Yōrō Falls

photo by Kikuhiko Mizusaki · CC BY-SA 3.0

photo by Alpsdake · CC0

Legend tells of water that turned into sake: hence the name of the Yōrō era, in 717.

32 metres high and 4 wide, the waterfall is among the hundred most beautiful in Japan (1990 selection). The legend recorded in the Kokon Chomonjū tells of a poor woodcutter who, having slipped among the rocks, found water that tasted of sake and brought it every day to his old father; Empress Genshō, on hearing of it, changed the name of the era to Yōrō, ‘nurturing old age’, in 717. From the car park the climb to the foot of the waterfall is about 1.2 km and thirty minutes on foot.

Waterfall in Yōrō Park, linked to the legend of the dutiful son whose devotion turned the water into sake, from which the Yōrō era (717–724) takes its name.

ℹ️ Public path, always open; the park's information office is open 9:00–17:00.

🚉 Yoro · 29 min walk

Sources: yoro-park.com · intojapanwaraku.com

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