Shokeidaru 1988
I visited the Kawazu Seven Waterfalls on my first trip to Japan. We didn’t have digital cameras back then or even a very good film camera. This is me at Shokei-daru (初景滝). I could not find a translation for this waterfall. The others have translations, but this one is lacking. I think that it is because Japanese can be difficult to translate. Daru means waterfall in the local dialect. Shokei translates as “Execution” that has more than one meaning too. If I translate 初景 I get “First View”. Sometimes names are just meant to be ambiguous. Maybe the meaning is hidden in “The Izu Dancer”.
The trail goes along the stream and there are several bridges and many waterfalls. 1988
Shokeidaru 2012
I visited again and was able to get better pictures of the waterfalls. The statues are characters in the novel “The Izu Dancer” about traveling in this area. I think that this waterfall looks better without me in the picture.
Kamadaru is a high waterfall with lots of spray, mist and noise. Kamadaru means Kettle Waterfall and it looks like it is boiling over. 2012
The bottom of Kamadaru. 2012
Ebidaru is the Shrimp Waterfall. It is supposed to resemble the curve of a shrimp. 2012
The top of Ebidaru waterfall. Does it look like a shrimp tail to you? 2012
I would think that this Waterfall should have a name. 2012
Someone has this listed as Deai Falls and two streams come together there and there are lots of waterfalls. 2012
Deaidaru Waterfall 2012
Waterfall 2012
If you can throw three stones in the target you get your wish. Shokeidaru in the back. 2012
There are some stones in the target. I wonder how many got their wishes. 2012
The spiral highway impressed me when I first saw it, and it is still impressive. We do have one on Amami that looks better. 2012