Ikeda-ko lake
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Ikeda-ko lake is a caldera lake located 40 km south of Kagoshima-city. It is best known to
tourists as the location of the purported sightings of a monster named Issie, and as the
largest lake in Kyushu with a surface area of 11 km² and a shoreline length of 15 km.
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It is also known as large eel with a length of 2 meter and circumference of 50 cm inhabit the lake.
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General information
| Address | Ikeda, Ibusuki-city, Kagoshima-prefecture |
| Access |
1 hour and 35 minutes from Kagoshima Airport by a vehicle 1 hour and 20 minutes from Kagoshima-city by a vehicle 25 minutes from JR Ibusuki Station by a vehicle |










