{"id":59721,"date":"2013-11-20T10:58:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T18:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/?p=59721"},"modified":"2013-11-20T11:01:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T19:01:32","slug":"the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-depending-on-the-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-depending-on-the-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blue Pond in Hokkaido Changes Colors Depending on the Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-depending-on-the-weather\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-001\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59722\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-001.jpg\" alt=\"The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors--001\" width=\"550\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-001.jpg 656w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-001-550x364.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFiled under: Places I Want To Visit. If you\u2019re a Mac user you may be familiar with the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biei-hokkaido.jp\/\" title=\"Blue Pond\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Pond<\/a>\u201d located in Hokkaido. The OS X Mountain Lion wallpaper, as well as these images you see here, were all photographed by <a href=\"http:\/\/500px.com\/KentShiraishi\" title=\"Ken Shiraishi\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Shiraishi<\/a>, who calls this pond \u201cThe Most Beautiful Pond In The World!\u201d<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-depending-on-the-weather\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-002\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59723\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-002.jpg\" alt=\"The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors--002\" width=\"449\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59723\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAccording to the photographer, who made a pilgrimage up to Northern Japan last month to take these shots, the water contains a high degree of aluminum hydroxide, which reflects blue light \u2013 a phenomenon responsible for our lovely blue skies. Shiraishi spent several days up there photographing the pond in various light.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-depending-on-the-weather\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-003\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59724\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-003.jpg\" alt=\"The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors--003\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-003.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-003-550x307.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-depending-on-the-weather\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-004\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59725\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-004.jpg\" alt=\"The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors--004\" width=\"550\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-004.jpg 661w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-004-550x361.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-depending-on-the-weather\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-005\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59726\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-005.jpg\" alt=\"The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors--005\" width=\"550\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-005.jpg 657w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-005-550x364.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-depending-on-the-weather\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-006\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59727\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-006.jpg\" alt=\"The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors--006\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-006.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Blue-Pond-in-Hokkaido-Changes-Colors-006-550x308.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHow to get there: the closest train station is Biei Station. It\u2019s about a 2-hr train ride from Sapporo Station. You can also drive from Sapporo but that will also take about 2 hours. But beware: once heavy snows set in the pond becomes inaccessible. So it\u2019s best to go before November. (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ie=UTF-8&#038;q=%E9%9D%92%E3%81%84%E6%B1%A0&#038;fb=1&#038;gl=us&#038;hq=%E9%9D%92%E3%81%84%E6%B1%A0&#038;hnear=0x5f9f59209f6c888b:0x1c3cc3564fce038f,Hokkaido+Prefecture,+Japan&#038;cid=0,0,16209746461966844439&#038;ei=-uqDUu2wB-ji4AOP9IG4Dw&#038;ved=0CMwBEPwSMA8\" title=\"Google Map\" target=\"_blank\">Google Map<\/a>)<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"http:\/\/500px.com\/KentShiraishi\" title=\"Kent Shiraishi\">Kent Shiraishi<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mymodernmet.com\/profiles\/blogs\/kent-shiraishi-blue-green-pond-hokkaido-japan\" title=\"MyModernMet\" target=\"_blank\">MyModernMet<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spoon-tamago.com\/2013\/11\/13\/the-blue-pond-in-hokkaido-changes-colors-depending-on-the-weather\/\" title=\"spoon-tamago\" target=\"_blank\">spoon-tamago<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Places I Want To Visit. If you\u2019re a Mac user you may be familiar with the \u201cBlue Pond\u201d located in Hokkaido. 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