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The largest caldera lake in Kyushu, looking out to Mount Kaimon.
About this place
Lake Ikeda (池田湖, Ikeda-ko) is in Ikeda Caldera located 40 km (25 mi) south of Kagoshima city; Kyūshū island, Japan. It is perhaps best known to tourists as the location of the purported sightings of a cryptid named Issie, and as the largest lake on Kyūshū island with a surface area of 11 km2 (4.2 sq mi) and a shoreline length of 15 km (9.3 mi).
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