Sumata-kyō

What it is

• A sixteen-kilometer long gorge located within the Oku-Oi Prefectural Natural Park.
• A designated wilderness conservation area and one of the top one hundred promenades.
• A base for climbing the Sumata Three Mountains in Shizuoka Prefecture.
• The site of the Yume no Tsuribashi suspension bridge over Oma Dam Lake.

What to see

• A ninety-meter long suspension bridge hanging eight meters above the water.
• Gorge walls reaching heights of one hundred meters along the river.
• The Oma Dam Lake situated beneath the pedestrian suspension bridge.
• Wilderness conservation areas in the upper region of the gorge.

Getting there

• Buses run from Senzu Station to the gorge in forty minutes.
• The location sits at the terminus of Shizuoka Prefectural Road 77.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.