Akamizu Waterfall

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Akamizu Waterfall

Akamizu Waterfall (赤水の滝, akamizunotaki) is located in higher level of Abe River in Shizuoka Prefecture. It is also called "Neck of Abegawa". I was made by Oyakuzure "the great land slide" at 1707. The rock blocked the river and became waterfall. By the time the fall was made, water colored red because of the rocks. That's way, this fall is called Akamizu which means "red water" in Japanese.

Tourist Info.
No restroom, but there is parking. You can see this fall from the observation hill.

Access
0. at Shizuoka Station
1. use local bus to Akamizunotaki (2 hr.)

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It is very huge waterfall which has large amount of water drop per second. It has three steps. At the observation hill, you can also enjoy beautiful flowers. The huge sound of waterfall and quiet moment of valley makes great harmony to relax.

Sightseeing guide around the area: Middle Shizuoka(中静岡)

Shizuoka (静岡)
Terminal Station: JR Shizuoka (静岡) Station
Access from Tokyo:
-By Train
0. at Tokyo Station
1. use Shinkansen (Hikari) to Shizuoka (1 hr.)
- By Car
Use Tomei Expressway to Shizuoka (2 hrs.)

Shizuoka is located between Tokyo and Nagoya face to Pacific Ocean. Shizuoka is very famous for Green tea, wasabi and fish. Because there are many rivers in Shizuoka, they have not only great fish from the ocean, but also they capture fish from the rivers.

Shimizu Port boasts the largest haul of tuna in all Japan. Kanbara Harbour enjoys a prosperous haul of sakura ebi. Mochimune Harbour enjoys a prosperous haul of shirasu sardines.

A grated yam soup. Chojiya, a tororo restaurant founded in 1598 in Mariko-juku area of Shizuoka, west of the Abe River, was made famous by Hiroshige when he depicted it in his series of ukiyoe prints of the 53 stops along the Tōkaidō, entitled The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō.

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