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There are 6 campgrounds in the Lake Towada area. Three are very close to the lake and the other three are a little beyond the lake, close to Mt. Hakkoda. However, all 6 locations are within a 30-minute drive of each other.

To get there, Exit the base through the POL Gate and set your odometer's trip counter to zero. Now just follow your nose for about 20 km along Rt 10. You will enter Towada City and come to a fork at a traffic light. There will be a blue sign overhead that shows Rt 10 continuing along the right fork and Towadashi with a train station symbol on the left. Take the left fork. After a couple hundred yards you will come to another fork and the Daiei Department Store on the left. Bear left and cross railroad tracks. There will be a train station on your right and a canal on your left. Continue straight a little further until you come to a traffic light at the intersection of Route 4.

Turn left onto Rt 4. Cross a bridge over the canal and proceed to the third traffic light. This will be the intersection with Route 102. There will be a sign showing Towadako and Oirase. Turn right onto 102 and drive for just about 24km. At that point you will come upon a traffic light (usually flashing amber) with a gas station on the right. Turn left here and proceed across the bridge. This is still Rt 102. Follow this road through the Oirase Gorge until you reach the lake. This is a narrow, winding road that follows the path of the Oirase River.

At the lake you can turn right to continue on Route 102 or left onto Route 103. 103 will take you to the majority of the facilities around on the lake. 102 runs along the north shore and has very few amenities after you pass the ferry dock.

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Once you reach the far end of Oirase Gorge and arrive at the lake, you are in Nenokuchi town. turn right to continue on 102. Nenokuchi campground is about 1.6Km the road. It's about 2 hours from Misawa.

Facilities are poor and bare-boned. They have cabins with kitchens, toilets and electricity. The campsite has a public toilet and a community kitchen with running water.

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Kachokeikoku is to the left as you arrive at the lake. It is about 3.2km. You will go around several curves and then a long straight stretch. You will see a boat dock on the right just after leaving a wooded area. Continue around a curve and over a small bridge until you see a large parking area on your left. This is the place.
This campground is very large and very clean. There are portable toilets near the camping area and but there are cleaner ones near the main office.

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Utarube is located further west on 103. After you pass Kachokeikoku, you will go thru a small village with a stoplight. Go around a curve (there's a gas station on the right). you will see a wooded area and then a path into the woods on the right. This path leads to the campsite. They say fishing is good at this part of the lake. It's about a 2 hour drive from Misawa.
They are open from 1 July to 31 Oct. Fees are 200 Yen per tent plus 300 Yen per person. They also have bungalow and cabins. The cabins have showers, toilets, and electricity.

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This is the cleanest of the campgrounds and is located at the lake. It is about 11km past Utarube. Continue west on Rt 103 towards Yasumiya. After 8km, you will come to a small village with a blue sign showing Odate to the left and Yasumiya to the right (this is where they have the fireworks). At the fork, keep to the left towards Odate. After about 3km Oide will be on the left. They have toilets, new showers, and a coin laundry. Fishing is also allowed in this part of the lake. Oide is the closest grounds to Yasumiya.

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Takinosawa is located at the northwest end of the Lake. Continue along 103 as it winds around the lake and through the mountains. The campground offers bungalows, rental tents and community kitchen with running water, public restrooms and individual campsites.