Japan 
In numbers.
Jun
Sep–Nov
Best months
41m
Elevation
The water at Shinjuku Niagara Falls, month by month
It roars from October to November.
The fullest months: from October to November.
- 38%Jan
- 34%Feb
- 49%Mar
- 56%Apr
- 57%May
- 65%Jun
- 56%Jul
- 45%Aug
- 68%Sep
- 100%Oct
- 76%Nov
- 50%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.
Fountain in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Shinjuku Niagara Falls is a man-made waterfall in Japan. It was made by people, not by the river alone.
Getting there.
- Tokyonearest town · 0.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 410 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 18 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.
What is around.
- 5viewpoints東京都庁展望室 北, 東京都庁展望室 南, 富士見台 and 2 more
- 6waymarked walking routes歴史と文化の散歩道 寺町哲学堂散歩, 歴史と文化の散歩道 新宿今昔散歩, 歴史と文化の散歩道 外苑散歩 and 3 more
- 678car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 159toilets
- 155information boards and visitor centres
- 110bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 km聴秋瀑, 五丈滝
- —caves
- —campsites
- 457hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmthe b sangenjaya, Yoyogi Youth Hostel, The AGNES and 454 more
- 2,699restaurants 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
- Tokyo0.2 km in a straight line
- Kabukicho1.3 km in a straight line
- Yoyogi1.3 km in a straight line
- Hatsudai1.5 km in a straight line
- Shinjuku1.7 km in a straight line
- Ōkubo2.0 km in a straight line
- Motoyoyogichō2.1 km in a straight line
- Sendagaya2.2 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 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 11 |
| Night °C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 80 | 75 | 124 | 135 | 148 | 185 | 152 | 134 | 211 | 246 | 120 | 83 |
| Wet days | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 7 |
| 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 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide. 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 | 173% | 54% | 128% | 142% | 93% | 121% | 227% | 25% | 88% | 94% | 24% | 28% |
| 2021 | 106% | 95% | 137% | 94% | 95% | 76% | 230% | 233% | 90% | 100% | 89% | 165% |
| 2022 | 31% | 120% | 88% | 167% | 133% | 73% | 113% | 124% | 113% | 54% | 103% | 72% |
| 2023 | 38% | 84% | 108% | 87% | 160% | 247% | 55% | 76% | 122% | 57% | 65% | 38% |
| 2024 | 57% | 136% | 159% | 105% | 163% | 181% | 87% | 258% | 110% | 111% | 133% | 4% |
| 2025 | 35% | 16% | 142% | 141% | 189% | 85% | 104% | 63% | 109% | 85% | 48% | 122% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Shinjuku Niagara Falls
Japan
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Jun, Sep–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q78491509) · 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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