Ryusei and Ginga — "Meteor" and "Milky Way" — are a celebrated pair of falls counted as a single entry among Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls, descending about 90 meters in Sounkyo Gorge, near the town of Kamikawa in central Hokkaido. The setting is as dramatic as the names: Sounkyo lies within Daisetsuzan National Park, where sheer cliff walls run for roughly 24 kilometers along both banks of the Ishikari River. The gorge sits at the foot of Mount Kurodake in the Daisetsuzan range, and its hot-spring resort, Sounkyo Onsen, ranks among Hokkaido's largest — the established base for exploring both the gorge and the surrounding mountains.
Visiting Ryusei-Ginga Falls
The falls are in Sounkyo Gorge, Kamikawa, within Daisetsuzan National Park. Sounkyo Onsen, the large hot-spring town at the foot of Mount Kurodake, serves as the center for sightseeing in the gorge and the wider Daisetsuzan area.
