The falls was actually a series of cascades and waterfalls mostly hidden in a gorge behind foliage so as we walked along the elevated trail to get here, we could only hear but not see most of the waterfalls. At the very end of the trail, we saw a handful more waterfalls and cascades but really it only represented a small fraction of what was really out there. I'd bet if we were there at the height of rainy season, the falls would've expanded and became quite a crazy scene of waterfall walls draped throughout the head of the gorge.

From the bus stop in Nikko town (see directions below), we were looking at a 2.5km walk just to get from the bus stop all the way to the end of the side road we were on. It was only from there that the formal trail itself began. For this reason, we could appreciate why this place wasn't well touristed despite its proximity to Nikko town (it was even part of the popular Chuzenji Onsen route).

Anyways, most of the walk along the side road was featureless and went through a residential neighborhood where trees were on one side and homes were on the other. I recalled there were a few false trails going into the trees (especially one near the water tanks with "Nikko is Nippon" painted on them), but it turned out that we had to go all the way to the end ignoring those extra trails.

Once on the official trail, we had to go up stairs and follow an elevated pathway. In addition to hearing unseen waterfalls, we also walked past a small buddha shrine. Eventually, the trail ended at the head of the gorge where we saw as much of the Urami Waterfall that we were going to see.

There are other falls like Jako (or Jakko) Falls that falls under this category of close-to-town-but-not-well-touristed, but we made a choice and stuck with Urami Waterfall.