Jōren Falls
Jōren Falls (浄蓮の滝, Jōren-no-taki) is a waterfall in the Yugashima district of Izu city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in central Izu Peninsula, in the upper reaches of the Kano River. It is a Shizuoka Prefectural Natural Monument. It is one of "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", in a listing published by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in 1990.
According to Japanese folklore, Jōren Falls is home to the jorōgumo, a spider that can transform into a seductive woman.
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References
- ^ Geopark, Izu Peninsula (2017-12-16). "南から来た火山の贈りもの 伊豆半島ジオパーク". 伊豆半島ジオパーク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ Reider, Noriko T. (2013). "Tsuchigumo sōshi: The Emergence of a Shape-Shifting Killer Female Spider". Asian Ethnology. 72 (1): 55–83. ISSN 1882-6865. JSTOR 41958916.
External links
- Jōren Falls tourism home page
- Ministry of Environment (in Japanese)
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