{"id":2147,"date":"2013-12-16T23:07:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T07:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/?p=2147"},"modified":"2013-12-16T23:07:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T07:07:47","slug":"lake-shikotsu-ko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/16\/lake-shikotsu-ko\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Shikotsu-ko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2148\" alt=\"4754650-Lake_Shikotsu_ko_ice_free_with_ice_scuptures-Hokkaido\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/4754650-Lake_Shikotsu_ko_ice_free_with_ice_scuptures-Hokkaido-480x358.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/4754650-Lake_Shikotsu_ko_ice_free_with_ice_scuptures-Hokkaido-480x358.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/4754650-Lake_Shikotsu_ko_ice_free_with_ice_scuptures-Hokkaido-600x448.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/4754650-Lake_Shikotsu_ko_ice_free_with_ice_scuptures-Hokkaido.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><em><strong>Lake Shikosu-ko<\/strong> is well-known as Japan&#8217;s northernmost ice-free lake, which results from its depth. Surrounded by mountains, it is clearly a jewel of Hokkaido. In the winter, a little corner of Lake Shikotsu&#8217;s is converted into an <strong>ice village<\/strong>, complete with ice-homes, an ice fort and even an ice cathedral. There are ice slides that children play on and a flat rink for sliding around on. Really impressed with the size and beauty of the structures as the shimmered in the cold sunshine. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Shikosu-ko is well-known as Japan&#8217;s northernmost ice-free lake, which results from its depth. Surrounded by mountains, it is clearly a jewel of Hokkaido. In the winter, a little corner of Lake Shikotsu&#8217;s is converted into an ice village, complete &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/16\/lake-shikotsu-ko\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2149,"href":"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2147\/revisions\/2149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alljapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}