THE OLD BRIDGE OVER TODOROKI RIVER JUST BELOW THE FALLS

From this standpoint, the falls are on the LEFT. The river then runs under this bridge, and down through the Village of SUKUTA and Highway 58 just south of Nago City.

It's nice to just stand on the bridge for a few moments, and take in the surroundings.

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Okinawa has plenty of waterfalls to visit and enjoy. The practical aim of most folks --- including me when I'm hauling kids around --- is (1) to have some "adventure" while trekking from your car up to falls of your choice, and (2) hopefully getting in some "swimming hole" antics while picnicking and doing the "Photo Op" thing with family and friends.

However, when it comes to looking for a cascade just to gaze at in the context of its natural surroundings, the TODOROKI FALLS just south of Nago is one of the best.

It also offers some of the greatest challenges to "Nature Photographers" bent on getting all the angles, nuances, and possibilities that one location can offer along these lines.

After a good rain, the falls here equal or exceed some of those in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, or the Poconos of Pennsylvania.

For starters, this waterfall --- at 28 meters / over 90 feet high --- makes the more well-known Hiji Falls look like a whimp....but only after a few days of good rain.

The view of the Falls from the rustic, pleasurable surroundings changes quickly as you walk across the old river bridge below the cascade.

And while you have to drive farther, pay admission, and walk a long path to get to HIJI FALLS up by OKUMA, the one you see here is FREE, and only a 90 SECOND flat walk from the parking lot ~ !

GEOLOGICAL BONUS

It is also the only falls in Okinawa that is lorded over by a basaltic-like rock dome on one side, and and unusual scree at its base --- the highly-weathered remains of crystallized rock columns formed in the same volcanic manner as DEVIL'S TOWER, Wyoming, DEVIL'S POST-PILE in California, GIANT'S CAUSEWAY in Ireland and Scotland, and the TATAMI ROCK FORMATION out on Okinawa Prefecture's Kume Island.

In the above photo, you can see some of the flat faces of the large, crystallized igneous rock.

As I have never seen this written about elsewhere, I hope my mention of it here will help visitors to Okinawa understand that the island is not "just one big piece of coral", but, to the contrary, has a greater variety of geological underpinnings and interesting formations than there are colors in the rainbow.

ANOTHER NICE BLOG ABOUT THE FALLS, WITH DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO GET THERE :

www.mapitokinawa.com/2011/10/todoroki-waterfall-in-nago-c...

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Taken in: Japan / Okinawa Prefecture / Nago-shi (show map)

Taken on: April 22, 2012

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Transportation for This Photo-Expedition Kindly Provided Courtesy of Edward F. Dowd

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