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Lake Yugama
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Area: Kusatsu
Category: Nature Parks > Lakes and Rivers
Category: Nature Parks > Lakes and Rivers
Lake Yugama (湯釜) is a caldera lake located on the top of Mt. shirane. It is 300m wide and 30m deep. It has the strongest acid water (ph1.0 ~ 1.2) in the world. It looks light green, but the water does not contain such a color. Many people visit during the hiking season.
Tourist Info.
You cannot visit near from this lake. It is very dangerous. There is a observatory from the top of the Mt. Shirane.
Access
0. Kusatsu
1. use bus to Kusatsu Shirane Resthouse.
Tourist Info.
You cannot visit near from this lake. It is very dangerous. There is a observatory from the top of the Mt. Shirane.
Access
0. Kusatsu
1. use bus to Kusatsu Shirane Resthouse.
Access to Kusatsu Area
Terminal Station: Naganohara Kusatsu guchi
Access
by car
- use Kanetsu Express way to Shibukawa Ikaho, then use root 356 to Kusatsu.
by train
- use JR Joetsu Shinkansen to Takasaki, use JR Joetsu Line to Shibukawa, use JR Agatsuma Line to Naganohara-Kusatuguchi
Access
by car
- use Kanetsu Express way to Shibukawa Ikaho, then use root 356 to Kusatsu.
by train
- use JR Joetsu Shinkansen to Takasaki, use JR Joetsu Line to Shibukawa, use JR Agatsuma Line to Naganohara-Kusatuguchi
Map around Lake Yugama
Nearest Videos
Mt. Shirane
Jofu Falls
Kusatsu Onsen
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Shiriyaki Onsen
Kimyo Falls
Detailed Travel Guide for Lake Yugama
It is an active volcano. It still erupts sometimes. Last eruption was 1983.
The water has no green color, but because of dissolved iron and brimstone take the light wave of other colors.
