Aerial photograph from 1976

Lake Kamo (Japanese: 加茂湖, Hepburn: Kamo-ko) is a brackish lake on the Sado Island in the Sea of Japan off the west coast of Honshu, Japan. The lake is the largest of Niigata prefecture.

Originally Lake Kamo was a fresh water lake, but was opened to the sea during the Meiji period to avoid floods, and the water became brackish. The lake is famous for oyster farming, since 1932.[2]

Lake Kamo is ranked among the top 100 Landscapes of Japan.[1]


References

  1. ^ a b Sadotravel.wordpress.com
  2. ^ Visitsado.com

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