It was raining again as I left Numata City. Today, I had 1 pass to clear - Shiizaka Pass. Good thing, it wasn`t as steep as expected, and I got over it without too much trouble.
As I approached Katashina Village, where I would be staying for the night, I passed by the Fukiwari Falls. This waterfall is rather interesting in that instead of looking at it from the bottom up, you stood at the top and looked down.
Fukiwari Falls is actually a fast flowing whitewater river that caused certain parts of the riverbed to be drastically eroded. This erosion resulted in sudden drops in the riverbed, thereby causing the water to fall too. Here it is known as the Niagara Falls of Japan.
The fast flowing river before the falls
A bridge that connected the hiking trail around the area
The sudden drop-off causing the waterfall
Huge amounts of water - I could feel the spray from where I was standing
After the water drops down to the lower riverbed, it continues its flow
Until there is another drop-off
By the time I got to Katashina Village, it had been raining throughout the day so all my clothes were soaked. Lucky for me, the rain wasn`t that heavy when I was at Fukiwari Falls, otherwise it would have been difficult to take photographs.
Anyways, spent most of the afternoon drying my stuff and preparing for the one of the last mountain passes of my trip - Konsei Pass into the Nikko region.
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