Akita - Lake Tazawa

After seeing Hinai Chicken & Akita Dog, we walked down to Tazawa Lake.

About Tarawa Lake from wiki:

Lake Tazawa is a caldera lake in the city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. It is the deepest lake in Japan at 423 metres (1,388 ft). The area is a popular vacation area and several hot spring resorts can be found in the hills above the lake. Akita Prefecture's largest ski area, Tazawa Ski Area, overlooks the lake.

Yes, it's the deepest lake in Japan!
I didn't know that until I visited here. :p

It was a little cloudy but scenery was nice.

Crystal clear water!

After about 10 minute drive by bus, there is a statue of Tatsuko...

There is also a story about her...

From this site:

Long ago in the village of Tazawa an extraordinarily beautiful girl by the name of Tastuko was born. As she grew her beauty increased and she became worried about how to preserve her good looks so they would never fade away. For 100 nights she prayed to Kannon, the goddess of mercy, that she would retain her youth.
Kannon eventually decided to answer the girls fervent prayers and appeared before her. She told Tatsuko to drink of the waters of the lake, and she would be beautiful forever. After she drank from the water, Tatsuko noticed that she became so thirsty that no water could sate her. She realized that she was becoming a dragon, and dejectedly sunk into the lake.
Worried about her daughter,Tatsuko's mother went to the mountains looking for her. After searching for a long time she returned to the lake defeated. At that moment her daughter appeared to her just as she looked before, but her mohter knew that it was no longer the daughter that she knew. Tearfully she said goodbye to her daughter, and threw the torch that she was holding into the water. It is said that this torch transformed into the mysterious fish, the kunimasu.
In the north of Lake Tazawa lies Hachirogata Lagoon. In the lagoon there was another man named hachitaro who had also been turned into a dragon. He learned of Tatsuko, and the two eventually fell in love and moved to Lake Tazawa together. After Hachirogata lagoon lost its master it began to become shallower and shallower every year, while Lake Tazawa, now with two masters, stubbornly refused to freeze over even in the harshest of winters.