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A gorge of about ten kilometres from old Shiozawa to Nakatsugawa, a prefectural scenic site, with cliffs reaching 100 metres.
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Nakatsu Gorge is a gorge in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture (the former Otaki Village, Chichibu District), in the northeast of Oku-Chichibu. It is also called Shin-Otaki River or Nakatsu Keikoku or Nakatsu Senkei. It is a gorge famous for autumn leaves, with the best viewing around early November. It is a gorge in the basin of the Nakatsu River (which rises at Jumonji Pass) in the upper Arakawa, 9 km long from the Shiozawa settlement to the Nakatsugawa settlement, with cliffs 100 m high. Its elevation is about 600 m. It is one of the representative gorges of Oku-Chichibu.
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