Lake Tazawa

Akita Prefecture · Japan

Lake Tazawa, Japan
Photo: (Tea-making tea) 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to October
Accessibility
limited
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The deepest lake in Japan, a near-perfect circle of intensely blue caldera water ringed by wooded slopes. A gilded statue of a legendary maiden stands on its shore, and boat cruises circle the crater in the warmer months.

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