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Nikaho, Akita / 元滝伏流水

Mototaki Spring Falls

Water from Mt. Chokai seeps out across a rock face about 30 m wide, 50,000 tons a day, falling over green moss; about 10 minutes on foot from the car park.

Many thin streams of water falling over moss-covered rocks in green woods
Mototaki Fukuryusui fallsPhoto: Ryuetsu Kato / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 · License · Source

Last official check

25 Sept 2026

Traveler reports

0

Reports open in Phase 2

Next scheduled check

24 Dec 2026

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Closing days
Open every day (check the notes below)

Before you go

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Closed

Open every day.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site
Getting there

From Kisakata head for the Chokai Blue Line (Route 131), turn right onto the signposted side road and pass Kisakata Hospital to reach a large car park; the falls are about 10 minutes' walk from there.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site
Parking

Car park for 30 cars.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site
Not yet confirmed

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Address: Nikaho, Akita (Japanese address: 秋田県にかほ市象潟町関字元滝)

Official site: https://nikaho-kanko.jp/mototaki/

Location

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Nearby spots

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Crowds

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Visiting respectfully

  • RulesThe site can be closed after a bear sighting, so you cannot walk the path from the car park (for example in 2025, closed after a sighting on September 27 and reopened at 9:00 on October 1). Carry a bear bell.Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site
  • Local etiquetteA guided visit is recommended (Mototaki and Shishigahana Marsh).Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site

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