Japan 
In numbers.
Jun
Sep–Nov
Best months
146m
Elevation
The water at Nōmizo Falls, month by month
It roars in June and from October to November.
The fullest months: June and from October to November.
- 40%Jan
- 37%Feb
- 54%Mar
- 62%Apr
- 66%May
- 80%Jun
- 70%Jul
- 52%Aug
- 72%Sep
- 100%Oct
- 78%Nov
- 53%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: June and from September to November.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Japan
Nōmizo Falls is a man-made waterfall in Japan. It was made by people, not by the river alone.
Getting there.
- Kamogawanearest town · 10 km in a straight line
- Parking 330 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 47 km in a straight lineCar hire at HND airport (Tokyo)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- June and from September to Novemberbest 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 38 m in 2.6 km. Here the river runs about 74 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints笹川湖展望台
- 1waymarked walking routesKFT - C23 - Taki no aru michi
- 13car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 3toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 3other named waterfalls within 4 km開墾場の滝（奥米の滝）, 濃溝の滝・亀岩の洞窟, 押切沢の滝
- —caves
- 6campsitesロマンの森共和国オートキャンプ場, オートキャンプ・フルーツ村, 稲ヶ崎キャンプ場 and 3 more
- 8hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km湖水亭嵯峨和, 農家民宿 穆の里, 房総クロスヴィレッジ and 5 more
- 3restaurants 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
- Kamogawa10 km in a straight line
- Higashiemi14 km in a straight line
- Wada17 km in a straight line
- Ōtaki20 km in a straight line
- Motona21 km in a straight line
- Minamibōsō21 km in a straight line
- Katsuura24 km in a straight line
- Kisarazu25 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 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 13 |
| Night °C | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 84 | 83 | 139 | 148 | 167 | 217 | 172 | 136 | 214 | 246 | 130 | 92 |
| Wet days | 8 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (146 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 | 146% | 57% | 131% | 109% | 96% | 118% | 220% | 25% | 103% | 95% | 29% | 44% |
| 2021 | 121% | 96% | 133% | 85% | 102% | 71% | 205% | 202% | 88% | 82% | 89% | 139% |
| 2022 | 34% | 98% | 83% | 145% | 136% | 92% | 119% | 156% | 118% | 55% | 113% | 67% |
| 2023 | 46% | 81% | 118% | 91% | 172% | 215% | 64% | 87% | 100% | 54% | 72% | 67% |
| 2024 | 49% | 154% | 149% | 123% | 170% | 187% | 75% | 265% | 141% | 118% | 123% | 13% |
| 2025 | 35% | 19% | 119% | 140% | 180% | 99% | 106% | 65% | 86% | 91% | 39% | 132% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Nōmizo Falls
Japan
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun, Sep–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q66091467) · 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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