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May. 30, 2023 (edited)

Introducing the post of "Shiraoi Tourist Association / SHIRAOI" Cool Japan SNS official account!

Lake Kuttara (倶tarako) is a part of the active volcano "Kuttaraku" located in Shiraoi Town, Shiraoi District, Hokkaido, Japan.
It is a highly transparent caldera lake with a circumference of 8 km, and in fiscal 2001 it won first place in the results of measuring the quality of water quality in public waters announced by the Ministry of the Environment.
It is also a feature that you can go sightseeing slowly because it is a quiet space that is not very touristy.

◆Lake Kuttaraku◆
【Address】 Shiraoi-cho, Shiraoi-gun, Hokkaido

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Shiraoi Tourist Association
May. 29, 2023 (edited)
? Lake KuttaraIt ? is a caldera lake in Shiraoi Town and is part of the active volcano "Kuttaraku".
★ According to the Ministry of the Environment's 2001 public water quality measurement results, it ranked first in Japan in the lake category of water quality!
★ A circular caldera lake with a circumference of about 8 km in the Shikotsu-Toya National Park Special Zone.
★ It is a beautiful lake with high transparency after Lake Mashu.
? 【Origin of the name】The meaning of Lake "Kuttarsi To" of Torajo Beach is prevalent
? 【Birth】About 40,000 years ago, the theory of a caldera lake formed by the depression of the summit of the Kuttara volcano is prevalent
? 【Lake Area】4.7 square kilometers Ranked 19th? in Japan
? 【Lake volume】0.491 cubic kilometers, 7th in Japan?
? 【Lake elevation】257 meters, 8th? in Japan
? 【Water depth】Maximum 147 meters, average 104.5 meters, 4th in Japan?
? 【Water quality】COD=0.7mg 1st in Japan?
? 【Transparency】28.3 meters 2nd in Japan?
? 【Limb segmentation volume】1.05 1st in Japan? (* "limb segmentation volume" is close to a circle)
Reservations for Lake ? Kuttara kayaking or ? canoeing: ??
Search ? by "Paddle Street"