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Sandankyo Gorge
A wild place at the end of the road · Akiota, Japan
4.4★Rating
89Reviews
$Price level
May–Jun & Oct–NovBest time
The experience
An 11-km river gorge of waterfalls and crystal pools 75 minutes from Hiroshima, with small ferry boats crossing the emerald Kurobuchi pool — a Special Place of Scenic Beauty, nearly empty outside foliage weekends.
Hiroshima visitors funnel to Miyajima and the Peace Park instead.
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It's only worth the detour May–Jun & Oct–Nov. Turn up outside that window and you're looking at a different place; we'd rather say so than sell you the photo.
What a membership adds.
Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.
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