List of lakes in Japan , ranked by surface area.
List
| A place | Title | A photo | Region | Prefecture | Municipalities (for Hokkaido Prefecture - county ) | water | Square Km | Deepest Km | Height above sea level Km | Volume Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Biwa | Kansai | Shiga | Otsu , Kusatsu , Higashiomi , Hikone Nagahama , Moriyama , Omihatiman Takashima , Yasu , Maybara | Fresh | 670.3 | 103.8 | 85 | 27.5 | |
| 2 | Kasumigaura | Kanto | Ibaraki | Tsuchiura , Isioka , Omitama , Inasiki Ami , Kasumigaura , Namegata , Itako , Miho | Fresh | 220 | 7.10 | 0 | 0.85 | |
| 3 | Hokkaido | Abashiri | Kitami , Saroma , Yubetsu | Salty | 151.59 | 19.6 | 0 | 1.3 | ||
| four | Inavashiro | Tohoku | Fukushima | Koriyama , Aizuwakamatsu , Inavashiro | Fresh | 103.3 | 94.6 | 514 | 5.40 | |
| five | Sanin | Simane Tottori | Matsue , Yonago , Yasugi Sakaiminato , Higashiizumo | Salty | 86.2 | 17.1 | 0 | 0.47 | ||
| 6 | Hokkaido | Kushiro | Tesikaga | Fresh | 79.3 | 117.5 | 121 | 2.25 | ||
| 7 | Sanin | Simane | Matsue , Izumo , Hikawa | Salty | 79.1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.34 | ||
| eight | Hokkaido | Ishikari | Chitose | Fresh | 78.4 | 360.1 | 247 | 20.9 | ||
| 9 | Hokkaido | Iburi | Toyako , Sobetsu | Fresh | 70.7 | 179.9 | 84 | 8.19 | ||
| ten | Tokaj | Shizuoka | Hamamatsu , Kosay , Aray | Salty | 65.0 | 13.1 | 0 | 0.35 | ||
| eleven | Tohoku | Aomori | Misawa , Tohoku , Rokkasho | Salty | 62.2 | 24.4 | 0 | 0.714 | ||
| 12 | Tovada | Tohoku | Aomori Akita | Tobada , Kosaka | Fresh | 61.0 | 326.8 | 400 | 4.19 | |
| 13 | Hokkaido | Abashiri | Abashiri | Salty | 58.4 | 23.1 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| 14 | Hokkaido | Nemuro | Nemuro , Betsukai | Salty | 57.5 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0564 | ||
| 15 | Kanto | Ibaraki | Kashima , Hokota , Namegata , Itako | Fresh | 35.2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.18 | ||
| sixteen | Hokkaido | Abashiri | Abashiri , Odzora | Salty | 32.3 | 16.1 | 0 | 0.2 | ||
| 17 | Hokkaido | Kushiro | Akkesi | Fresh | 32.3 | 11.0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Hatirogata | Tohoku | Akita | Katagami , Oga , Gojome , Ikawa , Ogata | Fresh | 27.7 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| nineteen | Tazawa | Tohoku | Akita | Semboku | Fresh | 25.8 | 423.4 | 249 | 7.2 | |
| 20 | Masu | Hokkaido | Kushiro | Tesikaga | Fresh | 19.2 | 211.4 | 351 | ||
| 21 | Tohoku | Aomori | Gosegavara , Tsugaru , Nakadomari | Salty | 17.82 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Hokkaido | Soybean | Hamatombetsu | Fresh | 13.3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.014 | ||
| 23 | Chubu | Nagano | Okaya , Suva , Simosuva | Fresh | 13.3 | 7.6 | 759 | 0.06135 | ||
| 24 | Hokkaido | Kushiro | Kushiro | Fresh | 13.0 | 44.8 | 420 | 0.249 | ||
| 25 | Kanto | Tochigi | Nikko | Fresh | 11.8 | 163.0 | 1269 | 1.1 | ||
| 26 | Kanto | Chiba | Yatiyo , Sakura , Narita , Inzai , Sisui , Sakae | Fresh | 11.55 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.0277 | ||
| 27 | Kyushu | Kagoshima | Ibusuki | Fresh | 10.9 | 233.0 | 66 | 1.38 | ||
| 28 | Tohoku | Fukushima | Kitashiobar | Fresh | 10.7 | 30.5 | 822 | 0.13 | ||
| 29th | Mangoku | Chubu | Miyagi | Ishinomaki , Onagawa | Salty | 7.30 | 5.3 | 0 | ||
| thirty | Kumihama | Kinky | Kyoto Tottori | Kyotango | Salty | 7.24 | 20.6 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Asi | Kanto | Kanagawa | Hakone | Fresh | 7.1 | 43.5 | 723 | ||
| 32 | Yamanaka | Chubu | Yamanashi | Yamanakako | Fresh | 6.46 | 13.5 | 982 | 0.069 | |
| 33 | Kawaguchi | Chubu | Yamanashi | Fujikawaguchiko | Fresh | 6.13 | 15.2 | 833 | ||
| 34 | Aso | Kinky | Kyoto | Miyazu , Yosano | Salty | 4.80 | 14 | 0 | 42 | |
| 35 | Motosu | Chubu | Yamanashi | Fujikawaguchiko , Minobu | Fresh | 4.7 | 121.6 | 900 | 0.316 | |
| 36 | Hokkaido | Iburi | Shiraoi | Fresh | 4.68 | 148 | 258 | 0.491 | ||
| 37 | Suigetsu | Chubu | Fukui | Wakasa , Mihama | Fresh | 4.3 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 38 | Sanin | Tottori | Yurihama | Salty | 4.1 | 2.5 | 0 | |||
| 39 | Tag | Kanto | Chiba | Abiko , Kashiva , Shiroi , Inzai | Fresh | 4.02 | 3.8 | 3 | 0.0056 | |
| 40 | Saiko | Chubu | Yamanashi | Fresh | 2.1 | 71.7 | 900 | |||
| 41 | Kanto | Gumma | Takasaki | Fresh | 1.24 | 12.6 | 1,084 | |||
| 42 | Shoji | Chubu | Yamanashi | Fujikawaguchiko | Fresh | 0.5 | 15.2 | 900 |
See also
- List of the largest lakes by area
- List of the deepest lakes in the world
- Japan rivers
- Geography of japan