Lake Toya Hotels

Lake Toya is a volcanic caldera lake in Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Abuta District, Hokkaid身, Japan. The stratovolcano of Mount Usu lies on the southern rim of the caldera. It is a nearly circular lake with 10 kilometers diameter in the east-west direction and 9 kilometers in the north-south direction. The main town is T身yako Onsen, on the western shore. The town T身yako is located on the other side of the lake. Lake T身ya is said to be the northernmost lake in Japan that never ices, and the second most transparent lake in Japan. Nakano-shima, an island in the middle of the lake, houses the T身ya Lake Forest Museum. Lake T身ya was called Kim'un-to (kim'un) means "in the mountain" and 玄 (to) means "lake") by the Ainu. In the Meiji era, Japanese pioneers named the lake T身ya after the Ainu expression to ya, which means "lakeland." The 2008 G8 Summit was held at Lake T身ya and The Windsor Hotel Toya Resort & Spa.