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Ice hotel

Ice hotel

SAPPORO, Japan - Women demonstrate an ''ice hotel'' facility, located inside a dome made of ice at the Alpha Resort Tomamu, in the village of Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 14, 2011. The facility began accepting guests on Jan. 15 through Feb. 15, 2011.

Sea of clouds in Hokkaido

Sea of clouds in Hokkaido

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Tourists are treated to a sea of clouds at a cafe terrace of the Alpha Resort Tomamu in Shimukappu in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on July 16, 2010.

Sea of clouds in Hokkaido

Sea of clouds in Hokkaido

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Tourists are treated to a sea of clouds at a cafe terrace of the Alpha Resort Tomamu in Shimukappu in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on July 16, 2010.

Ice church in Hokkaido draws winter lovebirds

Ice church in Hokkaido draws winter lovebirds

SAPPORO, Japan - Salaried worker Hideyuki Osanai (L) and nurse Momoko Tsuta walk arm in arm down the aisle during their wedding ceremony Feb. 11 in a church made of ice including its dome and pillars at the resort facilities complex Alpha Resort Tomamu in the village of Shimukappu on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. As the mercury went down to 9C below zero in the ice church, Osanai who came from Nagoya, 1,000 kilometers southwest of Hokkaido, said, ''Although it was cold, this ceremony will be a timeless memory.'' The resort complex operator said some 40 couples held wedding ceremonies this year.

Sea of clouds in Hokkaido

Sea of clouds in Hokkaido

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Tourists are treated to a sea of clouds at a cafe terrace of the Alpha Resort Tomamu in Shimukappu in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on July 16, 2010. (Kyodo)

Sea of clouds in Hokkaido

Sea of clouds in Hokkaido

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Tourists are treated to a sea of clouds at a cafe terrace of the Alpha Resort Tomamu in Shimukappu in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on July 16, 2010. (Kyodo)

Ice hotel

Ice hotel

SAPPORO, Japan - Women demonstrate an ''ice hotel'' facility, located inside a dome made of ice at the Alpha Resort Tomamu, in the village of Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 14, 2011. The facility began accepting guests on Jan. 15 through Feb. 15, 2011. (Kyodo)