Lake Ashinoko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. | |