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Ontake Panorama Ground is located at an altitude of 1,700 meters. It offers an all-weather, 400-meter track with six lanes, and 500-meter woodchip running trail. It is the first and fully-equipped high altitude training facility in Japan.
Hida Ontake Kogen Highland Training Area is registered as one of the two high attitude training sites for national teams in Japan by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. This recreation center is one of the training facilities.
The starting point for Zaimokudaki Waterfall trail is located on a slope on the way to the Panorama Ground from the Recreation Center. Please follow the blue flags when you walk on a Hida-Osaka waterfall walking trail. Some parts of Zaimokudaki Waterfall trail are very steep so this trail is only suitable for fit walkers. When you arrive at the dynamic Zaimokudaki Waterfall (23 meters high), you will be refreshed by a rain of mist!
This one-kilometer trail stretches through a sub-alpine primeval forest. It has three starting points: near the junction of the streets to the Recreation Center and to Nigorigo Onsan town, in front of the Cottage Hyute Mori-no-Nakama, and near the starting point of the climbing trail to Mt. Ontake. Please park at a town-operated parking lot nearby if you come by car.
Hinotaki is a splendid and dynamic straight waterfall with a height of 20 meters. The trail stretches 80 meters through the trees starting next to the Cottage Hyute Mori-no-Nakama and finishing at the observatory. *Note: No parking lots are available at the observatory. Please park a town-operated parking lot nearby.
Shiraitonotaki Falls, literally meaning “a waterfall of white threads”, is located at Yunotani Gorge where the springs of NigorigoOnsen burst forth. You can get a distant view from the street.
Sennindaki, with a height of 30 meters, is said to have been a training place for practitioners of Ontake-kyo (a Shinto sect) long ago. Walk 500 meters from the starting point of the climbing trail of Mt. Ontake, then turn left towards Sennindaki, and walk along the trail for a few minutes.
The facility offers only outdoor baths. You can enjoy onsen after climbing or during your day trip.Sample Spring and its Components (exerpt)
Spring name: Mixed spring water of Ei-sengen (source name)
(Mixed spring water of town-owned G spring, NigorigoOnsen, and town-owned spring)
Contains sodium, calcium, magnesium, bicarbonate, and sulfateBenefits:neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulder, motor paralysis, stiff joint, contusion, twisted joint, chronic digestive diseases, hemorrhoid, excessive sensitivity to cold, recovery from illness, soothing effect, health enhancement, cut, burn, chronic skin diseases and arteriosclerosis
Features
The water temperature of the spring source is high at more than 50 degrees celsius. Onsen water keeps running directly from the spring source without being heated or mixed with other water. Water at the spring source is colorless and transparent but it turns yellowish brown and cloudy once it is exposed to air.
Event
2025.05.20
[Mt. Ontake] Eruption Alert Level lowered to 1│Tourist facilities are operating as usual.
The eruption warning level of Mt. Ontake has been lowered to 1 (noting that it is an active volcano)
▼ Tuesday, May 20, 2025 11:00 AM Meteorological Agency
<Eruption Alert Level lowered to 1 at Mount Ontake>
https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/press/2505/20a/20250520_ontakesan.html
Volcanic earthquakes are decreasing and volcanic activity is decreasing. Volcanic activity is decreasing. Please check the latest information and take safety measures.
Nigorigo Onsen and other tourist related facilities in the Hida-Osaka area are far from the crater and are outside the restricted area.
We are open for business as usual.
Please come and visit with your friends!
■ Disaster Prevention Warning, etc.
Because of the need to take safety measures against sudden eruptions, Gero City has established a restricted area within 500 meters of the crater that is off-limits to visitors in accordance with Article 63, Paragraph 1 of the Basic Act on Disaster Countermeasures.
Unauthorized entry into the restricted area is punishable by law, so please do not enter the area.
Ontake is an active volcano. Please understand that an active volcano may erupt and produce cinders and volcanic gases, so please be very careful.
■ Activity of Mt. Ontake
Crater Alert (Eruption Alert Level 1, note that it is an active volcano)
https://www.data.jma.go.jp/vois/data/report/activity_info/312.html
■Gero City Crisis Management Division announcement
About the restricted area on Mt. Ontake (reduced to Level 1)
https://www.city.gero.lg.jp/soshiki/6/32856.html
2025.01.31
Winter waterfall tour 2025 season begins
Have you ever seen a frozen waterfall?
The Phantom Icefall Tour 2025
A special experience only in winter. Why don’t you go and see the frozen waterfall in the unexplored region of Hida-Osaka?
The tour guide will lead you along a secret route, and you will see a fantastic world of ice and snow.
It will be an unforgettable experience.
Dates
February 1 – March 2, 2025 (daily)
Fee
¥27,500 (per person, including equipment rental, exclusively with an English / Portuguese speaking guide)
Time
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (latest)
Who Can Join
Open to those with summer hiking experience, ages 12+
Inquiries & Booking
216works / Osaka 200falls Office
info@osaka-taki.com
Reservation Form
Hida-Osaka tourist Association
13-1 Daisei Co., Ltd. KURUMAYA18BAN,
Osaka-cho Osakamachi, Gero-shi, Gifu, 509-3104, Japan
TEL: 0576-62-2570
FAX: 0576-62-2577
Open 9:00AM～4:00PM
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