Where the Charasenai River nears the sea on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Oshinkoshin Falls fans out across the rock in a 50-meter branching cascade — a bunkibaku, the Japanese term for a fall that splits into separate streams as it descends. The falls stand at about 70 meters elevation near the river's mouth in the town of Shari, in Hokkaido's Shari District, which puts them unusually close to the coastline for a waterfall of this scale. Selected to Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls in 1990, Oshinkoshin is among the first landmarks encountered on the Shari side, its divided curtains of water earning it a place on the national list.
Visiting Oshinkoshin Falls
Oshinkoshin Falls sits near the mouth of the Charasenai River in Shari, Shari District, Hokkaido, at an elevation of about 70 meters — close to the coast rather than deep in the mountains.
