Fudō Waterfall — Attraction in Tokyo

I’m not an expert in this, but I couldn’t help wondering if the area beneath the waterfall was once used for monks to train or meditate. 🙏💧 It’s easy to imagine a monk standing there with hands together in prayer while the cold water pours down over them — it must have been freezing! ❄️

The atmosphere is incredibly calm and peaceful.

🌿 From the temple, I walked down a set of stairs and reached this spot. You can’t go any further as the path is closed due to safety concerns — there’s a risk of landslides. 🚫⛰️ Even so, the view and the serenity were more than worth the short walk.

A beautiful and quiet place to pause and...

It's definitely not a waterfall! It is a couple of concrete dragon heads on the side of a rock wall from which water pours out. I've heard monks do their ascetic training there, but I've never seen them. By itself, this "waterfall" wouldn't be worth travelling to see, but when viewed along with the rest of Todoroki...

Beautiful place in the middle of the concrete jungle of Tokyo. But water fall is not very much like a waterfall. Beautiful nature place to be for a nature lover. But water fall wasn’t a great...