Japan 
In numbers.
10m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Oct
Best months
644m
Elevation
The water at Fukiware Falls, month by month
It roars from July to October.
The fullest months: from July to October.
- 4.4 m³/sJan
- 4.2 m³/sFeb
- 7.2 m³/sMar
- 10 m³/sApr
- 11 m³/sMay
- 12 m³/sJun
- 14 m³/sJul
- 14 m³/sAug
- 16 m³/sSep
- 17 m³/sOct
- 11 m³/sNov
- 5.8 m³/sDec
From about 4.2 m³/s in the lowest month to 17 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to October.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Numata city, Gunma prefecture, Japan
Fukiware Falls is a waterfall in Japan.
Getting there.
- Tatsuiwanearest town · 9.8 km in a straight line
- Parking 110 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Ibaraki Airport (IBR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 123 km in a straight lineCar hire at HND airport (Tokyo)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
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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.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 53 m in 1.8 km.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 10car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 24hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km見晴荘, 源泉湯の宿 紫翠亭, 吟松亭あわしま and 21 more
- 10restaurants 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
- Tatsuiwa9.8 km in a straight line
- Numata16 km in a straight line
- Katashina16 km in a straight line
- Morishita17 km in a straight line
- Minakami20 km in a straight line
- Nakayama23 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 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 5 |
| Night °C | -6 | -6 | -3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 2 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 61 | 47 | 82 | 104 | 121 | 155 | 202 | 176 | 198 | 178 | 78 | 66 |
| Wet days | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 17 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (644 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
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 | 156% | 56% | 118% | 156% | 88% | 130% | 158% | 38% | 114% | 93% | 23% | 33% |
| 2021 | 85% | 122% | 165% | 98% | 84% | 117% | 134% | 173% | 79% | 65% | 98% | 144% |
| 2022 | 33% | 100% | 87% | 146% | 122% | 77% | 120% | 86% | 121% | 52% | 102% | 79% |
| 2023 | 34% | 71% | 120% | 84% | 152% | 295% | 54% | 91% | 115% | 63% | 90% | 43% |
| 2024 | 90% | 155% | 184% | 89% | 151% | 121% | 76% | 181% | 94% | 110% | 134% | 25% |
| 2025 | 54% | 51% | 141% | 139% | 213% | 98% | 88% | 80% | 122% | 98% | 50% | 104% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Fukiware Falls
Japan
- —Height
- 10 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11416484) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| 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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