A truly clear and beautiful lake of "Lake Shikotsu Blue"

It's a really clear, beautiful lake!

I was soothed by the indescribable blue color known as "Lake Shikotsu Blue."

Please take a pleasure boat and see the clear lake!

Lake Shikotsu is a caldera lake formed by the eruption of the Shikotsu volcano about 40,000 years ago.

The name comes from "shi-kot," which means "large depression" in Ainu!

A precious water source for Chitose.

It is a long lake from east to west, with a long axis of 13 km and a short axis of 5 km, a circumference of about 40 km, a maximum depth of about 360 m, and an average depth of about 265 m.

It is the northernmost ice-free lake in Japan, the second deepest after Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture.

The water has few nutrients and little plankton, making it very transparent, and it has been ranked number one in the nation in water quality surveys 20 times.

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Post by chi3 | Nov 27, 2023