List of waterfalls in Japan
Introduction  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 village 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
Gallery File:Hagoromonotaki.jpg|1.Hagoromo FallsFile: Inkura.jpg|2.Inkura FallsFile:Garoh-Fall.jpg|3.Garō FallsFile:Ginganotaki.jpg|4.Ryusei-Ginga FallsFile:Asiribetu.jpg|5.Ashiribetsu FallsFile:Oshinkoshin-no-taki.jpg|6.Oshinkoshin FallsFile:Kurokumanotaki.jpg|7.Kurokuma FallsFile: Waterfall of Fudou in Hatimantai.JPG|9.Fudō FallsFile:Akiu Otaki.jpg|10.Akiu Great FallsFile:Sankai_no_taki_5nov07.jpg|11.Sankai FallsFile:Nanataki Falls 2008-02-29.jpg|12.Nanataki FallsFile:Chagama-no-taki.jpg|13.Chagama FallsFile:Hottainotaki_20070716.jpg|14.Hōttai FallsFile: Yasu no taki.jpg|15.Yasu FallsFile: Namekawa-falls.jpg|16.Namekawa Great FallsFile: Shiraito no taki Waterfall (Yamagata).jpg|17.Shiraito FallsFile: Nanatsu waterfall.JPG|18.Nanatsu FallsFile:Otsujigataki.jpg|19.Otsuji FallsFile:Sanjo falls.jpg|20.Sanjō FallsFile: Choshi-ga-taki.jpg|21.Chōshi FallsFile:Fukuroda-no-taki.jpg|22.Fukuroda FallsFile:Kegon falls nikko 2006-11-04.jpg|23.Kegon FallsFile: Kirifuri Falls 20090719.jpg|24.Kirifuri FallsFile:Fukiware.jpg|25.Fukiware FallsFile: Jofu-no-taki.jpg|26.Jōfu FallsFile: Tanashitahudotaki.jpg|27.Tanashita no Fudō FallsFile:Hossawa Falls.jpg|29.Hossawa FallsFile:Hayato-ootaki.jpg|30.Hayato Great FallsFile:Shasui Falls 01.jpg|31.Shasui FallsFile: Nishizawa-Valley.jpg|32.Nanatsugamagodan FallsFile: 精進ヶ滝.jpg|33.Kitashōji FallsFile:Shosenkyo-Waterfall.jpg|34.Senga FallsFile: Naena waterfall.JPG|36.Naena FallsFile: So Falls.jpg|37.Sōtaki FallsFile:Shomyo-daki 1.jpg|38.Shōmyō FallsFile: Ubaga waterfall.JPG|39.Uba FallsFile: 龍双ヶ滝初夏.jpg|40.Ryūsō FallsFile:Yonakodaibakufu.jpg|41.Yonako Daibakufu FallsFile:Sanbon Falls Koono.jpg|42.Sanbon FallsFile:Tengadaki.jpg|43.Tadachi FallsFile: 根尾滝.jpg|44.Neo FallsFile:Hirayu Falls 1.jpg|45.Hirayu Great FallsFile:Yoro-no-taki.jpg|46.Yōrō FallsFile:Jpn gifu gujyou amidagataki 20090527.jpg|47.Amida FallsFile:安倍の大滝002_MG_0085.jpg|48.Abe Great FallsFile:Joren-no-taki 2004-11-24.jpg|49.Jōren FallsFile:N2 Shiraito Falls 2.jpg|50.Shiraito FallsFile:Otodome Falls April 2005.jpg|50.Otodome FallsFile:Atera Nana Falls.jpg|51.Atera Seven FallsFile: Nunobiki-no-taki mie.jpg|52.Nunobiki FallsFile:Akame48Taki FudoTaki.jpg|53.Akame Shijyūhachi FallsFile: 七ツ釜滝.jpg|54.Nanatsukgama FallsFile: Waterfall of Kanabiki.JPG|56.Kanabiki FallsFile:Minoonotaki.jpg|57.Minoo FallsFile:Harafudou Falls 01.JPG|58.Harafudō FallsFile:Saruo falls 01.JPG|59.Saruo FallsFile:Tendaki 02.JPG|60.Tendaki FallsFile:Odaki is the greatest fall of the Nunobiki Falls.jpg|61.Nunobiki FallsFile: FudoNanae taki.JPG|63.Fudōnanae FallsFile: Sasa-no-taki.jpg|64.Sasa FallsFile:Nachi waterfall 01.jpg|66.Nachi FallsFile: Kuwanoki-no-taki.jpg|67.Kuwanoki FallsFile: Haso no taki.JPG|68.Haso FallsFile:Daisendaki 02.jpg|69.Daisen FallFile:Amedaki 02.JPG|70.Amedaki FallsFile: Dangyo falls1.JPG|71.Dangyō FallsFile:Ryuuzugadaki Odaki.JPG|72.Ryūzuyae FallsFile:Kanba Falls.JPG|73.Kanba FallsFile:Jousei Waterfall.JPG|74.Jōsei FallsFile: Ryūzu-no-taki Jakuchikyō.jpg|75.Jakuchikyō Goryū FallsFile:Ogama Falls 01.JPG|76.Ōgama FallsFile:Todoroki Watefalls 02.JPG|77.Todoroki Kujyūku FallsFile:Amagoi Waterfalls 06.JPG|78.Amagoi FallsFile:Yukiwa no Taki 02.JPG|79.Yukiwa FallsFile:Goraiko Falls in 2004.jpg|80.Goraikō FallsFile:Ryuo Falls 04.JPG|81.Ryūō FallsFile:Todoro no Taki 02.JPG|82.Todoro FallsFile:Otaru Falls 02.JPG|83.Ōtaru FallsFile: Waterfall of Mikaeri.JPG|85.Mikaeri FallsFile: SendanTodoro no Taki.JPG|87.Sendantodoro FallsFile: Sugaruga Fall Aso 2009.JPG|88.Sukaruga FallsFile: Kaname Otaki.JPG|89.Kaname FallsFile:Harajirinotaki.jpg|91.Harajiri FallsFile: Shindo Waterfalls 01.JPG|92.Shindō FallsFile:Nishishiyanotaki Waterfall.jpg|93.Nishishiiya FallsFile:Sekinoo_falls.jpg|94.Sekinoo FallsFile: Yatogi Waterfall 2009 001.JPG|95.Yatogi FallsFile:Takachiho Gorge by boat.jpg|97.Manai FallsFile: Ryūmondaki Kagoshima.jpg|98.Ryūmon FallsFile:Ooko Falls in Yaku Island.jpg|99.Ōko FallsFile:Mariyudo iriomote 2007-04-05.jpg|100.Mariyudu Falls
External links * Must Love Japan* The Best 100 Waterfalls of Japan