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Akiu Waterrfall - Miyagi

2010/08/06

With a height of 55meters and the width of 6meters, this waterfall is one of the best hundred waterfalls in japan.
This is also categorized as one of the three gushing waterfalls because of its speed. It was beautiful and wish we could go down to its foot. But , recently it has been prohibited to go down there by the Sendai Municipal Council.
The entrance to the waterfall through a shrine

The Akiu ootaki shrine

The Akiu waterfall


Miyaei bus is the only source of public transport and lack of buses is a real problem. We had to run for the last bus and missing that last bus at 18.03 would leave us alone in that lonely area with no means of travelling back to Ayashi. The entrance is free and wish we could enjoy more time there.
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  1. AnonymousMarch 11, 2011 at 11:35 PM

    Hey i'm watching the tragedy in japan ........ u ok right? sure hope u are ........ reply asap

    pal@Uni

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  2. Ku...March 13, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    hey i`m doing fine..no tsunami as I live inland but the earthquake was terrible..
    Had a good shake and ran out of the building with only keys and phone in hand.. was scary and never gonna get over this for a while..
    and were out of light and heat for nearly 12hours..
    So sad to add that all the places in the past posts posted from November to this month were seriously affected by the massive earthquake and tsunami.. Because they were all located in Sendai, the closest city to the epicenter.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 12:39 AM

    I'm so glad to know u r ok........so u have visited the place before EQ right? phew..... it sure is a close call ... glad again..... what abt the radiation levels ? heard that it was more that 10 times the normal in Chiba ....... 8 times in tokyo .... yr place is near dat right? try to stay inside and plz take care ..... may the triple gem bless u .....!!!

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  4. Ku...March 29, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    Sorry for being late to reply. I am back in Sri Lanka now. But going back soon. Radiation levels are of course high but we don't know the numbers exactly.
    What I know for sure is situation is getting worse everyday.:(

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