!!!Hibara Lake

by members of the [AirPano Team|Geography/About/Consortium/AirPano,_Team] that is a member of the [global-geography Consortium|Geography/About/Consortium]. \\

January 2021

with kind permission of [AirPano|http://www.AirPano.com]

The Japanese prefecture of Fukushima is sadly remembered worldwide for
the nuclear disaster. And now the aim of this AirPano panorama is to
correct this erroneous impression because Fukushima is a beautiful land
of forests, lakes and mountains. In the northern part of Honshu island,
there is Bandai-Asahi National Park covering more than 186,000 ha of
land. Acknowledged natural monuments of this park are volcanic massif
landscapes, forestlands, gorges, hollows and lakes.

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Mount Bandai rising at 1,819 m is surrounded by a so-called "lake
triangle" consisting of three beautiful lakes: Hibara, Onogawa, Akimoto.
The 1888 eruption of Mount Bandai changed the local landscape and the
course of the rivers; it also caused the creation of multiple lakes.

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Mizuhara Shuoshi, a Japanese poet, wrote a lyrical haiku "Contemplating
Lake Hibara": "In a fanciful cauldron, frozen between twilight
mountains, the lake breathes with sadness..." Probably, it is a reminder
of the events when a village was destroyed by the volcano and buried at
the bottom of Hibara.

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Hibara is around 30 meters deep with a shore length of 31 km and total
surface area of 10.7 km². It is the largest lake of the "Bandai
triangle", while the smallest one is Onogawa. The lake is fed by a small
waterfall flowing down the mountainside with the most delicious water in
Japan, as it is considered to be.

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The lakes of Bandai are the popular place among tourists coming here to
enjoy mountainscapes reflecting in the water, breathe with fresh
mountain air, have a walk in the woods, take a boat ride or go fishing.
And the most notable feature of this place is the moments of the sunrise
which are extremely picturesque here. We invite you to visit these
wonderful lands!

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We express our gratitude to Mr. Hayakawa from
[Crossdevice|https://www.crossdevice.co.jp] for organizing the filming.



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[12 panoramas of Hibara Lake|Geography/Asia/Japan/Pictures/Hibara_Lake]

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