Amagoi Falls takes its name from prayer. Amagoi — 雨乞 — is the traditional rite of praying for rain, and the 45-metre waterfall in Kamiyama, a town in Tokushima's Myōzai District, carries that word as its permanent title. The register of honors attached to it is remarkably long for a single fall: Japan's official Top 100 Waterfalls, the Shikoku Mizube 88 waterside sites, the Tokushima 88 Views, and the prefecture's Water Journey 50. Four separate selections, national and local, converge on the same cascade in the Kamiyama hills — a waterfall whose name remembers the seasons when communities looked to falling water and asked the sky for more.
Visiting Amagoi Falls
The falls is in Kamiyama town, Myōzai District, Tokushima Prefecture. The available sources record its many scenic designations but no trail or transport details, so check locally before visiting.
