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The largest waterfall on Yakushima, chosen among Japan's hundred finest.
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A waterfall in Kurio, Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, said to be the largest in both water volume and scale among the waterfalls of Yakushima and also selected as one of the 100 Best Waterfalls of Japan. Water slides down a cliff 88 meters high in spray, and you can walk right up to the falls basin. Nearby, the Okawa spring also wells up.
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