Lake Ikeda, Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park

Name: Lake Ikeda
Address: Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park, Japan

#3 among attractions in Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Lake Ikeda, Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park

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Lake Ikeda is a caldera lake located 40 km south of Kagoshima city; Kyūshū island, Japan. It is perhaps best known to tourists as the location of the purported sightings of a monster named Issie, and as the largest lake on Kyūshū island with a surface area of 11 km² and a shoreline length of 15 km. ()

Local name: 池田湖 Area: 4.25 mi²Maximum depth: 764 ftElevation: 207 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 31°14'8"N, 130°33'47"E

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Lake Ikeda – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tōsenkyō, Mount Kaimon, Iwasaki Art Museum, Hirasaki Shrine.

1.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Tōsenkyō, Ibusuki
41 min walk • Tōsenkyō is a gorge in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, in southern Japan. It stands southwest of the Ikeda Lake. The name Tōsenkyō is derived from a place known as Tōsen-ga-saka, which had a deep cove in the Edo period where many Chinese ships came to anchor in.
4.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Kaimon, Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park
111 min walk • Kaimondake, or Mount Kaimon, is an undissected volcano – consisting of a basal stratovolcano and a small central volcano, part of the Ibusuki field – which rises to a height of 924 metres above sea level near the city of Ibusuki in southern Kyūshū, Japan.
5.5 miE
Museum, Art museum
Iwasaki Art Museum, Ibusuki
139 min walk • Iwasaki Art Museum opened in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1983. Located in the gardens of a resort hotel and designed by Fumihiko Maki, the Museum's collection includes works by Kuroda Seiki and Fujishima Takeji, as well as Western painters.
2.3 miSW
Temple
Hirasaki Shrine
60 min walk • Hirasaki Shrine, also known as Hirakiki-jinja, is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Ibusuki, Kagoshima on the island of Kyushu.
5.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hot springs
Ibusuki Onsen, Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park
141 min walk • Ibusuki Onsen is a group of hot springs in the east of Ibusuki, Kagoshima in Japan, which includes Surigahama Onsen, Yajigayu Onsen, and Nigatsuden Onsen. 2,850,000 people visited in 2003, and 910,000 people stayed there. 90% of the water is used for industry.
4.6 miE
Botanical garden
Ibusuki Experimental Botanical Garden, Ibusuki
117 min walk • The Ibusuki Experimental Botanical Garden is a botanical garden operated by the Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University. It is located at 1291 Ju-cho, Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan.