The list of lakes in Japan ranked by surface area.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! class="unsortable"|Rank

! Name<br/>

! Region<br/>

! Prefecture¹<br/>

! class="unsortable"|Municipalities

! class="unsortable"|Water

! Area<br/>(km<sup>2</sup>)

! Max Depth<br/>(m)

! Altitude<br/>(m)

! Volume<br/>(km<sup>3</sup>)

|-

| 1 || Biwa || Kansai || Shiga || Ōtsu, Kusatsu, Higashi-Ōmi, Hikone<br/>Nagahama, Moriyama, Ōmi-Hachiman<br/>Takashima, Yasu, Maibara || Fresh || 670.3 || 103.8 || 85|| 27.5

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| 2 || Kasumigaura || Kantō || Ibaraki || Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Omitama, Inashiki<br/>Ami, Kasumigaura, Namegata, Itako, Miho || Fresh || 167.6 || 7.10 || 0 || 0.85

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| 3 || Saroma || Hokkaido || Okhotsk || Kitami, Saroma, Yūbetsu || Brackish || 151.9 || 19.6 || 0 || 1.3

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| 4 || Inawashiro || Tōhoku || Fukushima || Aizuwakamatsu, Inawashiro, Kōriyama || Fresh || 103.3 || 94.6 || 514 || 5.40

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| 5 || Nakaumi || San'in || Shimane<br>Tottori || Matsue, Yonago, Yasugi<br/>Sakaiminato, Higashi-Izumo || Brackish || 86.2 || 17.1 || 0 || 0.47

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| 6 || Kussharo || Hokkaido || Kushiro || Teshikaga || Fresh || 79.3 || 117.5 || 121 || 2.25

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| 7 || Shinji || San'in || Shimane || Matsue, Izumo, Hikawa || Brackish || 79.1 || 6.0 || 0 || 0.34

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| 8 || Shikotsu || Hokkaido || Ishikari || Chitose || Fresh || 78.4 || 360.1 || 247 || 20.9

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| 9 || Tōya || Hokkaido || Iburi || Tōyako, Sōbetsu || Fresh || 70.7 || 179.9 || 84 || 8.19

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| 10 || Hamana || Tōkai || Shizuoka || Hamamatsu, Kosai, Arai || Brackish || 65.0 || 13.1 || 0 || 0.35

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| 11 || Ogawara || Tōhoku || Aomori || Misawa, Tōhoku, Rokkasho || Brackish || 62.2 || 24.4 || 0 || 0.714

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| 12 || Towada || Tōhoku || Aomori<br>Akita || Towada, Kosaka || Fresh || 61.0 || 326.8 || 400 || 4.19

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| 13 || Notoro || Hokkaido || Okhotsk || Abashiri || Brackish || 58.4 || 23.1 || 0 || 0.5

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| 14 || Fūren || Hokkaido || Nemuro || Nemuro, Betsukai || Brackish || 57.5 || 13.0 || 0 || 0.0564

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| 15 || Kitaura || Kantō || Ibaraki || Kashima, Hokota, Namegata, Itako || Fresh || 35.2 || 7.0 || 0 || 0.18

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| 16 || Abashiri || Hokkaido || Okhotsk || Abashiri, Ōzora || Brackish || 32.3 || 16.1 || 0 ||0.2

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| 17 || Akkeshi || Hokkaido || Kushiro || Akkeshi, Hokkaido || Fresh || 32.3 || 11.0 || 0 ||

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| 18 || Hachirō || Tōhoku || Akita || Katagami, Oga, Gojōme, Ikawa, Ōgata || Fresh || 27.7 || 12.0 || 0 ||

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| 19 || Tazawa || Tōhoku || Akita || Senboku || Fresh || 25.8 || 423.4 || 249 || 7.2

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| 20 || Mashū || Hokkaido || Kushiro || Teshikaga || Fresh || 19.2 || 211.4 || 351 ||

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| 21 || Jūsan || Tōhoku || Aomori || Goshogawara, Tsugaru, Nakadomari || Brackish || 18.1 || 1.5 || 0 ||

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| 22 || Kutcharo || Hokkaido || Sōya || Hamatonbetsu || Fresh || 13.3 || 3.3 || 0 || 0.014

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|23 || Suwa || Chūbu || Nagano || Okaya, Suwa, Shimo-Suwa || Fresh || 13.3 || 7.6 || 759 || 0.06135

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| 24 || Akan || Hokkaido || Kushiro || Kushiro || Fresh || 13.0 || 44.8 || 420 || 0.249

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| 25 || Chūzenji || Kantō || Tochigi || Nikkō || Fresh || 11.8 || 163.0 || 1269 || 1.1

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| 26 || Inba || Kantō || Chiba || Yachiyo, Sakura, Narita, Inzai, Shisui, Sakae || Fresh || 11.55 || 2.5 || 2.5 ||0.0277

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| 27 || Ikeda || Kyūshū || Kagoshima || Ibusuki || Fresh || 10.9 || 233.0 || 66 ||1.38

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| 28 || Hibara || Tōhoku || Fukushima || Kitashiobara || Fresh || 10.7 || 30.5 || 822 || 0.13

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| 29 || Ashi || Kantō || Kanagawa || Hakone || Fresh || 7.03 || 43.5 || 723 ||

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| 30 || Kuttara || Hokkaido || Iburi || Shiraoi || Fresh || 4.68 || 148 || 258 ||0.491

|}

<small>1) For lakes in the Hokkaidō region, Subprefecture is listed</small>

See also

  • List of lakes by area
  • List of lakes by depth
  • List of lakes by volume

References

  • The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport - Significant Lakes of Japan
  • Wikipedia - List of lakes in Japan