Tajima — the old province occupying northern Hyogo — keeps its own canon of great waterfalls, and Saruo-daki is one of its three. The 60-meter fall descends in the Muraoka district of Kami Town, Mikata District, and its regional title, one of the Three Famous Falls of Tajima, predates and complements its national one: selection among Japan's official Top 100 Waterfalls. The name means "monkey's tail." Its double citizenship is the story here — a waterfall esteemed first within its own mountain province, then confirmed on the national list, holding rank in both the local tradition and the Ministry-era canon of Japanese falls.
Visiting Saruo Falls
The fall is in the Muraoka district of Kami Town, Mikata District, in northern Hyogo Prefecture — the historical Tajima region.
