Ogawa Falls () is located in

Minamiōsumi, Kagoshima is a town located in Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The town occupies the southern part of the Ōsumi Peninsula and its name literally means "the southern part of Ōsumi." The town was formed on March 31, 2005 from the merge ...

, Japan, the town in the southern tip of the Osumi Peninsula. It is a 46-meter (151-foot) waterfall, 60 meters (197 feet) in extended width, in the midstream of the Ogawa River. Ogawa Falls had been relatively unknown until 2013 when included its picture in the

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for the annual free distribution to their customers. It is particularly known for the waterfall basin becoming beautiful emerald green when water is falling in regular, but not big amount.Ogawa Falls (Kagoshima Prefecture)
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Transportation

No public transportation is available. There are two parking areas, one in the upperstream of the waterfall and the other in the downstream, both not far from the Nejime Port of the over Kagoshima Bay between the Satsuma and Osumi Peninsulas. From the downstream parking area, there is a 1.2 km (0.75 mile) hiking trail to the observation deck in front of the waterfall basin. ;Gallery: File:Hiking trail to Ogawa Falls - Parking lot with cafe.jpg, A cafe and a restroom at the downstream

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, the starting point of the hiking trail File:Hiking trail to Ogawa Falls with bridge overhead.jpg, The Takimi Bridge above the hiking trail File:Hiking trail to Ogawa Falls along Ogawa River.jpg, The Ogawa River through the trees File:Hiking trail to Ogawa Falls with bamboos.jpg, Bamboo trees along the trail File:Ogawa Falls in May 2023.jpg, Ogawa Falls from the two-storey observation deck

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Ogawa Falls (Kagoshima Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefectural Visitors Bureau)
(in English) Waterfalls of Japan Landforms of Kagoshima Prefecture Minamiōsumi, Kagoshima

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