Lake Towada

Lake Towada is the biggest crater lake in Honsha island, Japan. Located on the border among Aomori and Akita prefectures, it lies 400 meters 1,800 feet above sea stage and is 327 m 1,073 feet deep, drained by the Oirase river. With a floor place of 61.1 km², Towada is Japan's 12th largest lake, its bright blue shade is because of its excellent depth. The lake is roughly circular, with two peninsulas extending from its southern shore approximately one-third into the center of the lake.

The lake is a famous traveler vacation spot. Lake Towada occupies the caldera of an active volcano, with big scale volcanic eruptions taking place about 55,000, 25,000 and 13,000 years ago. The maximum recent eruption left strains of pyroclastic flows as a ways away because the modern-day metropolis of Aomori. The lake is a double caldera in that the inlet among its two peninsulas called the “Nakaumi” is the remnant of a secondary caldera which erupted and collapsed approximately 5400 years ago.

The mountain continued to erupt well into the historical duration, with the final recorded eruption going on in 915 AD, devastating the encircling location with pyroclastic flows, and masking maximum of the Tahoku area of Japan with volcanic ash, leading to crop screw ups, weather trade and famines. The area around Lake Towada remained in large part wilderness until in the direction of the cease of the Edo duration, while the Nambu clan of Morioka Domain tried huge scale land reclamation projects at Sanbongihara current Towada using the Oirase River for irrigation.