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Ou-Ike Pond as seen from our tour bus. 王池Jul 17, 2022
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From the road going to/from Juniko Lakes, part of Nihon Canyon with white cliffs can be seen. It was formed by erosion and collapsed mountainsides. 日本キャニオンJul 17, 2022
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Turn right here to follow the road back to Kyororo. It's an uphill road.Jul 17, 2022
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Kannon statue at Wakitsubo-no-Ike Pond's Kiyomizu (pure water). 沸壺池の清水Jul 17, 2022
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Wakitsubo-no-Ike Pond's Kiyomizu (pure water). 沸壺池の清水Jul 17, 2022
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Wakitsubo-no-Ike Pond's Kiyomizu (pure water). 沸壺池の清水Jul 17, 2022
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Ochikuchi-no-Ike Pond (落口の池) along the main road.Jul 17, 2022
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The beech forest trail eventually goes to the main road.Jul 17, 2022
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Wakitsubo-no-Ike Pond 沸壺の池(沸壷の池).Jul 17, 2022
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The Music of Water...Jul 17, 2022
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Wakitsubo-no-Ike Pond 沸壺の池(沸壷の池)is another blue pond along the beech forest trail.Jul 17, 2022
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Way to Wakitsubo-no-Ike Pond 沸壺の池(沸壷の池), another blue pond.Jul 17, 2022
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Flowers at Juniko Lakes.Jul 17, 2022
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The flora around Juniko Lakes.Jul 17, 2022
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Walking trails and roads around Juniko Lakes.Jul 17, 2022
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Forest rules: Do not stray away from the trail. Take your trash home, etc.Jul 17, 2022
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How Juniko Lakes were formed and named.Jul 17, 2022
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Experience forest bathing in this lush beech forest. Lots of ferns too.Jul 17, 2022
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After seeing Ao-Ike blue pond, you can either backtrack and go back to Kyororo Gift Shop or go further and walk through the Japanese beech forest (highly recommended).Jul 17, 2022
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Ao Ike is certainly a beautiful blue.Jul 17, 2022
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Ao Ike (青池) Blue Pond, one of the 12 Juniko LakesJul 17, 2022
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Ao Ike (青池) Blue Pond is perhaps the most famous of the twelve Juniko Lakes. Easily accessible.Jul 17, 2022
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Sign says "Ao Ike" (青池) or Blue Pond, one of the 12 Juniko Lakes.Jul 17, 2022
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There's a narrow lookout deck along the Ao-Ike pond.Jul 17, 2022
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Way to Aoike Blue Pond.Jul 17, 2022
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Birds in the forest.Jul 17, 2022
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Ketoba-no-Ike Pond (鶏頭場の池) was green. It's one of the largest Juniko Lakes with a surface area of 41,150 sq. meters.Jul 17, 2022
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Along the way, we passed by the large Ketoba-no-Ike Pond (鶏頭場の池), one of the Twelve Juniko Lakes.Jul 17, 2022
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From Kyororo, a 500-meter walk to Ao-Ike Blue Pond.Jul 17, 2022
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Mori-no-Bussan Kyororo (森の物産館キョロロ) is where we got off the tour bus. This is a local gift shop selling local produce and snacks. Restrooms and rest house too. We walked to the ponds from here.Jul 17, 2022
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Passed by the Juniko Visitor Center (十二湖ビジターセンター) which has exhibits of the area's flora and fauna. We didn't stop here though.Jul 17, 2022
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Ou-Ike Pond sign.Jul 17, 2022
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Walking trails along the Juniko Lakes. They are actually ponds (ike). Twelve of the ponds can be seen from the summit of Mt. Okuzure. Perhaps that's why it was named so.Jul 17, 2022
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About the Shirakami Sanchi World Heritage Site. Famous for primeval beech forests left untouched by man.Jul 17, 2022
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Although "Juniko" means "Twelve Lakes," there are actually over 30 lakes/ponds in the area. They were created when Mt. Kuzureyama collapsed in 1704 due to an earthquake and dammed nearby rivers which formed the ponds/lakes.Jul 17, 2022
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Turn right here for the Juniko Lakes.Jul 17, 2022
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On Route 101 to see the Juniko Lakes (Twelve Lakes) amid the Shirakami-Sanchi Mountains (白神山地).Jul 17, 2022
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Fukaura is in southwestern Aomori Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan. Nice coastal scenery on Route 101.Jul 17, 2022
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From neighboring Akita Prefecture, entering the town of Fukaura-cho, home of the Shirakami-Sanchi Mountains designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Jul 17, 2022
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