Visiting one of the strongest acidic caldera lake in Japan – Katanuma Swamp (Sendai, Miyagi)
It’s a beautiful day today ganda. This is just 10 minutes away from our house. This is the area explore and it family mart. So today we are going to a lake. I forgot the name. Katanuma Katanuma Lake. I’m not sure talaga yung lame. I’ll check later. But that’s where we’re heading today. So sundam ka work night. And we are now driving to the lake and stop over lang s family. [Music] [Music] [Music] your line is alive. The emperor will have and the family will have no more power. So even today we there is an emperor in Japan. Okay. But more they’re just like figurehead type. They’re kind of like the royal family but even more neutered. Okay. Like just these goofy nerdy type of people who Yeah. just have access to the best food in the in the country cuz they got their own like their specialized farms where they get their own rice from and their own fish from. Of course. Yeah. So it’s it must be a nice life but no one takes them seriously. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. And then uh after the war um Japan was just like, “Okay, well, we need to [Music] I’m [Music] feeling [Music] We are here. So beautiful. This is called the what’s it called, babe? Katanuma swamp. It’s called a swamp. All the swamps I know are dirty. This is super nice. Yeah, it’s Katanuma swamp. And there this is about an hour and a half from our place. You can ride a boat. Um They said we can swim here, but I don’t see anybody swimming. But I see people over there. They are going to paddle board. Oh, no. No. What do you call it? I forgot what it’s called. Says the origin of Katanuma. Katanuma is believed to be a volcanic crater lake ah of the Naruga volcano and is Frenched by Kurumi Gatake Matsugamin and Toia Gamori. I don’t know what those are. The crater lake is 300 306 m above sea level from the surface of the lake is 16.2 m deep at its deepest point. and has an elliptic shape, 450 m at its longest axis, 350 m at its shortest axis and is 1.3 km in circumference. The lake was first formed by a volcanic action of the Naruga volcano. Volcanic action was first recorded in the area in an entry in the Shoku Nihon Koki a historical record covering the 17 years from 833 to 850 in April 837 and it is imagined from this entry the lake was formed 1100 years ago from a topographic from a topographic perspective it is said the lake was formed as a crater with a carved bulllike bottom and small volcanoes around its edges. Oh, however, from a geophysical point, it is also said the lake was formed as a result of molten lava from volcanic activity caused by geomagnetic anomalies centrally around Okatake and Tory daming off the area. Katanuma is known as one of the most acidic lakes in the world and the boiling springs and water bafer that are endlessly discharged from the lake bottom prevent parts of the lake from freezing over. H even during colder times of the year, there is no fish in the lake. However, swarms of insects, Kyonomus shimatsui are common, but do not bite or stain humans. Tradition tells that the lake is owned by a female dragon god and every year on the eve of the doll festival, March 3 can be heard weaving material from the middle of the lake. Katanum is also known as Ryujen Lake or lake of the dragon god. Okay, good to know. [Music] [Music] [Music] So yeah, um we are going to walk towards that side cuz we’re not sure if we can actually swim. So we’re going to go there away from the people and away from the cars. What’s it? It sounds like someone shooting and we’re not sure. So yeah, we’re going to walk there so they can swim. I’m not going to swim cuz swimsuit poes namin and I tried to look for swimsuits. some m department stores near our area or near our house and I couldn’t find one and I think we can swim. She said she swam here, but we cannot see anybody else swimming. And wula pa yung ibang um work nilad. So, we’re just going to get away from people. Audito. It smells of sulfur. Amui rotten egg. But it’s very nice. It’s sunny period. Hang in. Nice. Lo too big. You hear that? No. If you see a bear, run towards it and make sure that I get away. Very friendly. If you So, if you see a bear, keep eye contact and walk. Walk backwards. Backwards slowly. Yeah. If you’re far enough away, just turn and walk away. Okay. Especially non-threatening. Just Yeah. Because like running startles them and then they fight and flight, right? Yeah. [Music] So beautiful. And Matt is over there. I cannot zoom any more closer. That’s That’s the zoomst I can zoom. The kids there is enjoying swimming with um Robert. It’s so quiet here. Sana lang yung shush na. We’re thinking somewhere over there is a driving range. And these are all the people that are here. And at the back is forest man. So as I mentioned I’m not going to swim because wala naman swimsuit or anything which will be appropriate for swimming. not basic or ganate. I put them in the boxes that are arriving hopefully in the this coming week. And I didn’t really think now I’m going to be needing it like in the first month that we are here. But I’m happy just looking at everyone and watching what everyone’s doing and just being here. It’s quite sunny today, but usually initiat but here super it’s super windy and we’re under a little bit of shade and then trees so press init in it. sila. I don’t know. Not me. I’m going to go for a walk since I’m just going to walk along this beach. So earlier Robert was talking about bears area reported bear attacks d so I think it’s not near our house per near m ano magubat area may ano reported bear attacks. So he was saying now if we ever see a bear ano don’t runa par common sense mana don’t run per what you should do d talaga is to like to not lose the eye contact s bear and then started or start started and then start to walk I know backwards slowly ganun para hindi my trigger s bear. And then once you’re far enough from the bear, you can turn around and start walking away. Walking forward now. Hopefully, we wouldn’t have to do that because I don’t think I would be able to keep my calm and just keep my eye contact. I feel like I’m just going to panic and run and shout and get attacked. So, I’m hoping it wouldn’t come to that cuz this is forest now. See, it’s a thick forest. So, most likely me bear Jen. I don’t know. Can bears swim? If I run towards the water, can they follow me? Should know this, but I’m not really sure. What do you call this? Surf stand paddle. There you go. Uh SU stand up paddle boarding. Paddle boarding paramo stand up [Music] na. So Mat and I were just talking earlier just before walking towards this beach. Now we are very very very very happy that we are now here in Japan cuz we are in nature. See just over the weekend you can go to a place like this and even like near our house like earlier and usually the the way I go out is m department store supermarkets from there you can still see the mountains per if I walk like towards like the back area of our house. It’s nearer the mountains and kina ang ganda ganda ganda ganda ganda ganda nila so bright it’s so green ganda ng clouds and canina the clouds were a little bit different like gray hind clouds it’s really nice and Robert is ano dun um ski area per beginner ski area which is fine ski. So, we can try skiing there. Maybe we can try to learn a pag winter now. I’m so happy and excited. By the way, wala palaang entrance to come here. We just drove and parked. That’s it. And my restaurant over there if we want to eat or drink something. But we stopped at Family Mart, so we’re not that hungry. Nice. [Laughter] Look at this stump here. You’d think it’s already dead, but there’s still something growing on it. That’s so cool. Taki, say hello to my drone. Oh, it’s a 360 drone. [Laughter] It works. Hello. Well, yeah. Yeah, that’s fine. I mean generally just feel like [Music] [Music] That smell is coming from this water like [Music] [Music] ridiculous. We are going to head back now. It’s What time is it? Almost 12 lunch time. So initi at least initi. So it’s a really really nice day today. We’re just going to go back so we can still rest for the day. So yeah, if you want to know the origin of this one, it’s right here. It’s got the Japanese and the English version of it. And then if you get hungry, the restaurant is just here there. And you can park your car here. You can walk along the side of the swamp. Um, bring your own mats and chairs or whatnot. There are benches like especially there because that’s a restaurant. There are a couple of benches over there as well, but that’s about it. [Music] [Music] [Music] We’ve stopped by here, but I don’t really know what the name of this place is. Sabi Robert meong fresh veggies and fruits as a weekend and dito yung shop ng Roy chocolate and we’re coming here for the chocolates. Okay. Okay. I did a He’s going to get Up here is entrance of the happiness. So many things. So many yummy things. So this is the is that the name aino chuk. This is a really nice place where you can get a lot of different food. This is the Roy chocolate. This is Roy chocolate. [Music] Okay. Roy Spear chocolate. Oh, you got a basket already. Good job. Well done. I don’t really know what to get. We’ll take a look. Coffee chocolate. Pistachio chocolateist amande aes almonds I guess memories of a good um no strawberry strawberry Very very cute. Macadmia. Yeah. What do you rais in? So many choices. I don’t know. We have ramen raisin pistachio. Oh, I’m going to be think about what you want. I can I’m okay with a pistachio. Chocolate wafer. Yeah, sure. I’m okay with that. That’s a lot. You can always come back. Marshmallow chocolates. Marshmallow chocolate bon cookies and pistachio crunch and Halloween chocolates. Yeah, it’s 118 little box. There’s more there. Nama chocolate. Keep getting more. [Music] Baked apple chocolates. What? Baked chip chocolates. This keeps getting chocolate. Okay. You are being silly. Uh, yes. That’s a lot. Hello. We’ve got so many chocolates namin banil. Oh, what’s that? Oh, yummy palad food. Ah, gelato. They have gelato. Oh, look at this. It’d be nice to eat one. Yes. Um, what have they got? They’ve got matcha. Okay. Okay. Oh, I’ll have one. Yeah. Yeah. I’ll I’ll um do you want something else? Matcha. Matcha. You’re assuming I have matcha. This one. Is it matcha? Yeah. Matcha. Gelato. Okay. I’ll put the drink. And that’s what we want. Matcha. Matcha. Cup or cone? Cup or cone? Uh, cone. You’re not getting one? No, coffee. Oh, okay. 400. Thank you very much. Yeah, they don’t have a caramel anymore than I like cuz they like cycle out all the limited stuff, right? So now it’s like Halloween time. Okay. All right. Smells good. Smells really good. Yummy. Try it’s matcha though. Yeah. Wow. Yummy. [Music] [Music] [Music]
Katanuma is a caldera lake that was formed by a volcanic eruption 1,200 years ago. Katanuma Lake has another name: the “Lake of the Dragon God”.
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