- It is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and has been protected since 1936 as a Japanese Natural Monument.
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| Shiraito Falls |
Tourist Attraction :
- The falls were regarded as sacred under the Fuji cult.
- Another waterfall, the Otodome Falls is approximately a five-minute walk away.
- The Shiraito Falls is listed as one of the "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", in a listing published by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in 1990.
- It was also selected by the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun and Osaka Mainichi Shimbun as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan in 1927.
- In 2013 the waterfall was added to the World Heritage List as part of the Fujisan Cultural Site.