The Gokase rises in the volcanic highlands of Miyazaki and runs through the mythic gorge of Takachiho — basalt-columned, waterfall-hung, woven into the oldest Japanese legends — holding yamame and iwana in its cooler upper water. The southern edge of Japanese salmonid country, fishing in a landscape of myth and volcanic rock.
Under the surface
A river of the Miyazaki volcanic highlands, threading the legendary basalt gorge of Takachiho with its columned cliffs and waterfalls. Yamame and iwana hold in the cooler upper reaches — the southern frontier of Japanese mountain-stream fishing, in a place of deep myth.
Wading: Warm edge southern water, slick basalt
- River
- Volcanic
- Confined
- Pool riffle
- Pocket water