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Shiraito no Taki Waterfall is located at the base of Mt. Fuji in Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

It is 200m wide and 20m high. It gushes out 1.5 tons of spring water from Mt.Fuji per second. The water is a mixture of rain and melting snow which have been filtered through the inside of Mt.Fuji for many years. It springs out from the cracks between 2 lava layers which were created by large eruptions in ancient times. Because the running water looks like white threads, so it is called “Shiraito no Taki”, meaning waterfalls of white threads.

It is not only a beautiful waterfall but also is related to the Fuji-ko, worship of Mt.Fuji. In 16th and 17th centuries Hasegawa Kakugyo, the founder of this mountain religion conducted religious practices under the waterfall. Later many believers started making pilgrimages to Mt. Fuji.

Shiraito no Taki Waterfall is listed as one of “Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls”. In 2013 it was added as one of the component parts of World Heritage Fujisan.

There is another famous waterfall near here whose name is Otodome no Taki. It means sound stopping fall. This unique name came from a historical story in which the Soga brothers took revenge on their father’s enemy. It takes 5 minutes on foot from Shiraito no Taki Waterfalls. 

Please visit this area to feel the clean and devout atmosphere.

(By Prudence) 

＊Not only Prudence but also other FUSION members can guide you through Shiraito no Taki!
Contact us if you are interested in this waterfall.

( Photographs by Prudence )