Hot spring offered on frozen lake in Hokkaido

Hot spring offered on frozen lake in Hokkaido

HOKKAIDO, Japan - A man and child enjoy an open-air hot spring in a bathtub set up on the frozen Lake Shikaribetsu in Hokkaido on Feb. 19. Hot spring waters are brought from a nearby hotel through pipes to the bathtub, about 100 meters from the shore.

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