Goraikō Falls borrows its name from one of the most freighted words in Japanese mountain culture: goraikō, the sunrise witnessed from a high summit, greeted by climbers as something close to a blessing. The waterfall that bears the word drops 102 metres in Kumakōgen, the highland town of Kamiukena District in central Ehime Prefecture. The documentary record is thin — location, height, and the name are what the sources preserve — but the combination speaks for itself: a hundred-metre fall in Shikoku's high country, named for first light on the peaks, and chosen for Japan's official register of one hundred selected waterfalls.
Visiting Goraiko Falls
The falls is in Kumakōgen town, Kamiukena District, in the highlands of Ehime Prefecture. The available sources record nothing about routes or viewpoints, so seek current local information before planning a visit.
