Tokyo has a Top 100 waterfall. Hossawa Falls, a 60-meter cascade in the village of Hinohara in the Nishitama District, represents the capital on the national list published by the Ministry of the Environment in 1990 — proof that Tokyo's administrative boundaries reach deep into genuinely mountainous country west of the city. The name is written 払沢の滝, with an older variant form 拂沢の滝 also in use. For waterfall travelers ticking off the hundred, this is among the most accessible prefectural entries simply by virtue of its address: a nationally selected waterfall that belongs, on paper, to the same metropolis as Shinjuku and Ginza.
Visiting Hossawa Falls
Hossawa Falls is in the village of Hinohara, Nishitama District, in the mountainous far west of Tokyo. The extracts consulted here do not describe the approach, so check trail and access details locally.
