霧瀑布溪谷, Valley and waterfall in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Kiritaki Valley (Kiritaki Keikoku) is a ravine in Shinonsen, Hyogo Prefecture, within the Hyonosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park, on the slopes of Mount Oginosen and Ueyama Highland. Its main waterfall, Kiritaki, drops 70 m in two upper steps about 5 m wide; the spray scatters into mist, so it has no plunge pool but a rock-filled base. Other falls include Uzudome (20 m) and Kinu-ito.

Kiritaki Falls, in the Kirigataki Valley of Shinonsen, Hyogo, is counted among the Tajima Sanmeibaku, the three famous waterfalls of the old Tajima region. The valley lies within the Hyonosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park, on the slopes of Mount Ogin (1,310 m) and Ueyama Highland (910 m). The 2,400 m Kirigataki promenade to the falls takes about an hour one way.

The valley's name comes from Kiritaki Falls, whose falling water scatters into mist before reaching the bottom, leaving a plunge pool filled with rock rather than water. The falls is counted among the Tajima Sanmeibaku, the three famous waterfalls of the Tajima region, alongside the cascades of the upper reaches.

The trail to Kiritaki Falls is a 2,400 m walking course through broadleaf forest of large tochi and katsura trees, about one hour one way to the falls. Access is by bus from JR Hamasaka Station to the Tanaka stop (about 50 minutes), then about 60 minutes on foot. The valley lies in Shinonsen, Hyogo Prefecture, within the Hyonosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park.

Kiritaki Falls drops 70 m over a 5 m-wide ledge in two upper steps, and the falling water scatters into mist before reaching the bottom, so there is no plunge pool — the base is filled with rock. Seepage from the surrounding rock walls also drops in several thin streams beside the main fall.