For now, let's go and get hit by the waterfall.
Minezaki's fellow waterfall enthusiasts gathered in Yadoriki, a mountain town in Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, where he lives. Photographer Takako Noel, who took the photos with Konori, and two of Minezaki's friends arrived in their swimsuits.
We headed to the Yadoriki Water Source Forest, about a 10-minute drive from Minezaki's house. It is a water source forest that spreads out around the headwaters of the Nakatsugawa River. For Minezaki, this waterfall spot is like a home.
This is a secret spot that Minezaki-san visits frequently. There are many waterfalls, big and small, hidden from the public eye all over Japan. 
Looking up at the waterfall from directly below, you can really see how powerful it is. The difference in height is 20 meters!
"There was a lot of rain the other day, so I think there's a lot of water," Minezaki said as we walked along the riverbank, and a waterfall with a large difference in height appeared before us. The drop was about 20m. It's a wild waterfall with a beautiful flowing stream that cascades down in four tiers. The access, which requires a bit of canyoning to reach the main pool, adds to the adventurous feeling.
Entering the waterfall instantly flips a switch
Looking up at the waterfall's mouth (top), you can see water being forcefully thrown into the air from between the steep rocks, spraying out as mist and generating a large amount of negative ions. Just looking at it is beautiful and refreshing, but you'll want to be hit by the waterfall. The water temperature on this day was probably around 10°C. It crossed your mind for a moment that it might be a little cold, but you shake that thought off and head into the waterfall!
BOOM!!
Kou and Minezaki are hit by the waterfall. 
Kou's standing style.
Ko Nori (hereinafter referred to as Ko)
Takigo Falls was amazing, with a strong flow of water and ice-cold water!
Noriteru Minezaki (hereinafter referred to as Minezaki)
It was great that we all got in together.
Kou
Why did you become so fascinated with waterfalls, Minezaki-san?
Minezaki
Before I started going to waterfalls, I used to play with my friends by being swept away by the river (laughs). You just relax your body and let yourself be carried away by the river from upstream to downstream, and it feels great. So my friend was like, "I found something amazing!" and took me to a waterfall next, and it was a shockingly great feeling to see such a waterfall for the first time.
Kou
The flow of the river must be amazing (laughs). Waterfalls give you the feeling that the power of nature is coming right into you.
Minezaki
Nori-kun often talks to me about meditation, and I think there are some similar elements to meditation in waterfalls, like the way you focus on your breathing without thinking too much about other things.
Kou
When you meditate, you zone out, but when you enter a waterfall, you feel like the world is completely shut out in an instant and you are forced to tune into the "other side."
Minezaki
The person I went to the waterfall with before was really exhausted and looked sluggish, but after being hit by the waterfall he came out looking like he'd been reborn. He kept saying, "I'm so glad, I'm so glad!" The before and after was amazing.
Kou
Even just stepping in for a moment can expose you to a great deal of energy. It's like a switch is flipped in an instant.
Minezaki
It's amazing how well you stay in shape when the amount of water is so low you might think it's scary. When you get into the power zone of the falling water with good posture, the feeling of your head going straight down to your bottom is the best.
Kou
The line of the waterfall is important! There are many different styles that can be expressed by the way you stand under the waterfall. Some people raise their arms in the air to receive power from their palms, others stand in a zazen position with their upper body going straight through, and some people only place part of their head under the falling water.
Waterfalls are like meditation
Minezaki
A friend of mine who I often go to waterfalls with said that he stayed in a waterfall for over 30 minutes in the middle of winter, so I asked him what it was like. He said that gradually the sound of the waterfall fades away and the only sound left is the sound of water droplets falling. Then, he said, you gradually become a droplet of water yourself.
Kou
When meditation goes really well, an hour passes in the blink of an eye, and you sometimes feel like you want to keep going forever. It's probably similar to that. When it goes really well, you become like a liquid. You become like a flowing substance and you don't feel much anymore.
Minezaki
Waterfalls and meditation have something in common. They are an act of getting closer to nature, completely untouched by human hands.
Kou
It's simple, isn't it? There's no power source, and you're just being hit by water falling according to gravity.
Minezaki
Apparently Chinese landscape painters start painting after walking through the mountains. When they paint a waterfall, they go to the waterfall to relax and get into a good state of mind before they start painting.
Takuro Watanabe (Editor: Watanabe)
In Japan, waterfalls are often depicted in Japanese paintings. At shrines, waterfalls are also worshipped as sacred objects. I think this is why practices like waterfall ascetic practices, where people wear white robes, were born, but I also think that this style narrows the entrance to the world of waterfalls for the average person.
"WATERFALL ZINE" is a zine created by Minezaki. 
Includes an in-depth essay on waterfalls by independent curator Roger McDonald.
Minezaki
That's right. I wanted to know if there was a casual waterfall culture, so I looked into it, but it seemed like there wasn't any at all, so I made my own zine. Waterfalls aren't difficult, after all. I laughed a lot today, and the fun feeling is the best. When you're being hit by a waterfall, you can see expressions on people's faces that you don't normally see (laughs).
Kou
That's one of the things I like too. He looks silly and sparkling in front of the waterfall. He screams as he's being hit by the waterfall and turns into an animal. I also like how he silently takes off his clothes as he enters the waterfall, creating an atmosphere of "okay, let's go" (laughs).
Kou
The waterfall makes you feel like you're in harmony very quickly. It's like, "I'm going there right away!" (laughs) There are many ways to harmonize the body and mind, but I think going to "the other side" is the quickest.
Watanabe
It takes quite a while to get into a state of balance with anything other than a waterfall. With a sauna, you feel like you have to alternate between hot and cold baths multiple times, but with a waterfall, you get there in no time.
Minezaki
I feel like young people today have an increasing desire to go to "the other side" or to be in order. There may be many people who always feel some kind of disconnect within themselves. I wonder if we live in a world where adjustments are necessary.
Kou
If more people went to “the other side,” the world would probably be a better place.
Minezaki
That's why waterfalls are so recommended. There's no need to do or feel a certain way. The water just falls and flows. It might be the perfect way to go back and forth between everyday life and "the other side," between consciousness and unconsciousness.
