Curtain of threads
Hundreds of outlets.
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Shiraito Falls, «white threads», is a waterfall in the city of Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, near Mount Fuji, about 11 km in a straight line north of central Fujinomiya. It is part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and has been protected as a Japanese Natural Monument since 1936. The falls are 20 m high and were sacred to the old Fuji cult, and in 2013 they were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Fujisan cultural site. They are one of «Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls» in a 1990 Environment Ministry list and were chosen as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan in 1927. The slightly taller Otodome Falls, with a 25 m drop, is about five minutes' walk away. The water comes from Fuji's snowmelt that has seeped through layers of lava, emerging from hundreds of openings along a wide curved cliff in a curtain of fine white threads above a clear blue-green pool fringed with ferns and moss. On clear days Fuji's summit appears above the forest from the viewpoint. Visiting is free, and the path from the car park to the base is short and paved with steps. The spray cools the air even in summer, and mornings are quieter, before the tour buses arrive.
Hundreds of outlets.
Blue-green.
Nearby.
Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan
Fuji snowmelt seeping through lava.
Yes.