Shiretoko Waterfalls

The Shiretoko Waterfalls page is a page I made up to clump the many waterfalls (both named and unnamed) we saw during our boat tour along the northern coast of

In case you get waterfalled out, we also got to see many wildlife from birds (including cormorants) to Stellars Eagle to the forest deity otherwise known as the Asiatic Brown Bear to even elusive dolphins that typically only reveal their fins as they take a breath of fresh air before diving again.

If you do decide to go on the boat ride, realize that the Sea of Okhotsk experiences quite a frigid Siberian climate so you may want to dress in a few layers of something that'll keep you warm. Even as the tour gave us another pair of layers (one to cover our torso and the other to use like a blanket over our legs), it was still bitterly cold as our noses would run nonstop and our faces were quite numb. You definitely don't want to be underprepared for this excursion, for sure!

One final note: since we've already put up dedicated pages for Kamuiwakka-no-taki and Furepe-no-taki we won't put them on this page.

As for the boat tour itself, prices are subject to change, but the boat tour from Utoro to Shiretoko Cape (I say 4 hours, but is probably more like 3 hours 45 minutes) goes for about 8000円 per person. Check out this page to evaluate for yourself if it's worth your hard-earned money.

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The so-called Man's Tears seeping through an alcove in the sea cliffs

Looking right at the Yunohana Falls, which is next to the Man's Tears

More distant view of Yunohana Falls

More distant view of the Man's Tears

I think this is a cormorant

Stellars Eagle perched up on some coastal rocks

A foraging Asiatic Black Bear - the lord of Shiretoko-hanto

Direct view of a falls that's either Iou Falls or between that and Kamuiwakka Falls

More distant view of the falls

Another bird skimming the sea

And another bird with something in its beak skimming the Sea of Okhotsk

I think this might be Iou Falls towering over some small fishing hamlet

Looking back at some volcanic peak over the sea

Angled look at Kashuni Falls

A surprise little sea arch

Dolphins looking for fresh air

More shapely volcanic peaks hovering over the coast

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Bottom up sweep of one of the waterfalls we saw on the west side of Shiretoko-hanto

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• June 8, 2009

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