List of lakes of Japan

The list of lakes in Japan ranked by surface area.

Rank Name
 Region
 Prefecture¹
 Municipalities Water Area
(km2) 		Max Depth
(m) 		Altitude
(m) 		Volume
(km3)
1 Biwa Kansai Shiga Ōtsu, Kusatsu, Higashi-Ōmi, Hikone
Nagahama, Moriyama, Ōmi-Hachiman
Takashima, Yasu, Maibara		 Fresh 670.3 103.8 85 27.5
2 Kasumigaura Kantō Ibaraki Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Omitama, Inashiki
Ami, Kasumigaura, Namegata, Itako, Miho		 Fresh 167.6 7.10 0 0.85
3 Saroma Hokkaido Okhotsk Kitami, Saroma, Yūbetsu Brackish 151.9 19.6 0 1.3
4 Inawashiro Tōhoku Fukushima Aizuwakamatsu, Inawashiro, Kōriyama Fresh 103.3 94.6 514 5.40
5 Nakaumi San'in Shimane
Tottori		 Matsue, Yonago, Yasugi
Sakaiminato, Higashi-Izumo		 Brackish 86.2 17.1 0 0.47
6 Kussharo Hokkaido Kushiro Teshikaga Fresh 79.3 117.5 121 2.25
7 Shinji San'in Shimane Matsue, Izumo, Hikawa Brackish 79.1 6.0 0 0.34
8 Shikotsu Hokkaido Ishikari Chitose Fresh 78.4 360.1 247 20.9
9 Tōya Hokkaido Iburi Tōyako, Sōbetsu Fresh 70.7 179.9 84 8.19
10 Hamana Tōkai Shizuoka Hamamatsu, Kosai, Arai Brackish 65.0 13.1 0 0.35
11 Ogawara Tōhoku Aomori Misawa, Tōhoku, Rokkasho Brackish 62.2 24.4 0 0.714
12 Towada Tōhoku Aomori
Akita		 Towada, Kosaka Fresh 61.0 326.8 400 4.19
13 Notoro Hokkaido Okhotsk Abashiri Brackish 58.4 23.1 0 0.5
14 Fūren Hokkaido Nemuro Nemuro, Betsukai Brackish 57.5 13.0 0 0.0564
15 Kitaura Kantō Ibaraki Kashima, Hokota, Namegata, Itako Fresh 35.2 7.0 0 0.18
16 Abashiri Hokkaido Okhotsk Abashiri, Ōzora Brackish 32.3 16.1 0 0.2
17 Akkeshi Hokkaido Kushiro Akkeshi, Hokkaido Fresh 32.3 11.0 0
18 Hachirō Tōhoku Akita Katagami, Oga, Gojōme, Ikawa, Ōgata Fresh 27.7 12.0 0
19 Tazawa Tōhoku Akita Senboku Fresh 25.8 423.4 249 7.2
20 Mashū Hokkaido Kushiro Teshikaga Fresh 19.2 211.4 351
21 Jūsan Tōhoku Aomori Goshogawara, Tsugaru, Nakadomari Brackish 18.1 1.5 0
22 Kutcharo Hokkaido Sōya Hamatonbetsu Fresh 13.3 3.3 0 0.014
23 Suwa Chūbu Nagano Okaya, Suwa, Shimo-Suwa Fresh 13.3 7.6 759 0.06135
24 Akan Hokkaido Kushiro Kushiro Fresh 13.0 44.8 420 0.249
25 Chūzenji Kantō Tochigi Nikkō Fresh 11.8 163.0 1269 1.1
26 Inba Kantō Chiba Yachiyo, Sakura, Narita, Inzai, Shisui, Sakae Fresh 11.55 2.5 2.5 0.0277
27 Ikeda Kyūshū Kagoshima Ibusuki Fresh 10.9 233.0 66 1.38
28 Hibara Tōhoku Fukushima Kitashiobara Fresh 10.7 30.5 822 0.13
29 Ashi Kantō Kanagawa Hakone Fresh 7.03 43.5 723
30 Kuttara Hokkaido Iburi Shiraoi Fresh 4.68 148 258 0.491

1) For lakes in the Hokkaidō region, Subprefecture is listed

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