is a
waterfall in the Yugashima district of
Izu city,
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, in central
Izu Peninsula
The is a large mountainous peninsula with a deeply indented coastline to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu, Japan. Formerly known as Izu Province, Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka Prefecture. The peninsul ...
on the upper reaches of the
Kano River. It is a Shizuoka Prefectural Natural Monument. It is one of "
Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", in a listing published by the Japanese
Ministry of the Environment in 1990.
According to
Japanese folklore, Jōren Falls is home to the ''
jorōgumo
''Jorōgumo'' ( ja, 絡新婦 , じょろうぐも ) is a type of ''yōkai'', a creature of Japanese folklore. It can shapeshift into a beautiful woman, so the kanji that represent its actual meaning are (); the kanji which are used to write i ...
'', a spider that can transform into a seductive woman.
References
External links
Jōren Falls tourism home page
Waterfalls of Japan
Landforms of Shizuoka Prefecture
Tourist attractions in Shizuoka Prefecture
Izu, Shizuoka
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