This study investigated the continuous record of eutrophication in Lake Onuma based on the geochemical properties of two lake sediment cores obtained from the deepest part of the lake in 2011. Based on a tuff layer deposited during the eruption of Mt. Komagatake, and on the correlation between fluctuations in • 13 C and • 15 N values, two sediment cores, ON11-2-2 and ON11-6, were dated to the 1920s and 1890s, respectively. The • 13 C value and C/N ratio for the lake sediments show values within the ranges for planktonic material and river sediment, suggesting