is a list of waterfalls in Japan compiled by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in 1990.
Background According to the Japanese government, there are 517 named waterfalls in Japan. Many of these waterfalls are located in remote mountain locations, but with an increase in hiking and tourism in recent years, the number of visitors has greatly increased, placing significant pressure on the surrounding environment.
Listing + One hundred waterfalls of Japan # Name Location Prefecture City, town or villageReferences 1 Hokkaidō Higashikawa 2 Shiraoi 3 Shimamaki 4 Kamikawa 5 Minami-ku, Sapporo 6 Shari 7 Aomori Prefecture Ajigasawa 8 Towada 9 Iwate Prefecture Hachimantai 10 Miyagi Prefecture Taihaku-ku, Sendai 11 Zao 12 Akita Prefecture Kosaka 13 Kazuno 14 Yurihonjō 15 Kitaakita 16 Yamagata Prefecture Yonezawa 17 Tozawa 18 Tsuruoka 19 Fukushima Prefecture Sukagawa 20 Hinoemata 21 Kōriyama 22 Ibaraki Prefecture Daigo 23 Tochigi Prefecture Nikko 24 Nikko 25 Gunma Prefecture Namata 26 Kusatsu 27 Shibukawa 28 Saitama Prefecture Ogano 29 Tokyo Hinohara 30 Kanagawa Prefecture Sagamihara 31 Yamakita 32 Yamanashi Prefecture Yamanashi 33 Hokuto 34 Kōfu 35 Niigata Prefecture Murakami 36 Myōkō 37 Myōkō 38 Toyama Prefecture Tateyama 39 Ishikawa Prefecture Hakusan 40 Fukui Prefecture Ikeda 41 Nagano Prefecture Suzaka 42 Matsumoto 43 Nagiso 44 Gifu Prefecture Gero 45 Takayama 46 Yōrō 47 Gujō 48 Shizuoka Prefecture Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 49 Itō 50 + Fujinomiya 51 Aichi Prefecture Shinshiro 52 Mie Prefecture Kumano 53 Nabari 54 Ōdai 55 Shiga Prefecture Takashima 56 Kyoto Prefecture Miyazu 57 Osaka Prefecture Minoh 58 Hyōgo Prefecture Hyōgo 59 Kami 60 Yabu 61 Kobe 62 Nara Prefecture Tenkawa 63 Shimokitayama 64 Totsukawa 65 Kamikitayama 66 Wakayama Prefecture Nachikatsuura 67 Shingū 68 Shirahama 69 Tottori Prefecture Tōhaku 70 Tottori 71 Shimane Prefecture Okinoshima 72 Unnan 73 Okayama Prefecture Maniwa 74 Hiroshima Prefecture Miyoshi 75 Yamaguchi Prefecture Iwakuni 76 Tokushima Prefecture Naka 77 Kaiyō 78 Kamiyama 79 Ehime Prefecture Uwajima 80 Kumakōgen 81 Kōchi Prefecture Ōtoyo 82 Kami 83 Ochi 84 Saga Prefecture Karatsu 85 Karatsu 86 Kumamoto Prefecture Kikuchi 87 Yatsushiro 88 Minamiaso 89 Hitoyoshi 90 Ōita Prefecture Usa 91 Bungo-ōno 92 Kokonoe 93 Kusu 94 Miyazaki Prefecture Miyakonojō 95 Tsuno 96 Nobeoka 97 Takachiho 98 Kagoshima Prefecture Kajiki 99 Yakushima 100 Okinawa Prefecture Taketomi
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See also List of waterfalls