Shirogane Blue Pond is a quiet, secluded place with a mysterious blue hue\u2014so still and serene, it feels forgotten by the world. Nestled far from the noise of the city, it holds an almost secret quality, as if you could hide all your thoughts beneath its surface and they\u2019d remain safe forever.<\/p>\n
Located in a remote part of Hokkaido, Japan, this man-made pond was created in 1988 as part of an erosion control system to protect the town of Biei from mudflows caused by the nearby active volcano, Mt. Tokachi. Its vivid blue color comes from a unique mix of natural minerals, including colloidal aluminum hydroxide.<\/p>\n
Human intervention often harms nature, but in this rare case, it created something tranquil and harmonious. The pond\u2019s calm, Zen-like atmosphere struck me as both unexpected and deeply beautiful\u2014and I felt compelled to capture that feeling on canvas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eiko Tabata<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2942,"featured_media":376584,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"o","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_cat":[24,410],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/376582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=376582"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=376582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}