SUMMER_GREENAny time
Summer Emerald Pools & Autumn Canopy
Pristine transparent emerald waters in summer and vivid autumn colors flowing from Mount Ishizuchi.
The largest canyon in Shikoku with crystal-clear emerald waters flowing from Mount Ishizuchi through sculpted granite cliffs.
- Best time
- All year
- Admission
- ¥0
- Parking
- 📍 Navigate in Google Maps ↗面河渓 観光センター前駐車場 (Omogo Visitor Center Lot)1 min walk· 70 spaces✓ Free parking🚗 All Nearby Parking & Real-Time Availability🔍 Find Nearby Parking on Map ↗
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- Getting there
- Plan the route from your start ↓ · Open in Google Maps ↗
- Official info
- Wikipedia ↗
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Weather for your date
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17°C
Partly cloudy
💧 63% rain chance · wind 7 km/h
Hourly forecast
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Forecast: Open-Meteo
PUBLIC TRANSIT & FARE ESTIMATE
🚆Live Transit Directions ↗Getting to Omogo Gorge
Nearest Station
🚉Iyo-Himi Station
Approx. 17.9 km from spot
Travel Mode & Pace
🚗Car Rental / Rural Bus
Drive ~30+ min from station
Fares & Pass Coverage
💳Mobile Suica / IC Cards
IC cards accepted on most local buses
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Deep Japan / Remote Nature Destination Notice:
This spot is located ~17.9 km from the nearest train station. Rural bus departures may run only 1–3 times per day. Always check return bus timetables in advance, or consider renting a car.
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Directions to Omogo Gorge
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When to see this place
Typical viewing windows. Weather and bloom dates vary each year; these are not live forecasts.
Suitability
Stroller: Not recommended
Nursing room: Not available
Noise level: quiet
Rules
Water access: stream
Drones: permit required
Nearby places
Within 30 km, closest first.
EhimeMount Ishizuchi
At 1,982 metres the highest peak in western Japan and a sacred mountain, with chains on the rock faces and a ropeway partway up.
3 km away
KochiNikobuchi Pool
A small waterfall pool on the Niyodo River system in Ino whose water turns a vivid “Niyodo blue” around midday on sunny days. Locals treat it as a sacred place of the water god: swimming is not allowed. The path down is steep, with a ladder near the bottom.
21 km away
EhimeMinetopia Besshi Copper Mine
Nicknamed the 'Machu Picchu of the Orient', Minetopia Besshi preserves the monumental industrial heritage of the Besshi Copper Mine, which operated from 1691 to 1973. Visitors ride a charming heritage steam train across a river ravine into interactive subterranean mining tunnels.
26 km away
KochiShikoku Karst Tengu Plateau
Spanning the mountain ridgeline between Kochi and Ehime at an altitude of 1,400 meters, Shikoku Karst is often celebrated as the 'Switzerland of Japan'. Distinctive white limestone rock outcroppings pepper rolling green meadows where dairy cows graze against an endless backdrop of sky and distant mountain peaks.
30 km away
Sources, photo credits and verification
Place information: Official tourism source · Reviewed 2026-10-25
- 1. 五色河原と五色橋 · Koda6029 · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 蓬莱渓 · Koda6029 · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 面河渓入口 · Koda6029 · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 鶴ノ瀬橋からの面河渓 · Koda6029 · Source ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Omogokeikoku · As6673 · Source ↗ · Public domain