Urami-no-Taki in Nikko was named for being once viewable from behind the waterfall. A famous waterfall where Matsuo Basho composed a haiku about retreating behind the waterfall at the start of summer in his Narrow Road to the Deep North. The approximately 20m-drop waterfall falls into a rock hollow, once allowing viewers to walk behind it. Currently, rear access is restricted due to rockfall dange…

Urami-no-Taki has been a sacred site since ancient times as a Shugendo training ground of Mount Nikko. After Shodo Shonin opened Nikko, many ascetics visited for waterfall meditation training. The basin enshrining Fudo Myoo was revered as a training site for destroying worldly desires. The name Uram…