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Okama (), meaning an honourable cauldron, is the inactive volcanic crater ( crater lake) on top of Mount Zaō, located in Kawasaki, Miyagi, on the border with
Okama Crater 御釜 (Japan National Tourism Organization)
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Mt. Zao & Okama Crater (Miyagi Prefectural Government)
Calderas of Japan Kawasaki, Miyagi Lakes of Miyagi Prefecture
Okama (), meaning an honourable cauldron, is the inactive volcanic crater ( crater lake) on top of Mount Zaō, located in Kawasaki, Miyagi, on the border with Yamagata, Japan
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Yamagata Prefecture has a population of 1,079,950 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 9,325 km² (3,600 sq mi). Yamagata Prefecture borders Akita Prefecture to the north, ...
. While local people call it affectionately Okama, the visitors tend to call it Goshiki-numa ( 五色沼), meaning "Five Color Pond", because its color changes depending on the time of the day, the weather, or the season of the year.
Okama Crater Lake is situated at the height of about 1600 meters above sea level. According to the 1968 survey, its east-west and north-south diameters are both 325 meters, and maximum depth is 27.6 meters.
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Access
Okama Crater Lake can be reached from Yamagata orMiyagi, Japan
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the ...
on the Zaō Echo Line part of Yamagata-Miyagi Prefectural Route 12 ( 宮城県道・山形県道12号白石上山線)./ref>
See also
*Goshiki-numa
, is a cluster of five volcanic lakes situated at the foot of Mount Bandai in the center of the lake district of Bandai-kōgen, Kitashiobara, Fukushima, Japan.
Goshiki-numa formed when Mount Bandai erupted on July 15, 1888, destroying dozens of ...
- A cluster of volcanic lakes of the Bandai Highland ( 磐梯高原) in Kitashiobara, Fukushima
Lake Akimoto
is a village located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 2,697 in 1091 households, and a population density of 12 persons per km². The total area of the village was .
Geography
Kitashiobara ...
, Japan.
References
External links
{{Commonscat, Okama (Zao Mountains)Mt. Zao & Okama Crater (Miyagi Prefectural Government)
Calderas of Japan Kawasaki, Miyagi Lakes of Miyagi Prefecture