Onogawa Fudō Falls

What it is

• A twenty-five meter waterfall located upstream of Lake Onogawa in the Bandai Highlands.
• The site is named after the enshrined deity Fudo Myoo.
• The falls are fed by the Hyakkan Shimizu spring, one of Japan's top 100 waters.

What to see

• A walking path that follows the route of a former forest trolley train track.
• Stone ruins of a former railway bridge remaining at the site.
• The waterfall itself which drops from a height of twenty-five meters.

When to go

• Visit during the summer months for stream climbing activities.
• The area is used for snowshoeing during the winter season.

Getting there

• It is a twenty-five minute drive from Inawashiro Station to the parking lot.
• A walking path leads from the parking lot to the falls in twenty minutes.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.