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A gorge in Chizu, known for new green and autumn colour, with fine cedar woods.
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Ashizu Gorge is a gorge in Chizu, Yazu District, Tottori Prefecture. It is also called Ashizu-kei. It is the great gorge from Ashizu in the upper reaches of the Kitamata River to Mitaki Dam, together with the primeval forest of giant beech and Mizunara oak trees covering both banks. It is designated as part of Hyonosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park, and the gorge is located within the Ashizu Nature Conservation Forest. It has also been selected as one of the Top 100 Water Source Forests. Its magnificent gorge beauty of huge rocks, cliffs, rapids, pools, shallows and waterfalls is said to be among the finest in Japan, and the promenade along the gorge has been developed as part of the Chugoku Nature Trail.
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