Japan 
In numbers.
0.64m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul
Sep–Nov
Best months
208m
Elevation
The water at Fukuroda Falls, month by month
It roars in July and from September to October.
The fullest months: July and from September to October.
- 0.4 m³/sJan
- 0.4 m³/sFeb
- 0.6 m³/sMar
- 0.7 m³/sApr
- 0.7 m³/sMay
- 0.7 m³/sJun
- 0.9 m³/sJul
- 0.8 m³/sAug
- 0.8 m³/sSep
- 1.0 m³/sOct
- 0.7 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.36 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.0 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: July and from September to November.
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 Daigo, Kuji district, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
Fukuroda Falls is a waterfall in Japan.
Getting there.
- Daigonearest town · 5.1 km in a straight line
- Parking 450 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Fukushima Airport (FKS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 52 km in a straight lineCar hire at NRT airport (Narita)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- July and from September to Novemberbest 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.
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 126 m in 3.4 km. Here the river runs about 81 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints第2観瀑台, 第1観瀑台
- —waymarked walking routes
- 8car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 3toilets
- 3information boards and visitor centres
- 5bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km生瀬の滝
- —caves
- 1campsites上小川キャンプ場
- 2hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km豊年万作, 滝美館
- 9restaurants 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
- Daigo5.1 km in a straight line
- Higashidate12 km in a straight line
- Hanawa20 km in a straight line
- Hitachiomiya22 km in a straight line
- Ōmiya24 km in a straight line
- Ogawa24 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 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 7 |
| Night °C | -3 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 62 | 49 | 88 | 111 | 120 | 139 | 192 | 143 | 170 | 180 | 78 | 66 |
| Wet days | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (208 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 | 168% | 70% | 116% | 151% | 93% | 121% | 173% | 48% | 87% | 64% | 28% | 40% |
| 2021 | 70% | 153% | 180% | 138% | 91% | 95% | 108% | 202% | 87% | 82% | 101% | 191% |
| 2022 | 44% | 104% | 91% | 126% | 116% | 85% | 83% | 98% | 108% | 46% | 111% | 85% |
| 2023 | 40% | 76% | 107% | 88% | 152% | 357% | 63% | 69% | 159% | 58% | 105% | 41% |
| 2024 | 129% | 117% | 186% | 78% | 144% | 87% | 80% | 171% | 122% | 107% | 144% | 18% |
| 2025 | 63% | 48% | 157% | 133% | 213% | 108% | 60% | 99% | 119% | 118% | 88% | 136% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Fukuroda Falls
Japan
- —Height
- 0.64 m³/sAverage flow
- Jul, Sep–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37321) · 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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