A waterfall was opened at "Utsue Forty-eight Waterfalls" in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, where you can enjoy a series of waterfalls in the fresh green before the Golden Week holidays.
"Utsue Forty-eight Waterfalls" is a natural park in the mountains of Kokufu Town, Takayama City. You can enjoy the scenery of the four seasons with 13 waterfalls lined up for about 900 meters along the promenade.
Every year, the waterfall opens at this time when the snow melts, and on the 26th, about 30 local people participated while being surrounded by fresh greenery.
At the opening of the waterfall, the monks gave the waterfall a sutra and then sprinkled some clean salt and rice to pray for the safety of the visitors during the season so that they would not have an accident.
According to the company outsourced by the city, the number of people who visited last year was about 30,000 due to the influence of the new coronavirus, which was about 35% less than before.
Regarding the long holidays of this year, the prefecture has not called for refraining from traveling, saying that it is necessary to balance infection control and economic activities, and President Kato Kano, a company entrusted with management, said, "It is refreshing for tourists. I want you to enjoy nature and refresh yourself by seeing the waterfall. "