Sayo Masuda, author of Autobiography of a Geisha, was sold by her family to an okiya (geisha house) in Suwa at the age of 12. She tries to drown herself in the lake, but hesitates because she believes a dragon (possibly related to the omiwatari) inhabits it. In the anime Rurouni Kenshin, legend holds of an "Elixir of Immortality" that can be found somewhere in or around Lake Suwa. The main characters search for the elixir in the final season of the series and are followed by a band of evil German knights, seeking it for world domination. The anime Blood-C takes place in a rural town located on the shore of the lake. Suwako Moriya from the Touhou Project is named after the lake. This lake is also popular because from the movie of Your Name as it gained its tourist visitors. The Itomori town where Mitsuha (Main Female Protagonist) lived was modeled after the Lake Suwa in Gifu. See also Onbashira List of lakes in Japan References Suwa Landforms of Nagano Prefecture Kiso Mountains