Type block Average width 5 m | Total height 25 m Phone +81 544-27-5240 | |
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Location Fujinomiya,
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan Address Kamiide, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan Similar Shiraito Falls, Jinbano Falls, Lake Tanuki, Fujisan Hongū Sengen T, Asagiri Plateau | ||
Otodome falls japan
Otodome Falls (音止めの滝, Otodome-no-taki) is a waterfall in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, near Mount Fuji, Japan. It is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Another waterfall, the Shiraito Falls is approximately a five-minute walk away.
The name "Sound Stopping Waterfall" comes from an episode in the Soga Monogatari story of the Kamakura period. When the Soga brothers accompanied Minamoto Yoritomo on a hunting expedition to the base of Mount Fuji, they plotted to assassinate one of Yoritomo's retainers, Kudō Tsuketsune, who was the murderer of their father. In order to avoid being overheard, they planned their strategy by the roaring waters of this waterfall.
The Otodome Falls is listed as one of the "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", in a listing published by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in 1990.