Atera Seven Falls

Atera Seven Falls
Location	Shinshiro, Aichi, Japan
Coordinates	34°57′02″N 137°38′44″E
Type	multi-tier
Total height	26 m (85 ft)
Number of drops	7
Watercourse	Atera River
National Palace of Scenic Beauty Natural Monument

Atera Seven Falls (阿寺の七滝, Atera-no-nana-taki) is a waterfall in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It has been protected as both a Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument since 1934. The waterfalls was named one of "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", in a listing published by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in 1990.

Overview

The Atera Seven Falls are located on the Atera branch of the Toyokawa River within the Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park. As the river flows down from the Nasuyama Plateau, it crosses a conglomerate fault scarp composed of middle and Paleozoic rock gravel such as sandstone, mudstone and granite. The falls are broken into a series of composed of middle and Paleozoic rock gravel such as sandstone, mudstone and granite. The first waterfall has a height of 9 meters from the bottom. The second is 13 meters, the third is 7 meters, the fourth waterfall is 25 meters, the fifth waterfall is 2 meters, the sixth waterfall is 4 meters, the seventh waterfall is 2 meters, for a total length of 62 meters over a drop in elevation of 26 meters. Only the first four tiers can be seen from below. The force of the falling water has created basins at the base of each fall, especially the second waterfall, which has a depth of 4 meters and the fifth fall which has a depth of 7 meters.

According to legend, a young onmyōji Abe no Seimei named this waterfall when he came here to meditate during the early Heian period.

See also

• List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Aichi)

External links

Media related to Atera no Nanataki at Wikimedia Commons

• Ministry of Environment Archived 2020-10-26 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
• Aichi Now official site for Aichi Tourism(in Japanese)
• Shinshiro city official home page(in Japanese)