Ame Falls, Cascade within forested hills of Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Ame Falls is a waterfall on the Amedaki River, a tributary of the Fukuro River in the Chiyo River system, at an elevation of 500 m on Mount Ogino. It drops 40 m over basalt rock in a gorge surrounded by native forest of horse chestnut, zelkova and beech. The Amedaki Valley contains 48 waterfalls of various sizes, including Hakodaki, Nunobiki and Hidaki.

Ame Falls was long known as a sacred site of Shugendo, the mountain ascetic tradition, and served as a place of training. On the first day of the eighth lunar month, the Hachigatsu Hassaku pilgrimage to the falls, called Otaki-mairi, was once held. Today a waterfall-opening festival takes place on the first Saturday and Sunday of June, with rituals and local performances such as umbrella dances.

The waterfall has long been a Shugendo training site, and an "otaki-mairi" pilgrimage was once held here on the first day of the eighth lunar month. Today a "taki-biraki-sai" festival takes place on the first Saturday and Sunday of June, with umbrella dances and Shinto rites. The valley holds 48 falls, known as the Amedaki Forty-Eight Falls.

From JR Tottori Station take a Hinomaru bus (routes 80–84) to the Yamazaki-bashi terminus, then a reserved shared taxi to the Amedaki terminus; the whole trip takes about one hour. The stop is a further 40-minute walk from the falls. By car a paved road reaches near the falls, with a 5-minute walk from the car park.

The Katura tree that once stood before the falls was recorded in the Edo period as having a root circumference of 66 shaku, about 20 metres, and was counted among Japan's 320 famous trees. It was worshipped as a tree of long life; a lightning strike later hollowed the trunk, and several shoots now grow from the base.