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**Lake Towada (Towada-ko)**
The lake is situated on the border between Aomori and Akita Prefectures, roughly midway between the Pacific Ocean side and the Sea of Japan side, at an elevation of 401 meters.
It is a collapsed caldera lake of the Nasu volcanic ash group. The central cone, which erupted along the southern shore, was divided into two peninsulas — Nakayama and Okura — by Nakanoumi, an inner lake formed through a second collapse. Together with the mountain stream of the Oirase River and the alpine highland beauty of the Hakkōda Mountains, the area is a tourism destination of international renown. The lake is also well known for its kokanee salmon (*himemasu*) aquaculture.
**Reference:**
AIGA Tetsuo, ed. *Sekai Genshoku Hyakka Jiten* [World Color Encyclopedia]. Shōgakukan, 1966 (Shōwa 41).
Translation requested by: ASADA Misuzu
Translated by: Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic)
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いくつか翻訳上の判断について補足です。「陥没カルデラ湖」は "collapsed caldera lake" としました。「国際的な観光地」は直訳の "international tourist destination" より少し格調を上げて "a tourism destination of international renown" にしています。ヒメマスは英語圏では kokanee salmon が通じるので、日本語のローマ字も併記しました。
〔参考百科事典〕
相賀徹夫編『世界原色百科事典』小学館, 昭和41(1966)年
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