Hyoko Lake

Japanese: 瓢湖 - ひょうこ
Hyoko Lake

This artificial lake is located in Agano City, Niigata Prefecture. It is famous as a migratory site for swans, and is designated as a national natural monument. It is about a 25-minute walk from Suibara Station on the JR Uetsu Main Line. It is an irrigation reservoir with a circumference of 1,230 meters and an area of ​​10 hectares, and was built during the Edo period. Swans began migrating from Siberia in the winter in 1950, and in 1954, nearby Yoshikawa Juzaburo, father and son, succeeded in feeding them. In the same year, it was designated as a national natural monument as the "Suibara Swan Migration Site." Every winter, thousands of swans bury themselves on the lake surface, and the sight of them gathering at the feeding grounds when they call is spectacular, and the lake is crowded with hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. The area also includes Lake Hyoko Suikin Park, which is part of the Gozu-Renpo Prefectural Natural Park. In the summer, the area is a popular day trip destination for waterfowl from Niigata.

[Hisao Yamazaki]

[References] | Agano (city) | Suwon
Lake Hyoko
An artificial lake in the Mizuhara district of Agano City. It is well known as a place where swans fly in, and is also famous for being the first place in Japan to successfully feed wild swans. In 2008, it became a Ramsar Convention registered wetland. Nationally designated natural monument Agano City, Niigata Prefecture © Agano City Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division ">

Lake Hyoko


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

新潟県阿賀野市(あがのし)にある人造湖。国の天然記念物に指定されているハクチョウの飛来地として有名。JR羽越(うえつ)本線水原(すいばら)駅から徒歩約25分で達する。周囲1230メートル、面積10ヘクタールの灌漑(かんがい)用溜池(ためいけ)で、江戸時代につくられた。冬季にシベリアからハクチョウが飛来するようになったのは、1950年(昭和25)のことで、1954年に近くの吉川重三郎(じゅうざぶろう)父子が餌(え)づけに成功した。同年「水原のハクチョウ渡来地」として国の天然記念物に指定された。例年、一冬数千羽のハクチョウが湖面をうずめ、呼び声で餌(えさ)場に集まる姿は壮観で、毎年数十万の観光客でにぎわっている。瓢湖水きん公園も整備されており、付近は五頭連峰(ごずれんぽう)県立自然公園に属し、夏季も水鳥の遊び場として新潟からの日帰り観光地になっている。

[山崎久雄]

[参照項目] | 阿賀野(市) | 水原
瓢湖
阿賀野市水原地区にある人造湖。ハクチョウの飛来地としてよく知られ、また日本で初めて野生のハクチョウの餌づけに成功したことで有名である。2008年(平成20)にラムサール条約登録湿地となった。国指定天然記念物 新潟県阿賀野市©阿賀野市商工観光課">

瓢湖


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