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Everyone who’s been to Nikko has heard of Kegon Falls โ the 97-meter curtain of water that draws crowds by the busload. Almost no one outside Japan has heard of its unofficial Kyushu counterpart: Higashi Shiiya Falls, an 85-meter drop tucked into the Yaba-kei gorge country of Usa City, Oita, that locals call “Kyushu Kegon”…