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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
2025.01.31
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
2025.01.17
A crater area warning (eruption alert level 2, restrictions around the crater) has been issued for Mt. Ontake.
Please take safety measures such as checking the latest information.
Tourism facilities in the Hida-Osaka area, including Nigorigo Onsen, are located some distance from the crater and are well outside the restricted area.
They are open for business as usual.
From Saturday, February 1st, impressive icicles have been observed on the Frozen Waterfall Tour, due to the colder than usual weather.
Please invite your friends and come along!
▼Announcement by the Japan Meteorological Agency at 22:00 on January 16, 2025
＜Warning around the crater (eruption alert level 2, restrictions around the crater) continues＞
Ontake has been raised to eruption alert level 2 (restrictions around the crater) due to an increase in volcanic earthquakes with epicenters near the summit. Be on the lookout for large volcanic rocks and pyroclastic flows within approximately 1 km of the Jigokudani crater.
▼Disaster prevention precautions, etc.
Be on the lookout for large volcanic rocks and pyroclastic flows that are scattered in a ballistic trajectory due to eruptions within approximately 1 km of the Jigokudani crater. Follow the instructions of local governments and do not enter dangerous areas.
In the event of an eruption, please be aware that not only volcanic ash but also small volcanic rocks may be blown by the wind and fall on the downwind side, so please be careful.
■ Japan Meteorological Agency Press Release
https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/press/2501/17a/20250117_ontakesan.html
■ Mt. Ontake Activity Status
Warning around the crater (Volcanic Alert Level 2, Restrictions around the crater)
https://www.data.jma.go.jp/vois/data/report/activity_info/312.html
■ Gero City Crisis Management Division Announcement
Regarding the restricted entry areas of Mt. Ontake (raising to Level 2)
https://www.city.gero.lg.jp/soshiki/6/31217.html
Hida-Osaka tourist Association
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