Mokeuni Pond located in Sarufutsu-mura, Soya-gun, Hokkaido is a pond with an area of 74 ha. The pond is a part of Kita-Okhotsk Prefectural Natural Park and a designated wildlife sanctuary, which is rich in wild plants and fish. “Mokeuni” means “a pond with dead trees” in the Ainu. Actually the pond is composed of three large and small ponds; Mokeuni Pond, Konuma Pond and Daiichinuma Pond. These ponds are considered to have been a part of the ocean till the Jomon period. Daiichinuma Pond is surrounded by pasture while the area around Mokeuni Pond and Konuma Pond is full of swampy plant communities such as reed grass. Visitors can command a fine view of Cape Kamui beyond Konuma Pond as well as the Poronupuri mountains, Mt. Pinneshiri and Mt. Shirikomadake beyond Mokeuni Pond. In the summer, you can enjoy cute flowers and swampy plants bloom in cluster in the meadow around the ponds.