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Chubu-Sangaku NP, Gifu
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From the footbridge, Yokote Falls roars so close its spray reaches the crossing. Beside it, Nunobiki Falls has a different secret: groundwater seeps from the slope and fans down the cliff.
Yokote lies in a landscape built on lava from Norikura, whose volcanic activity began about 200,000 years ago. Those lava flows helped shape Goshikigahara’s columnar-jointed cliffs, streams and many waterfalls.
Yokote’s remote setting is carefully protected: visitors to Goshikigahara Forest must be accompanied by a guide. The managed visits are designed to let people experience the forest while safeguarding its natural environment.
Around 1907, the forest around Yokote was home to a reported 3,000-person mining town. After the mines closed, Takayama City bought the land, helping protect this vast landscape from overdevelopment.
