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The cut
797 metres, to scale.
A slice through Nezame-no-toko where it is deepest and narrowest, measured on the Copernicus relief model every 30 m. Same scale as the landmark standing on the floor.
Standing on the floor, to scale: Great Pyramid · 139 m · Empire State · 443 m
Depth is measured to the lower rim; the width is from rim to rim. A 30 m relief model smooths the narrowest walls, so a slot canyon reads shallower than it is.
797m
Depth
measured on the 30 m relief model
14.3km
Rim to rim
measured on the 30 m relief model
41°
Steepest wall
average over 300 m, from the relief
614m
Floor altitude
Rim to floor
14 °C warmer at the bottom.
In August the afternoon reaches 28 °C on the floor, against 15 °C on the rim. The best months to hike are from May to June and in September. The rim freezes at night from October to May. The wettest months are in July and in September.
- 2°-12°Jan
- 3°-10°Feb
- 8°-6°Mar
- 15°1°Apr
- 21°7°May
- 24°11°Jun
- 27°14°Jul
- 28°15°Aug
- 25°11°Sep
- 19°5°Oct
- 12°-2°Nov
- 5°-8°Dec
Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.
Landform in Japan
Nezame-no-toko is a canyon in Japan, cut by the Kiso River. The relief model measures 797 m from the floor to the lower rim, and 2,084 m to the higher one. Rim to rim it is 14 km wide where the cut was taken.
Getting there.
- Agematsunearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 90 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- 小野の滝nearest viewpoint · 1.6 km from the floor
- Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 48 km in a straight lineCar hire at TOY airport (Toyama)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
- From May to June and in Septemberbest months to hike (estimate)
Plan the visit
Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.
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The river
The Kiso River runs highest from March to October.
The Kiso River carries about 36 m³/s on average here. It runs highest from March to October.
- 11 m³/sJan
- 13 m³/sFeb
- 42 m³/sMar
- 55 m³/sApr
- 47 m³/sMay
- 42 m³/sJun
- 67 m³/sJul
- 49 m³/sAug
- 56 m³/sSep
- 56 m³/sOct
- 34 m³/sNov
- 20 m³/sDec
From about 11 m³/s in the lowest month to 67 m³/s in the highest. Its basin above this point covers 1,019 km².
Follow the Nagara River from source to mouth on Riveryas
Estimate: long-term flow from the HydroATLAS model (WaterGAP, 1971–2000) shaped by the monthly rain, snow and temperature of the area (NASA POWER). Dams change it. Not a forecast.
From the sky.
The canyon from above, with the relief shaded, the line of the cut, the river and what people have mapped around it.
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6 km
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 24 × 24 km, north up. The line is the cut above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Around the canyon.
- 3viewpoints within 5 km小野の滝, 県立公園 寝覚の床, 木曽の桟
- 1marked hiking routes within 4 km中山道（木曽路）
- 10footbridges and suspension bridges within 3 km
- 1named waterfalls within 4 km小野の滝
- 37car parks within 3 km
- 5information boards and visitor centres within 4 km
- 3bus stops within 2 km
- 2campsites within 8 kmキャンピングフィールド木曽古道, 木曽駒冷水公園
- 11hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmねざめホテル, 旅館灰沢鉱泉, 桟温泉旅館 and 8 more
- 13restaurants and cafés within 4 km
- via ferrata routes within 4 km
- climbing crags within 3 km
- rafting, canoe, kayak or canyoning spots within 4 km
- swimming spots within 3 km
- caves within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the floor of the canyon. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Agematsu1.5 km in a straight line
- Kiso7.6 km in a straight line
- Nojiri12 km in a straight line
- Nagiso20 km in a straight line
- Komagane22 km in a straight line
- Miyada23 km in a straight line
- Ina24 km in a straight line
- Iijima24 km in a straight line
In our other atlases
What else is around Nezame-no-toko.
The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.
Cascadyas1 waterfalls nearbyComing soon
Peakyas24 mountains within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Month by month
The weather, at the floor and at the rim.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon · floor | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 5 |
| Afternoon · rim | -12 | -10 | -6 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 5 | -2 | -8 |
| Night · rim | -19 | -19 | -15 | -10 | -4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | -4 | -10 | -15 |
| Rain (mm) | 100 | 86 | 114 | 121 | 128 | 159 | 234 | 158 | 185 | 159 | 103 | 116 |
| Rainy days | 19 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 19 |
| Sun hours/day | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.3 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 28 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| Afternoon · floor | Afternoon · rim | Night · rim | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | -12 | -19 | 100 | 2.6 |
| Feb | 3 | -10 | -19 | 86 | 3.5 |
| Mar | 8 | -6 | -15 | 114 | 4.5 |
| Apr | 15 | 1 | -10 | 121 | 5.5 |
| May | 21 | 7 | -4 | 128 | 6.3 |
| Jun | 24 | 11 | 2 | 159 | 5.0 |
| Jul | 27 | 14 | 6 | 234 | 4.4 |
| Aug | 28 | 15 | 7 | 158 | 5.7 |
| Sep | 25 | 11 | 3 | 185 | 4.6 |
| Oct | 19 | 5 | -4 | 159 | 4.5 |
| Nov | 12 | -2 | -10 | 103 | 3.6 |
| Dec | 5 | -8 | -15 | 116 | 2.3 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (614 m) and the rim (2,698 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.
Photographs
Seen from the trail.
Recent years
Wet years, dry years.
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 83% | 83% | 108% | 105% | 73% | 155% | 228% | 39% | 88% | 115% | 46% | 70% |
| 2021 | 115% | 87% | 117% | 106% | 153% | 84% | 106% | 242% | 100% | 48% | 79% | 121% |
| 2022 | 55% | 83% | 79% | 130% | 87% | 70% | 126% | 149% | 144% | 48% | 104% | 72% |
| 2023 | 50% | 69% | 98% | 120% | 194% | 246% | 64% | 81% | 62% | 72% | 96% | 64% |
| 2024 | 81% | 156% | 172% | 125% | 179% | 154% | 85% | 196% | 92% | 153% | 162% | 56% |
| 2025 | 61% | 67% | 106% | 85% | 155% | 164% | 73% | 116% | 132% | 128% | 65% | 93% |
130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month
Compare with the neighbours.
Nezame-no-toko
Japan
- 797 mDepth
- 14 kmRim to rim
- —Length
- 41°Steepest wall
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length | Wikidata (Q11457580) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| The cut: depth, width, wall and 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| River flow and basin | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Viewpoints, trails, bridges and the river line | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Rivers, waterfalls, mountains, lakes, beaches and islands nearby | Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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