Fukuroda falls
Fukuroda falls is located in Daigo town of Ibaraki prefecture. The width and the height of the falls are 73 m and 120 m, respectively. This is one of the famous waterfalls in Japan.
This falls is also called "yodo no taki" which means "four times falls". Someone says this name came from a following story. Saigyo Hoshi who was a famous Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period visited here in automun. He enjoyed the sightseeing and decided to come here again in another season. Finally, he had come here in all seasons. He said "If you wish to recognize the greatness of this falls, you should better to come here in all seasons".
Anotherone says this falls is dropping down a series of four cascades, resulting in the name of Yodo no Taki.
Recently, because an observatory was extended, you can enjoy the scenery of the whole falls easily. Before that, you had to go the waypoint of a trail up to Mt. Tsukiore or the opposite point of that waypoint if you wished to watch the upper part of the falls. As for this point, a few people seldom come here, therefore there is few safety apparatus such as handrail. Please be careful for your safety. Please enjoy GC at Your Own Risk and do not overstrain yourself. I would like to show you a picture from near cache point.
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袋田の滝
袋田の滝は茨城県大子町にあります。幅73m、高さ120mの滝です。日本三名瀑のひとつといわれ、日本の滝百選にも選定されています。
別名を四度の滝といいます。この地を訪れた西行法師が、四季に一度ずつ来てみなければ本当のよさは味わえない、とこの滝を評したことから名づけられたという説があります｡
花もみち 経緯にして 山姫の 錦織出す 袋田の瀧 西行法師
また、滝が四段になっているので名づけられたとされる説もあります。
近年、観瀑施設が増築されたので、皆様も簡単に滝の全景を眺めることができるようになりました。以前は、滝の上部を見るためには、月居山への道の途中か、もしくはその対岸から眺めるしかありませんでした。対岸の地点は、あまり人が来ないので手すり等の安全対策はありません。命に関わりますので安全にはくれぐれもお気をつけください。自己責任で行動してください。無理はなさらぬようお願いします。キャッシュポイント付近からの眺めを写真でお見せします。
Fig.1 Fukuroda falls (30 Oct 2005)