点评:There are 8 scenic wonders of Shiretoko (知床八景) – (1) Shiretoko Goko (Five) Lakes (2) Oshinkoshin Falls/Waterfall (3) Oronko Rock (4) Yuuhidai Observatory Deck (famous sunset) (5) Cape Puyuni (6) Furepe Falls (7) Shiretoko Pass (8) Kamuiwakka Waterfalls. As part of my family’s 10-day Hokkaido self-drive itinerary, we did two of the eight sights of Shiretoko: Shiretoko Goko (Five) Lakes and Oshinkoshin Waterfall. After Shiretoko Goko (Five) Lakes, we visited Oshinkoshin Falls/Waterfall (オシンコシンの滝, Oshinkoshin-no-taki) the next day where we spent about 30 minutes on a cloudy weekday mid-morning relaxing and soaking the “wet” ambiance of this magnificent and beautiful waterfall.
Getting there: we got here from our hotel in Utoro using Apple Maps and Google Maps on the Apple Car Play in our rental car. You will not miss this waterfall that is signposted “Oshinkoshin Falls オシンコシンの滝” (green letters on a white signboard) and sited next to an elongated parking area with more than 35 car park lots, a souvenir cum convenience store and toilets. Incidentally, there is an information board displaying the locations of the 8 scenic wonders of Shiretoko (知床八景) outside the souvenir cum convenience store. Depending on the direction of travel on National Route 334, Oshinkoshin Falls/Waterfall is on your right just before the last road tunnel towards Utoro or on your left after the first road tunnel about 5 minutes’ drive from Utoro. There is no car parking fee and no entrance fee to the Oshinkoshin Falls/Waterfall.
As for buses, you could go to Shari Bus Terminal which is next to JR Shiretoko Shari Station, get onto the Shari Bus going to Utoro Onsen Bus Terminal and alight at the Oshinkosin no taki bus stop after riding for about 40 minutes; alternatively, it is about 10 minutes ride to the Oshinkosin no taki bus stop from the Utoro Onsen Bus Terminal. Do check the bus departure schedules.
The Waterfall attraction: we walked away from the store in the direction of the tunnel and arrived at the place where there is a “two lane” horizontally wide step wooden log decorated stairs on a gentle elevation with a wood log divider in the middle. Looking up we saw the partially blocked Oshinkoshin Falls/Waterfall. Before taking the stairs, there is a brown Shiretoko National Park information board in Japanese and English about the waterfall. It mentions that the “Oshinkoshin” means “a place where many Ezo spruce grow” in the indigenous Ainu language. It goes on to mention that the nickname of the Oshikoshin Falls/Waterfall is “Soubi no Taki” meaning “beautiful forked waterfall”. Other sources also mentioned that Oshikoshin Falls/Waterfall is also named “Futabi no taki” meaning “twin beauty falls”. Reading all these information and compliments made us really excited to see the waterfall. During the climbing of the stairs/steps to about one third of the elevation, we reach a spot with a faded wooden signboard “知床八景オシンコシンの滝” that reiterates Oshinkoshin Falls/Waterfall is one of the eight scenic spots of Shiretoko and which presents a great spot for photograph of the signboard and the waterfall. After further walking, we finally came to a large, flat viewing deck or platform that allowed us to a “as close as you can get” view of the waterfall (about 10 metres away) at its height of about one third from the base.
Sources have stated that the Charassenai River is the source of Oshinkoshin Falls/Waterfall. Land terrain at the Charassenai River delta divides the Oshinkoshin Falls/Waterfall into two waterfalls or streams at the top. The right waterfall is further divided into two streams, each in turn has the water stream horizontally spread into no less than 9 mini-streams by the black basalt rocks. The left waterfall is horizontally divided or spread into no less than 10 mini-streams. Hence Oshikoshin Falls/Waterfall is a fan type of waterfall – its width is more than its height (perhaps about 30 metres flow distance, 10 metres top flow width and 45 metres bottom flow width). The right waterfall has more water flow than the left waterfall, which creates a wonderful asymmetrical contrast. As we were there in past mid-September, the amount of flowing water was not as much as during spring, but nevertheless, the gushing water still created an awesome sight to behold and to photograph! It also continuously produces a spray of water mist that wetted the floor of the viewing deck, so do be careful. Because of the width of the waterfall, I had to use 0.5x mode on my handphone and a wide angel lens on my DSLR camera to capture the entire waterfall (I also got silky water flow effect using slow shuttle speed) but at the same time I had to intermittently wiped off the water droplets on my devices. Look to your left and you could also take the photograph of the waterfall and the Sea of Okhotsk.
I enjoyed this waterfall because of the following:
(1) It is so accessible through stairways on a gentle slope/elevation and it took within 2 minutes of non-stop climbing to reach the viewing platform/deck; this is unlike some waterfalls which require walking on rough terrain such as stones and boulders or trekking and hiking for hours to reach the base of the waterfall
(2) It is one of the rare waterfalls in which the water flows directly into the sea (in this case Sea of Okhotsk) albeit after some 150 metres
(3) The sound of Mother Nature’s waterfall landing as well as the surrounding forest fauna somehow relaxed, soothed and refreshed our well-beings and our moods; in fact, some of the leaves had already started to turn brown welcoming the onset of autumn
(4) It let us experience the power, force and flow of Mother Nature;
(5) Peacefulness due to the very few visitors at the waterfall and the visitors generally do not stay longer than 10 minutes
When you are at the Shiretoko National Park and its vicinity, you must visit this unique, magnificent and easily accessible waterfall, and all the more since it is chosen as one of 100 Waterfalls of Japan (日本の滝百選, Nihon no taki hyakusen) in 1990 sponsored by the Japan Environment Agency and the Forestry Agency as well as one of the eight scenic sights of Shiretoko. Moreover, this waterfall is unique in each season – frozen during winter, huge amount of flowing water during spring and gradually lessens from summer to autumn.
翻译:知床八景有 8 大奇观 – (1)知床五湖(2)双子瀑布(3)奥罗岩(4)夕飞台观景台(著名日落)(5)普尤尼岬(6)Furepe 瀑布(7)知床岭(8)神之水瀑布。我家 10 天北海道自驾游行程中,我们游览了知床八景中的两个:知床五湖和双子瀑布。游览知床五湖之后,我们第二天去了 Oshinkoshin 瀑布(オシンコシンの滝,Oshinkoshin-no-taki),在一个多云的工作日上午,我们花了大约 30 分钟的时间放松身心,沉浸在这个宏伟美丽的瀑布的“湿润”氛围中。
到达方式:我们从宇登吕的酒店出发,使用租来的车上的 Apple Car Play 上的 Apple Maps 和 Google Maps 到达这里。您不会错过这个瀑布,它的路标是“Oshinkoshin 瀑布 オシンコシンの滝”(白色招牌上的绿色字母),旁边是一个细长的停车场,有 35 多个停车位、一家纪念品兼便利店和厕所。顺便说一句,在纪念品兼便利店外有一块信息板,上面显示了知床八景的位置。根据国道 334 号的行驶方向,Oshinkoshin 瀑布位于通往宇登吕的最后一条公路隧道前的右侧,或位于从宇登吕开车约 5 分钟的第一条公路隧道后的左侧。Oshinkoshin 瀑布无需停车费,也无需入场费。
至于巴士,您可以前往 JR 知床斜里站旁边的斜里巴士总站,乘坐前往宇登吕温泉巴士总站的斜里巴士,在 Oshinkosin no taki 巴士站下车,车程约 40 分钟;或者,从宇登吕温泉巴士总站乘车约 10 分钟即可到达 Oshinkosin no taki 巴士站。请务必查看巴士发车时间表。
瀑布景点:我们离开商店,沿着隧道的方向走,到达了一个地方,那里有一个“双车道”水平宽的台阶,台阶装饰有木头,台阶平缓,中间有木头隔板。抬头望去,我们看到了部分被遮挡的 Oshinkoshin 瀑布。走楼梯之前,有一块棕色的知床国家公园信息板,上面用日语和英语介绍了瀑布。它提到“Oshinkoshin”在土著阿伊努语中是“许多虾夷云杉生长的地方”。它接着提到,Oshikoshin 瀑布的昵称是“Soubi no Taki”,意思是“美丽的分叉瀑布”。其他消息来源也提到,Oshikoshin 瀑布也被称为“Futabi no taki”,意思是“双美瀑布”。阅读所有这些信息和赞美之词让我们非常兴奋地看到瀑布。在爬上大约三分之一高程的楼梯/台阶时,我们到达了一个地方,那里有一块褪色的木牌“知床八景オシンコシンの滝”,上面重申了 Oshinkoshin 瀑布是知床八景之一,这里是拍摄招牌和瀑布的绝佳地点。继续走下去,我们终于来到了一个又大又平坦的观景台或平台,在这里我们可以“尽可能近距离”地观赏瀑布(大约 10 米远),瀑布的高度大约是距离底部的三分之一。
有消息称,Charassenai 河是 Oshinkoshin 瀑布的源头。Charassenai 河三角洲的地形将 Oshinkoshin 瀑布分成两个瀑布或溪流。右边的瀑布又分成两股,每股水流又被黑色玄武岩水平分成不少于 9 股小水流。左边的瀑布在水平方向上分成或分散成不少于 10 股小水流。因此,Oshikoshin 瀑布/瀑布是扇形瀑布——其宽度大于高度(大约 30 米的流动距离、10 米的顶部流动宽度和 45 米的底部流动宽度)。右边的瀑布比左边的瀑布水流量大,形成了奇妙的不对称对比。因为我们是九月中旬去的,所以流水量没有春天那么多,但尽管如此,喷涌而出的水仍然创造了一个令人惊叹的景象,值得一看,值得拍照!它还会不断喷出水雾,弄湿了观景台的地板,所以一定要小心。由于瀑布的宽度,我不得不使用手机的 0.5 倍模式和数码单反相机的广角镜头来拍摄整个瀑布(我还使用慢速快门拍摄了丝般水流效果),但同时我必须间歇性地擦掉设备上的水滴。向左看,你也可以拍摄瀑布和鄂霍次克海的照片。
我喜欢这个瀑布,因为以下几点:
(1)通过缓坡/高处的楼梯可以很容易到达,经过 2 分钟不间断的攀爬,即可到达观景台/甲板;这不同于一些瀑布,它们需要在崎岖的地形上行走,例如石头和巨石,或者需要徒步和远足数小时才能到达瀑布底部
(2) 这是罕见的瀑布之一,尽管经过了大约 150 米,但瀑布的水还是直接流入大海(这里是鄂霍次克海)
(3) 大自然瀑布落下的声音以及周围的森林动物以某种方式放松、抚慰和振奋了我们的健康和情绪;事实上,一些树叶已经开始变黄,迎接秋天的到来
(4) 它让我们体验到大自然的力量、力量和流动;
(5) 瀑布非常安静,因为游客很少,而且游客停留时间通常不超过 10 分钟
当您在知床国家公园及其附近时,您必须参观这个独特、壮观且交通便利的瀑布,更重要的是,它于 1990 年被日本环境厅和林业厅评选为日本 100 个瀑布之一(日本の滝百選),也是知床八景之一。此外,这个瀑布在每个季节都有自己的特色——冬季结冰,春季水量巨大,从夏季到秋季水量逐渐减少。