[知床私房景點] 旅遊書沒有的ポンホロ幻の沼 Ponhoro, not in any guidebook

知床森林中心網頁的Ponhoro幻之沼長這樣......
Here is the secret Ponhoro on the web page of Shiretoko Forest Center.

可是我看到的幻之沼....?難道一切都是幻覺？？?
However, here is the secret Ponhoro I see..... Where is the swamp? Illusion?

其實，從「入口」就很詭異，沒有看板，也沒有進入的「口」。
In fact, there's neither entrances nor signposts.

樹倒了擋了去路，加上植被蓋住原有的路，怎麼繞都繞不到幻之沼。
Fallen trees and vegetation stop the footpaths, so I got lost.

Ponporo的愛奴語是「小大」，融雪從地底下湧出變大沼，隨著天氣轉熱，就變成小沼，而今年知床夏天知床也飆到35度，所以我看到的完全沒有水。
Ponporo, in the language of Japanese indigenous Ainu people, means small-big. As the snow melts and makes its way deep underground, and it rises again in Ponhoro. As the weather gets warmer and warmer, the swamp becomes small.

[心得]
森之靜。

沒有人聲車聲，沒有蟲鳴鳥叫，也沒有風聲。
To my surprise, what I experience is not the swamp but the total silence in Ponhoro. No humans, no animals, even no wind make any sound.

[指南 Guide]
我到訪的Ponhoro，不會有任何標幟，只有快倒的樹才會被黃布條圍起來作為警告。如果沒有熟路的當地人陪同，一定要請導覽。
No sign here. Please kindly advised that

熊出沒注意。我們帶了熊笛、熊熊噴霧劑。