Atera Seven Falls

Atera Seven Falls (阿寺の七滝, Atera-no-nana-taki) is a waterfall in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

It has been protected as both a Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument since 1934.

As the river flows down from the Nasuyama Plateau, it crosses a conglomerate fault scarp composed of middle and Paleozoic rock gravel such as sandstone, mudstone and granite.

The falls are broken into a series of composed of middle and Paleozoic rock gravel such as sandstone, mudstone and granite.

According to legend, a young onmyōji Abe no Seimei named this waterfall when he came here to meditate during the early Heian period.