And Lake Suwa is far from alone, ... The frozen period is crucial for both lake ecology and for the culture of people who live around or near their edges. “Ecologically, ...

Kami-Suwa: Onsen and Leisure Center. Kami-Suwa is situated on the lake’s southeastern shore. It is especially known for its onsen hot springs and various art museums, with plenty of other activities ...

Since the turn of the millennium, however, the lake has only frozen seven times. Lake Suwa is one of many lakes in the Northern Hemisphere that is rapidly losing its ice cover.

Imagine a lake half frozen and its shores all covered in snow. Yet this frozen lake still teams with life. All the barren trees around the lake turn beautiful when they are covered in snow. In the ...

Item 1 of 29 FILE PHOTO: Japanese military planes are seen during a drill on a frozen Lake Suwa in this handout photo taken between 1923-1924, released by Suwa City Museum and obtained by Reuters ...

It has not yet been seen since Japan entered the current Reiwa era in 2019. Worried, Miyasaka commented, "The views of Lake Suwa that have been around since long ago are disappearing.

image: Frozen Lake Suwa. view more Credit: Photo by Ozawajun, from Wikimedia Commons. MADISON, Wis. -- In 1442, 50 years before Columbus "sailed the ocean blue," Shinto priests in Japan began ...