Yatogi Falls drops 73 meters in the town of Tsuno, in Miyazaki Prefecture's Koyu District. Its name is one of the more evocative on the Top 100 list: written with the characters for "arrow" and "sharpening," Yatogi-no-taki translates literally as the "arrow-sharpening falls" — a martial image unusual among Japanese waterfall names, which more often invoke dragons, deities, or the sound of water. As one of Miyazaki's four entries in the official Top 100 Waterfalls of Japan, it represents the Koyu coast's mountainous hinterland, where short rivers fall steeply from the ranges behind the Hyuga-nada shoreline.
Visiting Yatogi Falls
The falls are in Tsuno Town, Koyu District, Miyazaki Prefecture. The provided sources contain no detail on trails, platforms, or facilities, so check the current access situation locally before visiting.
