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Chōshi Falls 銚子ケ滝
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| Drop | 48 m (157 ft) |
|---|---|
| Width | 27 m (89 ft) |
| River | Abukuma River |
| Location | Kōriyama, Fukushima, Japan |
| Region | Tohoku |
| Selected Waterfalls list | No. 21 of the 100 Selected Waterfalls of Japan (Nihon no Taki Hyakusen, 1990) |
| Coordinates | 37.58111° N, 140.26806° E |
Chōshi Falls is a waterfall at the foot of Mt. Fuji. One of the the 100 Selected Waterfalls of Japans. The name comes from the shape of a waterfall that resembles a bowl of wine. A legend has it that when a girl is sacrificed in a waterfall, a dragon god hides the rain in the pot. There is a legend that the great Lord's daughter saved a village that suffered in a pot.
Traffic access
There's a parking lot at the mountain entrance. It's about twenty-five minutes' walk through the road in the ranch and through the mountain entrance, which is about five kilometers from the ranch parking lot.
Text adapted from the Japanese Wikipedia article 銚子ケ滝, 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).