 Many "shugenja" and star-crossed lovers have leaped from the top of the waterfall in the belief that they will be reborn into Kannon's paradise.Early each morning the Shinto priest make offerings to the waterfall in a ritual.In 1918, a Sutra mound was excavated at the base of the waterfall and found to contain many important archaeological artifacts, including statues, mirrors, altar fittings and Sutra cylinders.