洞爺湖 北海道 Lake Toya Hokkaido JAPAN Part 2

Lake Tōya 洞爺湖 is a volcanic caldera lake in Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Abuta District, Hokkaidō, Japan.
The lake's biggest town, Tōyako Onsen 洞爺湖温泉 is located on its western shore. Lake Tōya is said to be the northernmost lake in Japan that never ices, and the second most transparent lake in Japan. Nakano-shima, an island in the middle of the lake, houses the Tōya Lake Forest Museum.
浮見堂公園 Ukimido Park on the north shore of the lake.
Lake Tōya was called Kim'un-to キムウン means "in the mountain" and ト means "lake" by the Ainu. In the Meiji era, Japanese pioneers named the lake Tōya after the Ainu expression to ya, which means "lakeland.

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