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Nachi Falls
Nachi Falls · Nachi Waterfall · 那智の滝
Nachi Falls is 133 m high. Hiro Shrine venerates the waterfall itself; you can view it from the ordinary worship area. A separate paid platform offers a closer, frontal view.
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Visitor information at a glance
Address
和歌山県東牟婁郡那智勝浦町那智山
Nachi, Nachikatsuura-cho, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama, Japan
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Ordinary worship is free. Hiro Shrine’s separate platform costs JPY 500 per adult, JPY 200 for primary and junior high school pupils, and is free for preschool children. Confirm its admission hours on site that day.
Opening hours and closed days
Ordinary worship is available from 07:00 to 16:30 according to the published information. Confirm platform admission hours on site on your visit day.
What can I see at Nachi Falls?
Hiro Shrine: worship facing the waterfall
Hiro Shrine venerates the 133 m Nachi Falls itself. View it from the ordinary worship area, or more closely from the front at the paid platform.
Nachikatsuura Tourism Organization: free waterfall worship hours Hiro Shrine platform fees and walk from reception
How to get to Nachi Falls
Take the Kumano Gobo Nankai Bus Nachisan Line from Kii-Katsuura to Nachi-no-Taki-mae, then follow the route to the waterfall. For the paid platform, walk another roughly 3 minutes one way from Hiro Shrine reception. This excludes the bus-stop-to-reception walk.
Hiro Shrine platform fees and walk from reception Nachisan Line timetable revised on 2026-04-01
Before you visit
If planning to enter the platform
Ask on site about admission times first. Ordinary worship hours and paid-platform admission hours need separate checks.
Nachikatsuura Tourism Organization: free waterfall worship hours Hiro Shrine platform fees and walk from reception
The 3-minute platform walk starts at reception
It is about 3 minutes one way from Hiro Shrine reception to the platform. Walking from the bus stop to reception is excluded. Check your return bus in advance too.
Hiro Shrine platform fees and walk from reception Nachisan Line timetable revised on 2026-04-01
Questions about Nachi Falls
Is Nachi Falls’ platform just 3 minutes from the bus stop?
The roughly 3 minutes is the one-way reception-to-platform walk at Hiro Shrine. Allow separate time from Nachi-no-Taki-mae stop to reception.
Hiro Shrine platform fees and walk from reception Nachisan Line timetable revised on 2026-04-01
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- Hiro Shrine platform fees and walk from reception ·
- Nachikatsuura Tourism Organization: free waterfall worship hours ·
- Nachisan Line timetable revised on 2026-04-01 ·
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