芦ノ湖
alternative words: Lake Ashi, Lake Ashino ko, Ashinoko, Ashino ko, Hakone lake, Lake Hakone
keywords:
kanagawa
,
lake
related topics:
Kanagawa Prefecture
,
Hakone
related web sites:
http://www.princehotels.co.jp/lakeside/kanko.html
,
http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/hakone.htm
explanation: Lake Ashinoko was formed about 3000 years ago by the last volcanism of Hakone, caused by a hydraulic explosion of Owaku valley which blown up a part of Mt Kamiyama. It provoked a huge landslide which came to block Hayakawa river by pushing toward the actual end of the lake.
French version
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