Lake Tazawa
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Lake Tazawa is a caldera lake in the city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. It is the deepest lake in Japan at 423 metres. The area is a popular vacation area and several hot spring resort
Kansa Shrine and Lake Tazawa (Feb. 2021)
Hotel near the lake
Oncorhynchus kawamurae
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Black kokanee, or kunimasu in Japanese, is a species of landlocked Pacific trout in Japan that was thought to be extinct for 70 years before being rediscovered in 2010. The species was originally ende
Lake Tazawa
…origin, from an explosive eruption of 1.4 million years ago. Prior to 1940, the main species of fish in Lake Tazawa included the indigenous kunimasu (Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae), Sockeye salmon, Japanese dace (genus Tribolodon), Japanese trout, char, carp, catfish and eel. However, after the acidic content of the lake changed…
Oncorhynchus kawamurae 5 months
A preserved specimen