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Jōren Falls

Jōren Falls

Waterfall in Shizuoka, Japan

Jōren Falls (浄蓮の滝, Jōren-no-taki) is a waterfall in the Yugashima district of Izu city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in central Izu Peninsula on the upper reaches of the Kano River.[1] It is a Shizuoka Prefectural Natural Monument. It is one of "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", in a listing published by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in 1990.

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According to Japanese folklore, Jōren Falls is home to the jorōgumo, a spider that can transform into a seductive woman.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Geopark, Izu Peninsula (2017-12-16). "南から来た火山の贈りもの 伊豆半島ジオパーク". 伊豆半島ジオパーク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  2. [2]
    Reider, Noriko T. (2013). "Tsuchigumo sōshi: The Emergence of a Shape-Shifting Killer Female Spider". Asian Ethnology. 72 (1): 55–83. ISSN 1882-6865. JSTOR 41958916.
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