Rainy season ideas: ⑨ waterfall viewing - with caution

I was in Japan years before I realized that waterfall viewing during the rainy season is a thing! It makes sense when you think about it. There is increased water flow after rain, both in the river and the falls, making a more powerful cascade and thus a more dramatic scene.

However, there are also more risks in visiting a body of water after rain, especially after heavy or torrential rain. That is something you need to take into due consideration, especially in mountainous regions. If you want to be safe, visiting a man-made waterfall in a park might be the best way to go. 

The waterfall in this post is a small, natural waterfall on the grounds of a campsite. Thanks to the heavy rain the cascade looked so much more alive and voluminous. The river itself had also swollen and the rapid was faster than normal. This was in a hilly rather than a mountain area, so I didn't feel we were at risk of any landslides or flash floods, but we were more cautious around the river than usual. We didn't play in that section of the river that day, even though we had the previous day, before the rain.

Have you been to see any waterfalls this year?