Lake Towada
Lake Towada is the largest crater lake in Honshū island, Japan. Located on the border between Aomori and Akita prefectures, it lies 400 meters above sea level and is 327 m deep, drained by the Oirase River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋), CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: crater lake
- Also known as: “Towada Ko” and “Towada Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Towada mountain and Towada Shrine.
Towada Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: らんで, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Towada Shrine is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 4 km south of Lake Towada.
Lake Towada
- Categories: volcanic crater lake and body of water
- Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Towada from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Lake Towada” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Towada aintzira”
- Belarusian: “Возера Товада”
- Belarusian: “Товада”
- Bulgarian: “Товада (езеро)”
- Bulgarian: “Товада”
- Burmese: “တိုဝဒကန်”
- Catalan: “llac Towada”
- Chinese: “十和田湖”
- Chuvash: “Товада”
- Czech: “Towada”
- Czech: “Towadako”
- Dutch: “Lake Towada”
- Estonian: “Towada järv”
- French: “lac Towada”
- French: “Lac Towada”
- German: “Towada-ko”
- German: “Towada-See”
- German: “Towadako”
- German: “Towadasee”
- Hebrew: “אגם טווואדה”
- Hungarian: “Tovada-tó”
- Indonesian: “Danau Towada”
- Italian: “Lago Towada”
- Japanese: “とわだこ”
- Japanese: “トワダコ”
- Japanese: “十和田湖”
- Korean: “도와다 호수”
- Korean: “도와다호”
- Korean: “토와다 호”
- Lithuanian: “Tovada”
- Lithuanian: “Tovados ežeras”
- Persian: “دریاچه تووادا”
- Polish: “Towada”
- Portuguese: “Lago Towada”
- Russian: “Товада”
- Spanish: “Lago Towada”
- Swedish: “Towadasjön”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบโทวาดะ”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบโทะวะดะ”
- Turkish: “Towada Gölü”
- Welsh: “Llyn Towada”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mikado Ishi and Senjōmaku.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Towada”. Photo: TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋), CC BY 2.0.