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The list of lakes in Japan ranked by surface area .
Rank
Name
Region
Prefecture¹
Municipalities
Water
Area (km2 )
Max Depth (m)
Altitude (m)
Volume (km3 )
1
Biwa
Kansai
Shiga
Ōtsu , Kusatsu , Higashi-Ōmi , Hikone Nagahama , Moriyama , Ōmi-Hachiman Takashima , Yasu , Maibara
Fresh
670.3
103.8
85
27.5
2
Kasumigaura
Kantō
Ibaraki
Tsuchiura , Ishioka , Omitama , Inashiki Ami , Kasumigaura , Namegata , Itako , Miho
Fresh
167.6
7.10
0
0.85
3
Saroma
Hokkaidō
Abashiri
Kitami , Saroma , Yūbetsu
Brackish
151.9
19.6
0
1.3
4
Inawashiro
Tōhoku
Fukushima
Aizuwakamatsu , Inawashiro , Kōriyama
Fresh
103.3
94.6
514
5.40
5
Nakaumi
San'in
Shimane Tottori
Matsue , Yonago , Yasugi Sakaiminato , Higashi-Izumo
Brackish
86.2
17.1
0
0.47
6
Kussharo
Hokkaidō
Kushiro
Teshikaga
Fresh
79.3
117.5
121
2.25
7
Shinji
San'in
Shimane
Matsue , Izumo , Hikawa
Brackish
79.1
6.0
0
0.34
8
Shikotsu
Hokkaidō
Ishikari
Chitose
Fresh
78.4
360.1
247
20.9
9
Tōya
Hokkaidō
Iburi
Tōyako , Sōbetsu
Fresh
70.7
179.9
84
8.19
10
Hamana
Tōkai
Shizuoka
Hamamatsu , Kosai , Arai
Brackish
65.0
13.1
0
0.35
11
Ogawara
Tōhoku
Aomori
Misawa , Tōhoku , Rokkasho
Brackish
62.2
24.4
0
0.714
12
Towada
Tōhoku
Aomori Akita
Towada , Kosaka
Fresh
61.0
326.8
400
4.19
13
Notoro
Hokkaidō
Abashiri
Abashiri
Brackish
58.4
23.1
0
0.5
14
Fūren
Hokkaidō
Nemuro
Nemuro , Betsukai
Brackish
57.5
13.0
0
0.0564
15
Kitaura
Kantō
Ibaraki
Kashima , Hokota , Namegata , Itako
Fresh
35.2
7.0
0
0.18
16
Abashiri
Hokkaidō
Abashiri
Abashiri , Ōzora
Brackish
32.3
16.1
0
0.2
17
Akkeshi
Hokkaidō
Kushiro
Akkeshi, Hokkaidō
Fresh
32.3
11.0
0
18
Hachirō
Tōhoku
Akita
Katagami , Oga , Gojōme , Ikawa , Ōgata
Fresh
27.7
12.0
0
19
Tazawa
Tōhoku
Akita
Senboku
Fresh
25.8
423.4
249
7.2
20
Mashū
Hokkaidō
Kushiro
Teshikaga
Fresh
19.2
211.4
351
21
Jūsan
Tōhoku
Aomori
Goshogawara , Tsugaru , Nakadomari
Brackish
18.1
1.5
0
22
Kutcharo
Hokkaidō
Sōya
Hamatonbetsu
Fresh
13.3
3.3
0
0.014
23
Suwa
Chūbu
Nagano
Okaya , Suwa , Shimo-Suwa
Fresh
13.3
7.6
759
0.06135
24
Akan
Hokkaidō
Kushiro
Kushiro
Fresh
13.0
44.8
420
0.249
25
Chūzenji
Kantō
Tochigi
Nikkō
Fresh
11.8
163.0
1269
1.1
26
Inba [ja ]
Kantō
Chiba
Yachiyo , Sakura , Narita , Inzai , Shisui , Sakae
Fresh
11.55
2.5
2.5
0.0277
27
Ikeda
Kyūshū
Kagoshima
Ibusuki
Fresh
10.9
233.0
66
1.38
28
Hibara
Tōhoku
Fukushima
Kitashiobara
Fresh
10.7
30.5
822
0.13
29
Ashi
Kantō
Kanagawa
Hakone
Fresh
7.03
43.5
723
30
Kuttara
Hokkaidō
Iburi
Shiraoi
Fresh
4.68
148
258
0.491
1) For lakes in the Hokkaidō region, Subprefecture is listed
See also
References