falls (秋保大滝), waterfall in Miyagi, Japan

Akiu Great Falls

Sankai Falls (三階の滝), waterfall in Miyagi, Japan

Miyagi · 181 m

Nanataki Falls (七滝), waterfall in Akita, Japan

Chagama Falls (茶釜の滝), waterfall in Akita, Japan

Hottai Falls (法体の滝), waterfall in Akita, Japan

Akita · 57.4 m

Yasu Falls (安の滝), waterfall in Akita, Japan

Namekawa Great Falls (滑川大滝), waterfall in Yamagata, Japan

Namekawa Great Falls

Yamagata · 80 m

Shiraito Falls (Yamagata) (白糸の滝), waterfall in Yamagata, Japan

Shiraito Falls (Yamagata)

Yamagata · 120 m

Nanatsu Falls (七ツ滝), waterfall in Yamagata, Japan

Yamagata · 90 m

Otsuji Falls (乙字ケ滝), waterfall in Fukushima, Japan

Fukushima · 6 m

Sanjo Falls (三条の滝), waterfall in Fukushima, Japan

Fukushima · 100 m

Choshi Falls (銚子の滝), waterfall in Fukushima, Japan

Fukushima · 48 m

Kanto 10 falls

Fukuroda Falls (袋田の滝), waterfall in Ibaraki, Japan

Ibaraki · 120 m

Kegon Falls (華厳滝), waterfall in Tochigi, Japan

Tochigi · 97 m · tours ✓

Kirifuri Falls (霧降の滝), waterfall in Tochigi, Japan

Tochigi · 75 m · tours ✓

Fukiware Falls (吹割の滝), waterfall in Gunma, Japan

Jofu Falls (常布の滝), waterfall in Gunma, Japan

Tanashita Fudo Falls (棚下不動滝), waterfall in Gunma, Japan

Tanashita Fudo Falls

Marugami Falls (丸神の滝), waterfall in Saitama, Japan

Saitama · 76 m

Hossawa Falls (払沢の滝), waterfall in Tokyo, Japan

Hayato Great Falls (早戸大滝), waterfall in Kanagawa, Japan

Hayato Great Falls

Kanagawa · 50 m

Shasui Falls (洒水の滝), waterfall in Kanagawa, Japan

Kanagawa · 69 m

Kansai 17 falls

Nunobiki Falls (Mie) (布引の滝), waterfall in Mie, Japan

Nunobiki Falls (Mie)

Akame 48 Falls (赤目四十八滝), waterfall in Mie, Japan

Mie · 15 m · tours ✓

Nanatsugama Falls (七ツ釜滝), waterfall in Mie, Japan

Nanatsugama Falls

Yatsubuchi Falls

Kanabiki Falls (金引の滝), waterfall in Kyoto, Japan

Minoo Falls (箕面大滝), waterfall in Osaka, Japan

Osaka · 33 m · tours ✓

Harafudo Falls (原不動滝), waterfall in Hyogo, Japan

Saruo Falls (猿尾滝), waterfall in Hyogo, Japan

Tendaki Falls (天滝渓谷), waterfall in Hyogo, Japan

Nunobiki Falls (Kobe) (布引の滝), waterfall in Hyogo, Japan

Nunobiki Falls (Kobe)

Hyogo · 43 m · tours ✓

Somon Falls (双門の滝), waterfall in Nara, Japan

Fudonanae Falls (不動七重の滝), waterfall in Nara, Japan

Fudonanae Falls

Sasa Falls (笹の滝), waterfall in Nara, Japan

Naka Falls (中の滝), waterfall in Nara, Japan

Nachi Falls (那智滝), waterfall in Wakayama, Japan

Wakayama · 133 m · tours ✓

Kuwanoki Falls (桑ノ木の滝), waterfall in Wakayama, Japan

Wakayama · 21 m

Haso Falls (八草の滝), waterfall in Wakayama, Japan

Wakayama · 22 m

Chugoku 7 falls

Daisen Falls (大山滝), waterfall in Tottori, Japan

Tottori · 42 m

Ame Falls (雨滝), waterfall in Tottori, Japan

Tottori · 40 m

Dangyo Falls (壇鏡の滝), waterfall in Shimane, Japan

Shimane · 40 m

Ryuzuyae Falls (龍頭八重滝), waterfall in Shimane, Japan

Shimane · 40 m

Kanba Falls (神庭の滝), waterfall in Okayama, Japan

Okayama · 110 m

Josei Falls (常清滝), waterfall in Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima · 126 m

Jakuchikyo Goryu Falls

Yamaguchi · 14 m

Shikoku 8 falls

Ogama Falls (大釜の滝), waterfall in Tokushima, Japan

Tokushima · 20 m

Todoroki Kujuku Falls (轟九十九滝), waterfall in Tokushima, Japan

Todoroki Kujuku Falls

Tokushima · 58 m

Amagoi Falls (雨乞の滝), waterfall in Tokushima, Japan

Tokushima · 45 m

Yukiwa Falls (雪輪の滝), waterfall in Ehime, Japan

Goraiko Falls (御来光の滝), waterfall in Ehime, Japan

Ryuo Falls (龍王の滝), waterfall in Kochi, Japan

Todoro Falls (轟の滝 (高知県)), waterfall in Kochi, Japan

Otaru Falls (大樽の滝), waterfall in Kochi, Japan

Kyushu 16 falls

Kannon Falls (観音の滝), waterfall in Saga, Japan

Mikaeri Falls (見帰りの滝), waterfall in Saga, Japan

Yonjusanman Falls (四十三万滝), waterfall in Kumamoto, Japan

Yonjusanman Falls

Sendantodoro Falls (栴檀轟の滝), waterfall in Kumamoto, Japan

Sendantodoro Falls

Kumamoto · 70 m

Sugaruga Falls (数鹿流ヶ滝), waterfall in Kumamoto, Japan

Kumamoto · 60 m

Kaname Falls (鹿目の滝), waterfall in Kumamoto, Japan

Kumamoto · 36 m

Higashishiiya Falls (東椎屋の滝), waterfall in Oita, Japan

Higashishiiya Falls

Harajiri Falls (原尻の滝), waterfall in Oita, Japan

Shindo Falls (震動の滝), waterfall in Oita, Japan

Nishishiiya Falls (西椎屋の滝), waterfall in Oita, Japan

Nishishiiya Falls

Sekinoo Falls (関之尾滝), waterfall in Miyazaki, Japan

Miyazaki · 18 m

Yatogi Falls (矢研の滝), waterfall in Miyazaki, Japan

Miyazaki · 73 m

Mukabaki Falls (行縢の滝), waterfall in Miyazaki, Japan

Miyazaki · 77 m

Manai Falls (真名井の滝), waterfall in Miyazaki, Japan

Miyazaki · 17 m

Ryumon Falls (龍門の滝 (栃木県)), waterfall in Kagoshima, Japan

Kagoshima · 46 m

Oko Falls (大川の滝), waterfall in Kagoshima, Japan

Kagoshima · 88 m

Okinawa 1 falls

Mariyudu Falls (マリユドゥの滝), waterfall in Okinawa, Japan

Okinawa · 20 m