Takachiho-kyo is a gorge in the Gokase River located in Miyazaki. It is listed as a national scenic beauty and a natural monument.

The major eruption of Mt. Aso 120,000 years ago formed this gorge.

The pyroclastic flow traveled through the river, stopped, and solidified here in the form of pillars.

→The river water eroded these solidified rocks.

→Then a new gorge formed.

Manai Waterfall

According to myth, a god named Amenomurakumono Mikoto came to earth with the grandson of the Sun Goddess and found no water where they landed. So this god placed the seed of water, which turned into a spring. This water falls as a cascade.