Japan 
In numbers.
1.6m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
436m
Elevation
The water at Gorō Falls, month by month
It roars from June to July.
The fullest months: from June to July. The thinnest: from December to February.
- 0.5 m³/sJan
- 0.8 m³/sFeb
- 1.1 m³/sMar
- 1.3 m³/sApr
- 1.5 m³/sMay
- 3.3 m³/sJun
- 3.7 m³/sJul
- 2.4 m³/sAug
- 1.9 m³/sSep
- 1.2 m³/sOct
- 0.9 m³/sNov
- 0.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.54 m³/s in the lowest month to 3.7 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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.
Gorō Falls is a waterfall in Japan. It lies within Yabe Shūhen Prefectural Natural Park.
Getting there.
- Yamadanearest town · 3.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 180 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Kumamoto Airport (KMJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 22 km in a straight lineCar hire at KOJ airport (Kagoshima)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 93 m in 2.6 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 8car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- 1information boards and visitor centres
- 7bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km通潤山荘
- 1restaurants 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
- Yamada3.3 km in a straight line
- Mifune17 km in a straight line
- Kawahara17 km in a straight line
- Iwashita18 km in a straight line
- Samata18 km in a straight line
- Nakamatsu18 km in a straight line
- Takamori20 km in a straight line
- Sankasho20 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 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 10 |
| Night °C | -2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 72 | 114 | 141 | 169 | 207 | 469 | 421 | 217 | 236 | 125 | 105 | 89 |
| Wet days | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (436 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 | 148% | 128% | 93% | 52% | 135% | 118% | 220% | 49% | 164% | 72% | 89% | 59% |
| 2021 | 61% | 83% | 101% | 78% | 262% | 50% | 58% | 458% | 85% | 30% | 117% | 44% |
| 2022 | 86% | 28% | 126% | 166% | 73% | 74% | 105% | 100% | 172% | 45% | 73% | 55% |
| 2023 | 130% | 94% | 105% | 148% | 165% | 145% | 113% | 154% | 34% | 55% | 59% | 100% |
| 2024 | 41% | 178% | 205% | 141% | 150% | 126% | 94% | 140% | 75% | 183% | 159% | 13% |
| 2025 | 45% | 56% | 113% | 80% | 233% | 107% | 48% | 238% | 125% | 80% | 46% | 74% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Gorō Falls
Japan
- —Height
- 1.6 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11372606) · 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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