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Daisetsuzan NP, Hokkaido
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Two tributaries—Aishipop and Futami—trace 7 bends down Hagoromo Falls, then merge midway. Their combined cascade drops about 270 m, making this two-source, seven-tier waterfall Hokkaido’s tallest.
Before it became Hagoromo (“celestial feather robe”) Falls, this two-stream cascade was called Meoto-daki, or “Married-Couple Falls.” In 1918, writer Omachi Keigetsu gave it the robe-inspired name.
The falls’ 7-step path follows the rock: welded tuff above, pumice-rich tuff in the middle, and older volcanic rock below wear away at different rates. That changing resistance shapes the water’s intricate bends.
The cliff beneath Hagoromo Falls is part of the Sounkyo pyroclastic-flow deposit, laid down by an enormous eruption about 30,000 years ago. The same volcanic material extends beyond Tenninkyo toward Sounkyo and Kamikawa.
On his 1921 Daisetsuzan traverse, writer Omachi Keigetsu paused at Hagoromo Falls, recited Li Bai’s poem about Mount Lu’s waterfall, and composed a four-line poem of his own for this cascade.
A 2013 landslide destroyed the viewing platform and cut the trail, hiding the full falls from visitors for 5 years. Higashikawa reopened a rebuilt route on June 11, 2018, restoring the view after a remarkable wait.
