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The Shiraito Falls (白糸の滝, Shiraito no Taki) are located in the southwestern foothills of Mount Fuji.Ranked among the most beautiful waterfalls in Japan, the 150 meter wide cascade is fed by the volcano's spring water and flows off the edge of a 20 meter high cliff in thin white streams that resemble hanging threads of silk - hence its name.
Shiraito Falls (白糸の滝, Shiraito-no-taki) is a waterfall in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, near Mount Fuji, Japan. It is part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and has been protected since 1936 as a Japanese Natural Monument. [1] The falls were regarded as sacred under the Fuji cult. Another waterfall, the Otodome Falls is approximately ...
- 200 m
- multiple fan
- 20 m
- A Unique Geology Shaped by The Sacred Volcano
- A Weave of White Silk Yarn
- Access to Shiraito Falls and Otodome Falls
What first strikes the most is the absence of a river and therefore of a visible source when arriving on site. Actually, Shiraito Falls’ water supply comes from underground. Old eruptions of Mount Fuji 🗻have covered the land with a permeable layer of lava that allowed water to flow underneath. However, the water could not completely permeate the s...
The Japanese name shiraito (白糸) means "white threads." According to the Shinto legend related to the waterfall, the threads have been weaved by the goddess of Mount Fuji herself: princess Konohana-no-Sakuya. It is the perfect image indeed as one really feels like looking at long and beautiful white silk strandsspringing from the mountain, as if by ...
The main access to the foot of Shiraito Fallsis by a small parking area on the side of the road, encompassing the Shiraito-no-taki bus stop and a handful of shops open in the summertime. A secondary entrance located a bit further up the road gives an access to the Falls by their top. Nearby, from another parking lot, an observation platform offers ...
Shiraito Falls (Shizuoka) Stretching across 200 meters and dropping from a height of 20 meters, the flow of water over Shiraito Falls is in most places as thin and delicate as silk thread. And there are hundreds of these threads, springing from a solid wall of lava, offering up snowmelt from Mt. Fuji in the southwest.
- Kamiide, Fujinomiya-shi, Shizuoka-ken
Beautiful waterfalls close to Mt Fuji. Jan 2020 • Family. Shiraito Falls is unique where water doesn’t flow down from a river or delta, many falls seeps through rocks and form a wall of waterfalls . Thus the falls are all white and give life to many plants in the park. Around 30 minutes drive from Kawaguchico lake.
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Getting to Shiraito Falls. Shiraito Falls is a 30min bus ride from JR Fujinomiya station (and only 5min from the nearby Otodome Falls). There is also a parking station near the trail to the falls. The waterfall is easily accessible from the road via a paved walking trail, which descends to the base of the falls. A short loop passes both the ...
Feb 11, 2015 · In 1936, Otodome Falls and Shiraito Falls were designated a “natural monument” for their scenic beauty. In 1990, they were selected as one of Japan’s 100 Greatest Waterfalls. It is said that this is a place where Hasegawa Kakugyo, the founder of Fujiko, carried out his training in the 16th-17th Century. This then became a place of ...
