Onbara Falls — Local services in Beppu

Not the easiest to find the correct path, so I have left some images that hopefully help anyone else struggling.

There are two car parks, a lower one with P2 signage and one further up over a small bridge. We stopped at the one further up just over the bridge.

If you walk back on yourself across the bridge (picture 1) you will see a white sign & the entrance is up to the left - it is not the lower path along the side of the river but uphill as soon as you enter the path. (Picture 2)

At the end of the river where the waterfall is, the larger waterfall was dried up today, you can however scramble down and the smaller waterfall is tucked round the corner (follow path of arrow photo 3)

Picture of smaller waterfall that is tucked round the corner (picture 4).

The walk only took us 10 minutes to the waterfall, depends how confident you are on uneven and...

Looking at some of the other photos we were there at a dryer time and the falls weren’t in full effect however they were still pretty amazing and great bang for your buck on the short hike. The road to get there was also quite an incredible adventure for us Canadians. Would highly recommend this off the beaten path hike. We only saw 2 other people while we were there on the trail so a nice change from the touristy stuff.

Park at lot just past the bridge over the river then walk back just past the river to the trailhead. Trail head is in the trees not up the river bed. You will quickly come to a...

Little known to tourists. A beautiful slow 20 minute walk up the creek to the glistening pools of the falls where a makeshift shrine is erected.

Note: be sure to wear enclosed shoes and longs, as snakes slither through the area. Use a stick to break spider webs and watch where you step. Enter via Beppu Rakutenchi car park. See if you can...