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Nachi Falls (那智滝, Nachi no Taki) in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, is one of the best-known waterfalls in Japan. With a drop of 133 meters (and 13 meters wide), [1] it is the tallest waterfall with a single uninterrupted drop in Japan (although Japan also disputes Russia's right to Iturup Island, which has the 141 m high Ilya Muromets Waterfall); however, the tallest Japanese ...
Hannoki Falls – 497 m (1,631 ft) high; the tallest falls in Japan; only flows from April to July; twin falls with Shōmyō Falls; Kegon Falls – 97 m (318 ft); infamous for suicides; Nachi Falls – 133 m (436 ft) Nunobiki Falls – 120 m (390 ft) in four cascades, of great cultural significance, considered a meisho, or "famous site"
Yoshino-Kumano National Park (吉野熊野国立公園, Yoshino-Kumano Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park comprising several non-contiguous areas of Mie, Nara, and Wakayama Prefectures, in the Kansai region of Japan.
The villages of Nachi and Katsuura were established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Katsuura was raised to town status on May 1, 1908 and Nachi on August 1, 1934. On April 1, 1955, Nachi and Katsura merged with the neighboring villages of Ukuimura and Wakamura to form the town of Nachikatsuura.
In Japan the Nachi Falls are a site of pilgrimage, as are falls near Tirupati, India, and the Saut-d'Eau, Haiti. [43] The Otavalos use Piguchi waterfall as part of the Churru ritual which serves as a coming of age ceremony. [46] Many waterfalls in Africa were places of worship for the native peoples and got their names from gods in the local ...
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Niagara Falls marks the border between New York state and Ontario, Canada. It is located in both countries and there are two cities for its location. ... It is located in both countries and there ...