Today we headed to Nachi-Katsuura in the Wakayama region. This is the area Dad’s family came from.

There are a lot of cemeteries along the way.

Once we got off the train, we left our bags in a locker by the hotel and then caught a bus to Nachi Falls. Shanna and Gillian hiked from the bottom up to the waterfall, Susan and I stayed on the bus a couple of stops more to have a shorted walk to Nachi Falls.

Nachi Falls in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, is one of the best-known waterfalls in Japan. With a drop of 133 meters, it is the country’s tallest water fall with single uninterrupted drop

The Seigantoji Temple.

We met up with Shanna and Gillian somewhere along the trail.

We stayed staying at another traditional style ryokan type hotel in Nachi-Katsuura. There were very few stores and restaurants open.