Fukuroda Falls 袋田の滝

This is a waterfall that isn't too far away from my hometown in Japan. It's a small tourist attraction... the wooded mountains are beautifully lush green during the summer and spring, and brilliantly red, orange and yellow during the fall. In the winter the falls supposedly freezes and you can ice-climb. And my brother liked the barbecued ayu (type of small fish found in freshwater rivers) fished, cooked and sold there.
Recently, rainfall has gone down and less water come down the falls... ten years ago the flow was so great you would get sprayed with the mist and you could barely see the charcoal-black rocks underneath.
Time: About 1 hr
Material: Acrylics
袋田の滝は私の日本の出身の町から遠くない小さな観光地。春夏は豊かな緑が美しく秋はすばらしい紅葉がみられる。冬は滝が凍るのでそれを登る人もいるとか。弟は売っていた焼き鮎が気に入ったようだ。
最近降水量が少なく、滝や川の水嵩が減ってしまったらしい。十年前は水しぶきが激しく、滝の下の黒い岩が見えないくらいだったという。
時間：１時間
画材：アクリル