A dream village that appears in Hokkaido for only 60 days?

“Lake Shikaribetsu” is located at the highest altitude among the lakes in Hokkaido. When the sub-zero world arrives in December, it gradually begins to freeze, and by the end of December, the lake is completely covered with ice.

“Lake Shikaribetsu Kotan” appears in the completely frozen lake. A fantastic village where all the buildings in the village are made of ice and snow, where consequently they sink as the spring melts. It opens for a short period until the end of March.

In Kotan, which means “village” in Ainu language, you can enjoy fun experience of the superb cold. Enjoy sake at the “lCE BAR,” which has been made in different shapes every year for 30 years, and at the “ICE GLASS,” you can experience the superb ice-cold atmosphere while drinking sake there.

You can then warm your body in the “ice stall bath” made of ice and snow. You can also experience accommodation at the ice lodge made of ice blocks. For those who are thinking about a wedding, you can have a “hot ceremony” in the cold ice chapel!

In Kotan (village), you can fully enjoy the coldest cold in the winter season. Why don’t you enjoy the so-cold-that-you-think-it’s-hot atmosphere this winter?

Lake Shikaribetsu Kotan

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Shikaoi Town Tourism Association

http://www.shikaoi.net/