Chinda Falls
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沈堕の滝
A historic waterfall and stone power plant ruins in Oita, famously painted by Sesshu and nicknamed the Niagara of Bungo.
What it is
- A national monument consisting of the Odaki and Medaki waterfalls in Bungo-ono City.
- Formed naturally through the erosion of debris from ancient Aso volcano eruptions.
- Historically served as an execution ground and later as a site for hydroelectric power.
- Famous for being the subject of a painting by the artist Sesshu during the Muromachi period.
What to see
- The Odaki falls measuring twenty meters high and one hundred meters wide.
- The Medaki falls which stand eighteen meters high and four meters wide.
- Stone ruins of a hydroelectric power plant built at the site in 1909.
- An upstream dam that ensures a constant flow of water over the falls.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Chinda Falls Open in Google Maps
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