Japan 
In numbers.
0.55m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Jul
Sep–Oct
Best months
239m
Elevation
The water at Minoh Falls, month by month
It roars from March to October.
The fullest months: from March to October.
- 0.4 m³/sJan
- 0.4 m³/sFeb
- 0.6 m³/sMar
- 0.6 m³/sApr
- 0.6 m³/sMay
- 0.6 m³/sJun
- 0.7 m³/sJul
- 0.6 m³/sAug
- 0.7 m³/sSep
- 0.7 m³/sOct
- 0.5 m³/sNov
- 0.5 m³/sDec
From about 0.42 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.74 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to July and from September 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.
Minoh Falls is a waterfall in Japan.
Getting there.
- Minohnearest town · 3.0 km in a straight line
- Parking 190 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Osaka Itami International Airport (ITM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at KIX airport (Osaka)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to July and from September to Octoberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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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 180 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 129 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 8viewpoints桜広場, 眠谷池, 望海丘展望台 and 5 more
- 2waymarked walking routes東海自然歩道
- 15car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- 17toilets
- 20information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 km石澄滝
- —caves
- —campsites
- 13hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmビジネスホテル石橋, Daihatsu Kouda Ryo Dormitory, ひつじや旅館 and 10 more
- 101restaurants 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
- Minoh3.0 km in a straight line
- Ikeda5.2 km in a straight line
- Kawanishi6.5 km in a straight line
- Toyonaka7.9 km in a straight line
- Yono7.9 km in a straight line
- Ibaraki9.7 km in a straight line
- Kimokawa10 km in a straight line
- Itami10 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 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 8 |
| Night °C | -1 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 97 | 92 | 114 | 119 | 140 | 178 | 210 | 149 | 192 | 161 | 96 | 108 |
| Wet days | 18 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 18 |
| Sun h/day | 2.2 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.2 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (239 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 | 102% | 89% | 93% | 131% | 91% | 135% | 211% | 36% | 104% | 135% | 59% | 79% |
| 2021 | 123% | 87% | 138% | 138% | 165% | 77% | 127% | 241% | 104% | 39% | 97% | 143% |
| 2022 | 60% | 65% | 87% | 101% | 77% | 65% | 116% | 140% | 113% | 65% | 104% | 55% |
| 2023 | 85% | 55% | 82% | 168% | 229% | 247% | 69% | 168% | 59% | 57% | 112% | 52% |
| 2024 | 87% | 130% | 172% | 140% | 151% | 157% | 112% | 179% | 58% | 148% | 169% | 58% |
| 2025 | 55% | 72% | 98% | 83% | 187% | 156% | 81% | 104% | 100% | 135% | 67% | 111% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Minoh Falls
Japan
- —Height
- 0.55 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–Jul, Sep–OctBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q11603215) · 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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