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is a volcanic caldera lake in Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Abuta District, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is a part of "Toya Caldera and Usu Volcano Global Geopark" which joins in Global Geoparks Network. The stratovolcano of Mount Usu lies on the southern rim of the caldera. The lake is nearly circular, being 10 kilometers in diameter from east-west and 9 kilometers from North-South. The lake's biggest town, Tōyako is located on its western shore. The town Sōbetsu is located on the other side of the lake. Lake Tōya is said to be the northernmost lake in Japan that never ices, and the second most transparent lake in Japan. Nakajima Island (not to be confused with another island of the same name in Lake Kussharo) is an island in the middle of the lake which houses the ''Tōya Lake Forest Museum''. Lake Tōya was called ''Kim'un-to'' (キムウン (kim'un) means "in the mountain"〔Batchelor, John. (1905) ''An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary'' (Second ed.). Tokyo: Methodist Publishing House〕 and ト (to) means "lake"〔) by the Ainu. In the Meiji era, Japanese pioneers named the lake ''Tōya'' after the Ainu expression ''to ya'', which means "lakeland."〔 The 2008 G8 Summit was held at Lake Tōya and The Windsor Hotel Toya Resort & Spa. ==References== * * (Geographical Survey Institute ), last access 28 May 2008 * Japanese Wikipedia article 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake Tōya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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