Lake Towada Area
Driving Instructions
(Note: the instructions below are incremental. Keep reading until you reach your destination.)
- Go out the POL Gate and set your car’s trip counter to zero.
- You are on Route 10. Just follow your nose for about 20KM. You are now in Towada City
- You will come to a traffic light at a fork in the road There will be a blue sign overhead that shows Rt 10 continuing along the right fork and Towada Shi to the left.
- Take the left fork and after a few hundred yards you will see a K’s Denki and HOMAC on the right and then you will come to the intersection with Route 4.
- Turn left onto Route 4 and then at the third traffic light, turn right onto Route 102. Just before the turn you will see a sign for Towadako and Oirase.
- Follow this road for just about 24KM. At this point you will come to a traffic light that blinks amber (usually). There will be a gas station on the right.
- If you turn left and go over the bridge, you will be at the bottom of the Oirase Gorge that leads to Lake Towada. If you go straight, you go over the mountains and can get to Hirosaki and Aomori. If you turn right, .... Hmmm, I’ve never turned right. Sorry.
- Continue with the instructions below to get to and through the Oirase Gorge. If you want to proceed on to the lake, just continue on with the instructions.