Naka Falls belongs to the Higashi-no-kawa river in Kamikitayama, a village in the Yoshino District of deep southern Nara Prefecture. The figure attached to it in the Top 100 register is arresting: a drop of 250 metres, which places it among the great vertical statements of the Kii mountains. Documentation on the fall is otherwise spare — the kind of brevity that often accompanies waterfalls far from roads and towns. What can be said with confidence is simple and substantial: a quarter-kilometre of falling water on a Yoshino mountain river, significant enough to earn Kamikitayama a place on Japan's official list of one hundred selected waterfalls.
Visiting Naka Falls
The falls is on the Higashi-no-kawa river in Kamikitayama village, Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture. The available sources record nothing about trails or viewpoints, so seek current local guidance before attempting a visit.
