Ogawa Falls

**Two viewpoints, and they are not the same walk.** The lower one is 1.2 km along the river from the car park and puts you at the pool. The upper one is reached separately by road and looks down into it. Do both if you have the time. **Morning light for the colour.** The emerald is strongest when light reaches into the bowl, which given the enclosing walls means the middle of the morning to early afternoon. **The approach road is narrow.** Single-track in places with limited passing. Take it slowly and do not attempt it in anything large. **There is a fee now.** ¥300 since July 2024, which funds the path and the car park. It did not use to be charged and older accounts say otherwise. **Combine with Cape Sata.** The southernmost point of mainland Japan is about an hour further down the same peninsula, and the two together are what a day on Osumi is for.