Amida-ga-taki carries the name of Amida, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land — a dedication written directly into the waterfall's identity. The fall drops some 60 meters at Maetani in the Shirotori district of Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture, in the former town of Shirotori in old Gujo District, and holds a place on Japan's official list of Top 100 Waterfalls. The documentary record supplied here is spare — location, height, and that Buddhist name are what the sources give — but the name alone signals how the fall has been regarded: as a site associated with devotion, addressed with the respect due a named presence rather than a mere feature of terrain.
Visiting Amida Falls
The fall is located at Maetani in the Shirotori district of Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture.
