Tenninkyo Gorges

First view of autumn foliage

Quiet small town with beautiful autumn foliage (one of the earliest places we saw this autumn scene, on the first week of October). There’s a small foot bath open to public outside the onsen hotel, fr...

Worth seeing the gorge and the Hagoroma falls

Worth going to if you have a car . The rock formations are impressive . There are several derelict Onsen hotels relics of I assume the 1970’s that have been abandoned and then a short walk to the 270 ...

Still snowed in late April.

We were hoping to walk to to Hagoromo Falls but the path was closed. Still covered in snow. It must open early May but check first if you’re intending to see the Falls. We drove to the end of the ro...

Surreal ghost town.

We went to see the Hagoromono falls, but as Rebecca stated, access to the falls is still closed off (July 17). All the signage is in kanji, but I think it said construction is supposed to finish 30/11...

Ghost town, with derelict buildings, couldn't get out of there quick enough.

We drove into Tenninkyo Spa area so we could walk to Hagoromo Waterfalls, please note as of June 2015 the access to this site is still closed. Until the access to the falls is reopened we would not r...