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Sekinoo Falls 関之尾滝
| Drop | 18 m (59 ft) |
|---|---|
| Width | 40 m (131 ft) |
| Location | Miyakonojō, Miyazaki, Japan |
| Region | Kyushu |
| Selected Waterfalls list | No. 94 of the 100 Selected Waterfalls of Japan (Nihon no Taki Hyakusen, 1990) |
| Coordinates | 31.76111° N, 130.98722° E |
Sekinoo Falls, MiyazakiXXZX235X, waterfall in the city of Koretz. One of the the 100 Selected Waterfalls of Japans. It belongs to Mother Bajijie Konozae's Nature Park. There are camps and cafés nearby, and parking lots and so you can go home by day.
Overview
It's going to take place on the Tokugawa tributaries. From three of the great waterfalls, men's waterfalls, women's waterfalls, women's waterfalls) The waterfall is flowing down along the column of molten limestone. Men's waterfalls are exhalations from the north waterways and women's waterfalls were dug rocks during the Meiji era.
Seki's tail hole
It is said to be one of the largest in the world. On February 18th, 1928, the nation was designated as a natural monument. There are many holes on the top of the rock, but there are a lot of "deep grooves" that have been swallowed up in accordance with the process of molten limestone. (See photo)
Legendary
At the age of 18, when the first person to be seen here by the Nookusuke-dono, the first person to be seen on the moon, he made a request to his father for a drink, but he made a mistake. The snows were ashamed of this and threw themselves into the waterfall pot with a cup. Yoshimi, a lover of snow, cried the name of the snow from day and night over the waterfall, but one day she disappeared in the rocks: "The sign of the writing and of the writing again." Since then, it has been reported that on the night of the name moon, a cup of sauerkraut has floated from a waterfall.
Text adapted from the Japanese Wikipedia article 関之尾滝, 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).