Lake Towada Commemorative Monument

The Lake Towada Commemorative Monument stands at Yasumiya on the southern shore, marking the efforts of Kuriyama Shinbei, who led the first organized settlement of the lake district in 1869 and spent decades developing the remote caldera landscape. The monument site sits in a lakeside park with direct water views across the deep blue caldera lake, one of the clearest in Japan. The shoreline path nearby connects to Towada Shrine and the famous bronze Two Maidens sculpture by Kotaro Takamura. It's a reflective stop within the larger Towada-Hachimantai National Park, worth combining with a boat cruise on the lake.