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Kegon Falls

Kegon Falls is located at in Nikkō National Park near the city of Nikkō, , . The falls were formed when the Daiya River was rerouted by lava flows.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include The Ritz-Carlton, Nikko and Chūzen Temple.

Hotel
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is a hotel.

Buddhist temple
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Chūzen-ji is a Buddhist temple standing on the shore of Lake Chuzenji of the city of Nikkō, , Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Zen and its honzon is a statue of Jūichimen Senjū Kannon Bosatsu.

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is a hotel building.

Kegon Falls

Latitude
36.73801° or 36° 44′ 17″ north
Longitude
139.50197° or 139° 30′ 7″ east
Elevation
1,273 metres (4,177 feet)
Height
97 metres (318 feet)
Width
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
8Q8XPGQ2+6Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3324186408
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
7116100
Wiki­data ID
Q37580
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Kegon Falls” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kegonwaterval”
  • Arabic: “شلال كيغون”
  • Azerbaijani: “Keqon şəlaləsi”
  • Basque: “Kegon ur-jauzia”
  • Belarusian: “Вадаспад Кэгон”
  • Belarusian: “Кэгон”
  • Burmese: “ခဲဂွန်ရေတံခွန်”
  • Catalan: “cascada Kegon”
  • Catalan: “Cascada Kegon”
  • Cebuano: “Kegon Falls”
  • Chinese: “華嚴瀑布”
  • Dutch: “Kegonwaterval”
  • Dutch: “National park nikko kegon waterfall”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيجون فالس”
  • French: “chutes de Kegon”
  • French: “Chutes de Kegon”
  • French: “Kegon-taki”
  • Galician: “Cataratas de Kegon”
  • German: “Kegon-Fälle”
  • Indonesian: “Air terjun Kegon”
  • Italian: “cascata di Kegon”
  • Japanese: “Kegon-taki”
  • Japanese: “けごん たき”
  • Japanese: “華厳”
  • Japanese: “華厳の滝”
  • Japanese: “華厳滝”
  • Korean: “게곤 폭포”
  • Korean: “화엄폭포”
  • Lithuanian: “Kegono krioklys”
  • Malay: “Air terjun Kegon”
  • Malay: “Air Terjun Kegon”
  • Mazanderani: “ئوشار کگون”
  • Mazanderani: “کگون ئوشار”
  • Persian: “آبشار کگون”
  • Persian: “ابشار کگون”
  • Polish: “Kegon”
  • Portuguese: “Cataratas de Kegon”
  • Russian: “Кэгон-но-таки”
  • Russian: “Кэгон”
  • Spanish: “Cascada Kegon”
  • Tajik: “Кегон”
  • Tajik: “Обшори Кегон”
  • Tajik: “Шаршараи Кегон”
  • Thai: “น้ำตกเคงง”
  • Thai: “น้ำตกเคะงน”
  • Turkish: “Kegon Şelalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кегон (водоспад)”
  • Ukrainian: “Кеґон”
  • Urdu: “کیگون آبشار”
  • Western Panjabi: “کیگون چھمبر”

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Notable Places Nearby

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