Oita no Otaki - Hitachiota

Although it is a small waterfall, it is a waterfall that can be enjoyed while enjoying forest bathing with few people. From the foreground, you can watch the encounter waterfall, Kotaki, and Ikuta's Otaki.

It's pretty big, it's better if there is no big tree in front of you

A good waterfall located in the top in Ibaraki prefecture! However, the road to reach the waterfall is too narrow. I have no sense of secrecy. You need to be careful about the difference between cars. A captivating scenery that seems to be lost in the world of Princess Noke. A place you want people to know, a place you don't want anyone to know! I always think that it would be good if I could make coffee with water flowing here.

A terrace in a mountain stream at the back of the mountain. It can be seen from a disappointing wooden bridge, but I went to Takisu because it was a bit short. When you look up from Takisu, it will be more powerful and you will not need to copy fallen trees, but you need boots. Like a collection of small waterfalls. I enjoyed the clear water stream. The surrounding area is a cedar forest and there are few attractions other than the mountain stream, but the atmosphere is cool and the rock surface and waterfall with the moss grow nice. The route is difficult to pass by, and it is a narrow lane, but large weeds extend from the left and right and we can not see the gutter that should have been there. It is good to go by car or small car which is used to the sense of vehicle. I headed by a car this time, so I stopped at a large place far ahead. Well, even though I enjoyed taking a walk and taking photos for more than an hour on a holiday, I didn't see anyone on the way back and forth .... If you are good at unpaved roads, you can easily get to the entrance to the promenade. In that case, please stop at the front of the closed sign without stopping at the truck turn.

It is a mountain stream explosion type waterfall that is quite large and has a spectacular appearance. One of the attractions is the ability to get to the waterfall pot. From the nearest parking area, walk 20 minutes slowly on a mountain trail. There are some caveats, and it is possible to drive to almost the vicinity, but the road is narrow and the shelter may be long enough to be back when the oncoming car comes because the distance is long. In addition, it is not recommended to go with a car that is damaged because there are places where there are severe bumps and bumps from the left and right, and uneven road surfaces. Lastly, if you search the route with googlemap, you will be guided to the forest road on the south side of Ikuta's Otaki, but in order to go to the nearest parking lot, you have to go straight (left) No, if you go to the right (road) you will be out at a fairly high elevation. If you have gone to the south side forest road, there is a parking space at the dead end on the map, so you can choose to stop there and go around. In that case, if you proceed further on foot from the parking place, it will be a downhill, and there will be a bridge on the map on the east side of the upper waterfall on the map. You can get into the mountain from the end of the guardrail on the westward north side of the bridge, and you can reach the Ikuta Otaki through the upper waterfall and the non-denbow waterfall if you follow it down the mountain stream because there is a trace . After that, you can go back further down to the first branch and walk back on the forest road to the parking place. The journey takes just an hour and is not recommended as it is mostly boring road walks.

The waterfall was bigger and more powerful than I expected, so it was a pleasant surprise. The sound of flowing water resonated quite a bit, which made me feel more loud. The waterfalls in the foreground were small waterfalls, so I went down the road without much expectations, but it was a good waterfall to come to see. Is it about 15 minutes on foot from the far end of the road that can be reached by car (parking is prohibited here because it is a carousel)? Along the way, the streams of Deai Falls, Kotaki, Obuchibuchi, Nakataki, etc. delight the eyes.

Originally, the road was narrow to the turning point in front of the waterfalls, but I could drive in, but as of 2021, there is a collapsed part on the forest road, so I can only go halfway. It is not a big distance to rent a parking lot at the small and medium community center and walk from there. There are two waterfalls, Nondenbow Waterfall and Kamitaki, upstream of Otaki, but it seems that not many people go there because they don't know how to get there.

This forest road is quite difficult to drive, so it's best to walk from the foot of the mountain. There are two closed signs on the way. The road is narrow and there are places where it collapses. The foot of the day was 14 degrees Celsius, but as the altitude rose, the road surface was covered with snow as shown in the photo. Even so, I overcame the ups and downs on foot and finally reached the bridge. From there, I went down the slope of the cedar forest along the mountain stream, but without any signboard or anyone stepping on it, I passed through the branches of the shrubs and reached the waterfall in the photo and gave up. After all, my au mobile phone cannot use GPS outside the service area, and if I get lost, I am in danger of distress. So, it was a courageous withdrawal in a little while. I think it is better for everyone to be prepared for that. At least it's best not to go hiking. But I want to challenge again in the summer.