Lake Akan

Hokkaidō · Japan

Lake Akan, Japan
Photo: Inti-sol, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
summer and winter
Accessibility
limited
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A crater lake in eastern Hokkaido famous for rare spherical green algae balls and a lakeside village of the indigenous Ainu people. Volcanoes and forest surround the water, which freezes solid for winter festivals.

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