{"id":22259,"date":"2026-03-12T15:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/05_0047\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:39:12","slug":"05_0047","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Towada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Towada is a classic double caldera lake spanning both Akita and Aomori Prefectures, with a surface elevation of $400text{m}$ and a maximum depth of $327text{m}$ (the $3text{rd}$ deepest in Japan).Visitors are captivated by the seasonal beauty, from the mountain cherry blossoms in May and fresh greenery in June, to the bustling summer with lake festivals and campers, the autumn when the outer rim mountains are colored like a brocade painting, and the deep stillness of winter. The ability to enjoy different views along various walking routes is also a major attraction.The lake is also famous as a production area for the Kokanee salmon (Himemasu).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Towada is a classic double caldera lake spanning both Akita and Aomori Prefectures, with a surface elevation of $400text{m}$ and a maximum depth of $327text{m}$ (the $3text{rd}$ deepest in Japan).Visitors are captivated by the seasonal beauty, from the mountain cherry blossoms in May and fresh greenery in June, to the bustling summer with lake festivals and campers, the autumn when the outer rim mountains are colored like a brocade painting, and the deep stillness of winter. The ability to enjoy different views along various walking routes is also a major attraction.The lake is also famous as a production area for the Kokanee salmon (Himemasu).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1304],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-akita"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lake Towada | V-Trip Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lake Towada is a classic double caldera lake spanning both Akita and Aomori Prefectures, with a surface elevation of $400text{m}$ and a maximum depth of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lake Towada | V-Trip Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lake Towada is a classic double caldera lake spanning both Akita and Aomori Prefectures, with a surface elevation of $400text{m}$ and a maximum depth of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"V-Trip Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-19T06:39:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ogp.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"V-trip Japan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"V-trip Japan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"V-trip Japan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5\"},\"headline\":\"Lake Towada\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-19T06:39:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/\"},\"wordCount\":112,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Akita\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/\",\"name\":\"Lake Towada | V-Trip Japan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-19T06:39:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"Lake Towada is a classic double caldera lake spanning both Akita and Aomori Prefectures, with a surface elevation of $400text{m}$ and a maximum depth of\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lake Towada\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"V-Trip Japan\",\"description\":\"See Japan Before You Go.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"V-Trip Japan\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png\",\"width\":513,\"height\":513,\"caption\":\"V-Trip Japan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5\",\"name\":\"V-trip Japan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"V-trip Japan\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lake Towada | V-Trip Japan","description":"Lake Towada is a classic double caldera lake spanning both Akita and Aomori Prefectures, with a surface elevation of $400text{m}$ and a maximum depth of","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lake Towada | V-Trip Japan","og_description":"Lake Towada is a classic double caldera lake spanning both Akita and Aomori Prefectures, with a surface elevation of $400text{m}$ and a maximum depth of","og_url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/","og_site_name":"V-Trip Japan","article_published_time":"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-19T06:39:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ogp.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"V-trip Japan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"V-trip Japan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/"},"author":{"name":"V-trip Japan","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5"},"headline":"Lake Towada","datePublished":"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-19T06:39:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/"},"wordCount":112,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Akita"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/","name":"Lake Towada | V-Trip Japan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-03-12T06:28:12+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-19T06:39:12+00:00","description":"Lake Towada is a classic double caldera lake spanning both Akita and Aomori Prefectures, with a surface elevation of $400text{m}$ and a maximum depth of","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/05_0047\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lake Towada"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/","name":"V-Trip Japan","description":"See Japan Before You Go.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#organization","name":"V-Trip Japan","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo.png","width":513,"height":513,"caption":"V-Trip Japan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb1e0eb086de3caefb0e3bbe14cbbcb5","name":"V-trip Japan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab3d5473e9290908aeb171257c9ff47bcee0128667a34637241838eab19814ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"V-trip Japan"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27744,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22259\/revisions\/27744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}