Tourists treated to Blue Pond in northern Japan

Tourists have been treated to the evening lighting-up of a pond in northern Japan with a number of white deadwoods rising from the blue water surface in the dark.The town office of Biei, Hokkaido, began lighting up Shirogane Blue Pond on Nov. 1 to entertain visitors using light-emitting diode lights.Miki Kato, a 29-year-old visitor from Nakafurano, also in Hokkaido, came to the spot with her husband on Nov. 13. "Today is our wedding anniversary. It should be a very memorable event for us." Water from a waterfall nearby contains aluminum and it forms particles after seeping into the Biei Ri…READ FULL ARTICLE