About Saruo Waterfall (Saruo-daki [猿尾滝])
The Saruo Waterfall (Saruo-daki [猿尾滝]; also called just Saruo Falls) was one of the easiest waterfalls that we managed to see that was off the beaten path in Japan. For a waterfall that was included as one of Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls as blessed by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, that was saying something. Indeed, we only had to walk about a couple of minutes from the nearest car park (see directions below) to get right up to the base of this two-tiered waterfall. So even with the rainy weather that we experienced during our visit, its accessibility didn’t stop the pretty consistent traffic of people who’d spend a few minutes here before leaving.
My Dad said that this waterfall’s kanji translated into something like “Monkey Tail Falls” probably because someone imagined the tall waterfall resembling the tail of a monkey. However, I found this to be baffling because the monkeys in Japan (typically “snow monkeys” or macaques) didn’t seem to have long tails as what seemed to be suggested here. Regardless, the falls was said to be 60m in cumulative height where the upper tier was 39m and the lower tier was 21m.
There wasn’t a whole lot of variety to the way we experienced the Saruo Waterfall (as you can see from the photos on this page). I suspect part of the problem was that there was a trail that ascended the slopes to perhaps a more elevated lookout or perhaps to the top of the falls, but that trail was closed during our visit. Another interesting aspect about our visit to this waterfall was that there appeared to be a post box right at the trailhead of the short walk. This had to be one of the more scenic mailboxes I’ve seen!
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