Geology is on open display at Kitashōji Falls. The 121-meter waterfall, 35 meters wide, pours in three cascades down a granite cliff that forms part of the Itoigawa–Shizuoka Tectonic Line — the great fault dividing eastern and western Japan — on the Ishiutoro River, an upper tributary of the Fuji River in the Minami Alps National Park, in the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture. Below the main falls drops a second waterfall, the Kudan Falls, itself 40 meters high and 20 meters wide. The "north" in the name distinguishes it from the Minami-Shōji Falls across the mountain; originally, "Shōji-ga-taki" referred to this fall alone.
Visiting Kitashoji Falls
Kitashōji Falls is in the Minami Alps National Park in the city of Hokuto, northern Yamanashi Prefecture, on the Ishiutoro River. The sources consulted here do not detail the approach route, so confirm trail access locally.
