Japan 
In numbers.
Apr
Aug–Oct
Best months
770m
Elevation
The water at Chagama Falls, month by month
It roars from March to May and from July to December.
It carries water fairly evenly through the year. Below −4 °C on average (from December to February): the falls can partly freeze.
- 68%Jan
- 56%Feb
- 82%Mar
- 91%Apr
- 80%May
- 64%Jun
- 89%Jul
- 100%Aug
- 97%Sep
- 97%Oct
- 94%Nov
- 85%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: April and from August to October.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Kosawadanearest town · 24 km in a straight line
- Odate Noshiro Airport (ONJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 km in a straight lineCar hire at AOJ airport (Aomori)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April and from August to Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 3campsites青少年野外活動基地 親子キャンプ場
- 3hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km奥ノ湯 森吉山荘, 湯の沢湯本杣温泉旅館
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Kosawada24 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -4 | -4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Night °C | -10 | -10 | -7 | -2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 4 | -2 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 96 | 74 | 90 | 96 | 100 | 105 | 183 | 175 | 146 | 138 | 133 | 129 |
| Wet days | 22 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 22 |
| Sun h/day | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 25 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (770 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 114% | 128% | 123% | 128% | 92% | 110% | 177% | 92% | 145% | 70% | 88% | 93% |
| 2021 | 129% | 129% | 135% | 125% | 154% | 69% | 80% | 107% | 52% | 95% | 131% | 118% |
| 2022 | 114% | 74% | 135% | 72% | 83% | 140% | 59% | 277% | 85% | 92% | 98% | 123% |
| 2023 | 78% | 95% | 98% | 145% | 186% | 171% | 149% | 41% | 178% | 125% | 152% | 104% |
| 2024 | 144% | 120% | 102% | 70% | 103% | 121% | 182% | 125% | 133% | 93% | 92% | 104% |
| 2025 | 109% | 110% | 153% | 196% | 161% | 130% | 23% | 223% | 203% | 117% | 185% | 183% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Chagama Falls
Japan
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Apr, Aug–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11618041) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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