Japan 
In numbers.
3.8m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
142m
Elevation
The water at Ogawa Falls, month by month
It roars from June to July.
The fullest months: from June to July. The thinnest: January.
- 1.7 m³/sJan
- 2.0 m³/sFeb
- 2.6 m³/sMar
- 3.1 m³/sApr
- 3.6 m³/sMay
- 8.7 m³/sJun
- 7.8 m³/sJul
- 4.9 m³/sAug
- 4.5 m³/sSep
- 3.2 m³/sOct
- 2.5 m³/sNov
- 1.9 m³/sDec
From about 1.7 m³/s in the lowest month to 8.7 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.
Waterfall in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Ogawa Falls is a waterfall in Japan. It lies within Kirishima-Kinkōwan National Park.
Getting there.
- Nejime-kawaminannearest town · 4.6 km in a straight line
- Parking 80 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 68 km in a straight lineCar hire at KOJ airport (Kagoshima)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 84 m in 3.4 km. Here the river runs about 54 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints雄川の滝
- —waymarked walking routes
- 4car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 1campsites花瀬自然公園・キャンプ場・バンガロー村
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmよろっで
- —restaurants 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
- Nejime-kawaminan4.6 km in a straight line
- Shiromoto5.7 km in a straight line
- Ibusuki17 km in a straight line
- Maeda18 km in a straight line
- Kanoya20 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 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 16 |
| Night °C | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 12 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 102 | 135 | 165 | 197 | 231 | 561 | 360 | 208 | 289 | 158 | 138 | 115 |
| Wet days | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (142 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 | 123% | 112% | 102% | 60% | 131% | 121% | 291% | 87% | 149% | 37% | 86% | 42% |
| 2021 | 51% | 101% | 120% | 82% | 241% | 80% | 76% | 328% | 98% | 45% | 81% | 40% |
| 2022 | 44% | 38% | 132% | 202% | 115% | 86% | 135% | 62% | 146% | 34% | 122% | 68% |
| 2023 | 107% | 105% | 98% | 144% | 141% | 140% | 124% | 359% | 31% | 60% | 34% | 92% |
| 2024 | 38% | 178% | 171% | 115% | 185% | 116% | 103% | 217% | 134% | 233% | 93% | 23% |
| 2025 | 69% | 80% | 143% | 106% | 290% | 77% | 110% | 230% | 121% | 142% | 49% | 87% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Ogawa Falls
Japan
- —Height
- 3.8 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q65292179) · 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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