The falls is located upstream of the Furu-kawa River and is believed to be the one that Emperor Gosaga and Sojo Henjo referred to as 'the falls of Furu' in their poems found in 'Kokin Wakashu' (A Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poetry).
布留川の上流に位置しており、古今和歌集において後嵯峨天皇や僧正遍照が「布留の滝」と詠んだ滝と言われている。