A view from behind the waterfall
Tsukimachi Falls, formed by the Onamase River (a tributary of the Kuji River), is 17 meters high and 12 meters wide.
Because you can walk behind the waterfall without getting wet, it is also known as Urami no Taki (Behind-view Waterfall) or Kuguri Taki (Pass-through Waterfall). It’s popular as a spot where you can enjoy plenty of negative ions.
The path to the waterfall is lined with many maple trees, offering an exceptionally beautiful sight during the autumn foliage season.
In winter, it is sometimes possible to see the waterfall frozen.
Usually, it flows as two separate streams, referred to as Fufu Taki(Couple Falls), but when the water volume increases, a smaller waterfall appears, and together they become a “parent-child” set of falls.
Perhaps because of this unusual formation, the site has long been used for Nijuusanya Kou gatherings (a custom in which women pray for safe childbirth, childrearing, and good fortune as they wait for the moonrise on the 23rd night of the lunar calendar). That is how it came to be called Tsukimachi Falls, and a statue of Tainai Kannon (a Buddhist figure symbolizing the womb) is enshrined here.
Please note that visiting the waterfall is subject to the operating days of the on-site restaurant (Momiji-en).
