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Crater lake in Japan

Lake Ashi 芦ノ湖
Lake Ashi and Hakone Shrine
Lake Ashi 芦ノ湖
Location	Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshū
Coordinates	35°12′35″N 139°0′16″E / 35.20972°N 139.00444°E / 35.20972; 139.00444
Basin countries	Japan

Surface area	7.03 km (2.71 sq mi)
Average depth	15 m (49 ft)
Max. depth	43.5 m (143 ft)
Shore length	21.1 km (13.1 mi)
Surface elevation	723 m (2,372 ft)
Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Ashi (芦ノ湖, Ashi-no-ko), also referred to as Hakone Lake or Ashinoko Lake, is a scenic lake in the Hakone area of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshū, Japan. It is a crater lake that lies along the southwest wall of the caldera of Mount Hakone, a complex volcano that last erupted in 1170 CE at Ōwakudani. The lake is known for its views of Mount Fuji, its numerous hot springs, historical sites, and ryokan. The lake is located on the Tōkaidō road, the main link between Kyoto and Tokyo. A number of pleasure boats and ferries traverse the lake, providing scenic views for tourists and passengers. Several of the boats are inspired by the design of sailing warships.

Most visitors to Lake Ashi stay in one of the hotels or ryokan located in the area to visit some of the local attractions. There is also a campsite at the north end of the lake. Hakone Shrine is a shrine that has been visited by shōgun, samurai, and many travelers over the centuries. Large sections of the Old Tōkaidō road are preserved here. Onshi Park, the summer retreat established in 1886 for the imperial family, is now a public park. Taking the aerial tram Hakone Ropeway to The Great Boiling Valley. From Togendai on Lake Ashi, the Hakone Ropeway aerial tram connects to Sounzan, the upper terminus of the Hakone Tozan Cable Car funicular railway. This in turn connects to the Hakone Tozan Line mountain railway for the descent to Odawara and a connection to Tokyo by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen.

Visitors can also take the Hakone Sightseeing Cruise with its pirate ships from Togendai to Moto-Hakone Port and Hakone-Machi Port on opposite ends of the lake. The cruise line began in 1950.

The name means "lake of reeds" in Japanese: 芦 (ashi) is "reed", and 湖 (ko) is "lake". The abundance of nature makes it popular with hikers. There are many trails with different levels of challenge.

Lake Ashi is emptied by the Fukara Aqueduct toward Susono, Shizuoka since its completion in 1670, not by the Haya River toward Odawara, Kanagawa.

Gallery

Hokusai
Lake Ashi from Mount Komagatake
Hiroshige

Hakone volcano
With Mount Fuji
Viewed from the South
Lake Ashi pirate ship

References

"Hakone". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

"Hakone Ropeway". Odakyu Electric Railway. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2007.

External links

Hakone Tourist Association Archived 2017-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
Lake Ashinoko - Hakone Geopark (in Japanese)
Geographic data related to Lake Ashi at OpenStreetMap

v t e Transit in Hakone–Fuji–Izu
Shinkansen	Tokaido
JR Central	Tōkaidō Gotemba Minobu
JR East	CO Chūō JT Tōkaidō JT Itō
Odakyu Group	Odakyu Electric Railway OH Odawara Line OH Odakyu Hakone Hakone Tozan Line Hakone Tozan Cable Car Hakone Ropeway Hakone Sightseeing Cruise
Izuhakone Railway	Daiyūzan Sunzu Hakone Komagatake Ropeway Lake Ashi Excursion Ship Jukkokutōge Cable Car
Fuji Kyuko Railway Corp	Fujikyuko Line (Fujikyu) Gakunan Railway Line Lake Kawaguchi Mt. Tenjō Ropeway
Other	Izu Kyūkō Line (Izukyu) Atami Ropeway Izunokuni Panorama Park Ropeway Shimoda Ropeway
Terminals	Rail Atami Fuji Hakone-Yumoto Itō Izukyū Shimoda Kawaguchiko Mishima Mt. Fuji Numazu Odawara Ōtsuki Shin-Fuji Airports Shizuoka Airport
Miscellaneous	Yamanashi Maglev test track Smart Cards Suica Pasmo TOICA Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park Rail transport in Japan
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chūkyō Fukuoka–Kitakyushu Hakone–Fuji–Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

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