Nunobiki Falls - Nunobiki Falls

This waterfall is located in the Rokko Mountains in Chuo Ward, in the mid-west of Kobe City. It is the collective name for the Ontaki, Meoto, Tsutsumi and Men waterfalls, which fall on granite rocks in Nunobiki Valley, in the middle reaches of the Ikuta River. The Ontaki falls is 43 meters high and the Metaki falls is 14 meters high. It is said that the way the water flows down the rocks resembles a white cloth, hence the name Nunobiki. The Tales of Ise states that "If the rocks were wrapped in white silk, they would look just like white cloth," and the area has been the subject of many ancient poems. The name Nunobiki Town still remains along the old Ikuta River. It is located about 1 kilometer north of Shin-Kobe Station on the Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen.

[Hiroko Fujioka]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

神戸市中西部、中央区の六甲(ろっこう)山地にある滝。生田(いくた)川の中流にあたる布引谷の花崗(かこう)岩にかかる雄滝(おんたき)、夫婦(めおと)滝、鼓(つつみ)ヶ滝、雌(めん)滝などの総称。雄滝は43メートル、雌滝は14メートルに及び、岩面を流れ落ちるさまが白布のようにみえることから布引の名があるという。『伊勢(いせ)物語』に「白絹に岩を包めたらむやうになむありける」とあり、また古来多くの歌に詠まれている。旧生田川筋には布引町の名が残っている。東海道・山陽新幹線新神戸駅の北方約1キロメートル。

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