Lake Ashi

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 km2 (2.71 sq mi)
Average depth| 15 m (49 ft)
Max. depth| 43.5 m (143 ft)
Shore length1| 21.1 km (13.1 mi)
Surface elevation| 723 m (2,372 ft)
1 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, several 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. Visitors can take 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.[1]

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

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* Hokusai

* Lake Ashi from Mount Komagatake

* Hiroshige

* Hakone volcano

* With Mount Fuji

* Viewed from the South

* Lake Ashi pirate ship

* Several scenes, 2025

## References

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* "Hakone". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

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

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lake Ashi.

* 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

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