Kameyama Lake — Attraction in Kimitsu

Lake Kameyama is the largest and the only dam lake in Chiba Prefecture. It’s a complex outlined body of water, that expands like mazes.

Lake Kameyama locates in the central region of Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture. Besides its famous oceanic scapes, the Boso Peninsula has pretty unique mixture of inland geographical features; wide open paddy fields, deep forests, series of low mountains with gorges, and rivers and lakes between them. Interestingly, this semi-wilderness region is only one hour away from urban city area of Central Chiba by car. And not only Chiba actually, thanks to Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, a bridge-tunnel hybrid toll across the Tokyo Bay, connecting Yokohama, Kanagawa and Kisarazu, Chiba, the driving times to Boso are similar from Tokyo and Yokohama. At Lake Kameyama, the launching point for the paddlers is located by the west bound parking lot called Sasa, and it is free. Once you take off from there, you will be welcomed by spacious body of water accompanied with narrower creeks that you can venture into. At several points, you can see the walls of rock surface, which add wilder taste in background. Some of them even have small water falls. It's like exploring through a jungle. If you're lucky, you may spot a sight of Japanese macaques! Although you will see a lot of anglers on the rental boats, fishing from paddlers' own boats such as kayaks, canoes or SUPs is not allowed; you need to rent a boat to fish on the water. These rental boat places are the members of local fisheries cooperatives, and they manage the lake's environment and the facilities. So, paying for the rental boat means you're supporting the people who maintain this unique location. Lake Kameyama is famous for bass fishing and even hosts fishing...

Good place with amazing scenery. Autumn colors were not visible much during the last week of October. Better to visit second or third week...

亀山湖は自然の豊かさと多様な楽しみ方が魅力のフィールドです。特にバックウォーターエリアまで行くと、驚くほどたくさんの亀に出会えます。流木の上にこれでもかというほど並んで甲羅干しをしている様子は、まさに名前の通りで思わず見入ってしまいます。

春には湖畔から桜も眺められ、ゆったりとした景色が広がります。エリアによって雰囲気が異なり、SUPを楽しむ人、バス釣りに集中する人、それぞれが思い思いの時間を過ごしています。

時期によっては水位が大きく下がることがあり、水面から立ち枯れの木が顔を出して幻想的な風景を見せてくれるのもこの湖ならでは。バスの個体数も豊富で、釣り人にとっては魅力的なポイントが点在しています。

時折サルが出没することもあるので、荷物の管理には少し注意が必要ですが、それも自然と共にある場所ならではの体...