Lake Towada
Located in the towada Hachimantai National Park,Lake towada is believed to have been created by volcanic activities about 200,000 years ago, assuming its basic shape as the result of a great volcanic eruption of Mt.Towada that occurred about 40,000 years ago. It is a bouble caldera lake located at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level,with a perimeter of approximately 46 kilometers. The lake is about 327 meters deep at its deepest lake in Japan. A caldera is a large crater created by a volcanic eruption and mountain ridges that surrounded a caldera lake are called its outer rim. Lake Towada is surrounded by an outer rim composed of mountains 600 to 1,000meters high,including Mt.Ohanabe,Mt.Towada and Mt.Towari
Information on Towadako
□Lake Towada ruising
Cruising vessels that cruise on the lake departing from Yasumiya or Nenokuchi
take passengers to enable them to enjoy onboard views of the surrounding landscape,
such as the deep blue water of the lake, the surrounding mountains and the Senjomaku
Cliff with a width of 220 meters. An early-morning cruising service is available in some
seasons.
- ●Cruising time:
- approximately 50 minutes
- ●Arrival and departure:
- Yasumiya pier on the shore of Lake Towada
- ●Inquiries：
- Lake towada Cruising Group Resservation Center
TEL. 0176-75-2909 FAX. 0176-75-2680
http://www.tfujiyah.com/ship.html
□Lake Towada Nature Tour Guide Club
Taking a leisurely stroll in the quiet town of Yasumiya in the early morning
with a naturewalk tour guide.Thanks to the ever-changing views of Lake Towada and
interesting stories of the local tour guide,time goes by amazingly quickly.
●Lake Towada Nature Tour Guide Club TEL. 0176-75-2368
□Towada Shrine
The Great god of Towada Stream had been enshrined in this shrine until the end
of the Edo period. As a symbol of Lake Towada legends, it may also known as the
"luck-bringing alley,"appears in a fortune-telling site in the mountain about
150 meters away from the shrine,where the Buddhist monk Nansonobo is believed
to have committed suicide by drowning himself.
Yasumiya
Yasumiya is one of the busiest quarters in the area around Lake Towada.The Bronze Status of Maidens sranding on Gozengahara Bearch as a symbol of Lake Towada are a sculpture created by Takamura Kotaro,an artist that represents Japan.There is a promenade that enables tourists to stroll along the shore enjoying the views of the lake while observing wild plants growing in the surrounding forest.
Yasumiya
□Otome no Zo statue
This bronze statue was crafted in 1953 in commemoration of the 15th
anniversary of Lake Towada Park's designation as a national park. It is also
known as the last work by sculptor and poet Takamura Kotaro, a work which took
him about one year to complete.
□Towada Visitor Center
Books are available,in addition to high-vision videos,panel photos and bird model
exhibites to show the natural environments and changing seasons of Lake Towada,the
Hakkoda Mountains.
- ●Admission:
- free
- ●Opening hours:
- 08：30 to 17：00（April to November）
9：00 to 16：00（December to March) - ●Inquiery:
- TEL:0176-75-2368
