Ryūzū-Yaedaki is not one waterfall but a partnership. The name — Shimane's entry from the town of Kakeya in Unnan city — is the collective title for two separate falls: Ryūzū-ga-taki in the Matsukasa area and Yaedaki, about 5.5 kilometres to its southeast in Iruma. Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls admitted them together as a single listing, an acknowledgment that the pair belong to one landscape rather than two. That landscape is itself protected: the surroundings of both falls are designated as the Ryūzū-Yaedaki Prefectural Natural Park. Visiting properly therefore means a double itinerary — two valleys, two falls, one name in the national register.
Visiting Ryuzuyae Falls
Both falls are in Kakeya, Unnan city, Shimane Prefecture: Ryūzū-ga-taki in the Matsukasa area, and Yaedaki roughly 5.5 km southeast in the Iruma area. The land around each is part of the Ryūzū-Yaedaki Prefectural Natural Park.
