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Canyons of Japan.

31 canyon guides in Japan, out of 31 well-known canyons we know there.

The deepest in Japan, at the same scale

0 m−500 m−1,000 m−1,500 m−2,000 m1,976 mKurobe Gorge1,257 mSounkyo1,052 mTenryū-kyō899 mShōgawaGorge819 mIchiukyo797 mNezame-no-t…695 mSandan-kyō651 mDorokyō639 mRyūzu-kyō584 mAgatsumaGorge514 mShirataniUnsui Gorge496 mKamuikotan0 m−1,000 m−2,000 m1,976 mKurobeGorge1,257 mSounkyo1,052 mTenryū-k…899 mShōgawaGorge819 mIchiukyo
695 mSandan-kyōJapanJapan16 km · 12 km wide1,257 mSounkyoJapanJapan13 km wide325 mGeibikeiJapanJapan6.0 km wide387 mKankakeiJapanJapan8.0 km wide1,976 mKurobe GorgeJapanJapan15 km wide1,052 mTenryū-kyōJapanJapan21 km wide352 mShōsenkyōJapanJapan8.6 km wide404 mKiyotsu GorgeJapanJapan4.4 km wide429 mSanbaseki GorgeJapanJapan5.7 km wide584 mAgatsuma GorgeJapanJapan5.3 km wide797 mNezame-no-tokoJapanJapan14 km wide216 mKōrankeiJapanJapan4.0 km wide484 mHozu GorgeJapanJapan12 km wide227 mJapan CanyonJapanJapan15 km wide423 mNagatoro ValleyJapanJapan6.8 km wide356 mDakigaeri RavineJapanJapan18 km wide456 mŌsugidaniJapanJapan2.7 km wide514 mShiratani Unsui GorgeJapanJapan7.1 km wide496 mKamuikotanJapanJapan16 km wide359 mTōsenkyōJapanJapan15 km wide317 mRyūjin kyōJapanJapan4.8 km wide123 mYōrō GorgeJapanJapan1.9 km wide651 mDorokyōJapanJapan8.9 km wide448 mTachikue GorgeJapanJapan17 km wide461 mRyūōkyōJapanJapan3.2 km wide819 mIchiukyoJapanJapan5.2 km wide383 mSensuikyōJapanJapan18 km wide84 mChōshikeiJapanJapan8.8 km wide409 mHisuikyōJapanJapan5.3 km wide899 mShōgawa GorgeJapanJapan7.9 km wide639 mRyūzu-kyōJapanJapan9.5 km wide

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