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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2025, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures, which can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings, such as beds and tables, are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel at Hoshino Resorts Tomamu can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2025, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures, which can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings, such as beds and tables, are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel at Hoshino Resorts Tomamu can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2025, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures, which can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2025, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures, which can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice.

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[Breaking News] Northern Japan hotel made of ice

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan Kyodo - Video taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. (Kyodo)

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperature that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperature that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice.

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Scene of Hokkaido

Rime ice is formed on tree branches in Shimukappu in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 20, 2023, a phenomenon seen at a sub-zero temperature.

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Scene of Hokkaido

Rime ice is formed on tree branches in Shimukappu in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 20, 2023, a phenomenon seen at a sub-zero temperature.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperature that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice. The chapel was unveiled to the media, together with a dome-shaped hotel also made of ice at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, a day before its public opening.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperature that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice. The chapel was unveiled to the media, together with a dome-shaped hotel also made of ice at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, a day before its public opening.

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Tourists view sea of clouds at Shimukappu, Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Tourists view a sea of clouds below them from an observatory deck set up at an altitude of 1,088 meters at a resort facility in the village of Shimukappu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 25, 2014. The deck will be open for business until Oct. 14.

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Tourists view sea of clouds at Shimukappu, Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Tourists view a sea of clouds below them from an observatory deck set up at an altitude of 1,088 meters at a resort facility in the village of Shimukappu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 25, 2014. The deck will be open for business until Oct. 14.

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Sea of clouds

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Visitors view a sea of clouds over the village of Shimukappu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on the early morning of July 14, 2013.

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Sea of clouds

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Visitors view a sea of clouds over the village of Shimukappu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on the early morning of July 14, 2013.

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Sea of clouds

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Visitors view a sea of clouds over the village of Shimukappu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on the early morning of July 14, 2013.

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Wedding ceremony at ice church

SAPPORO, Japan - A couple hold a wedding ceremony Jan. 20, 2013, at a church made of ice in the village of Shimukappu, Hokkaido, in northern Japan.

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Sea of clouds

SAPPORO, Japan - Visitors view a sea of clouds in the village of Shimukappu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 4, 2012.

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Sea of clouds

SAPPORO, Japan - Visitors view a sea of clouds in the village of Shimukappu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 4, 2012.

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Sea of clouds

SAPPORO, Japan - Visitors view a sea of clouds in the village of Shimukappu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 4, 2012.

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Sea of clouds

SAPPORO, Japan - Visitors view a sea of clouds in the village of Shimukappu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 4, 2012.

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Charred train in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Personnel associated with Hokkaido Railway Co. probe train cars gutted by a fire in the village of Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 29, 2011. The express train made an emergency stop in the middle of a 685-meter tunnel on the JR Sekisho Line on May 27 due to the fire. Around 240 on board escaped the scene on foot, with some 30 of them injured after inhaling smoke or suffering burns.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Japan, Pacific Islands Forum members end summit

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) answers questions from reporters at a joint press conference with Niue Premier Toke Talagi after the summit meeting of Japan and the Pacific Islands Forum members in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 23.

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Japan, Pacific Islands Forum members end summit

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) shakes hands with Niue Premier Toke Talagi after a joint press conference following the closing summit meeting of Japan and the Pacific Islands Forum members in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 23.

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Wives experience Ainu dance in Hokkaido

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Wives of leaders from Japan and 16 Pacific island nations and regions perform an Ainu dance in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 23 while their husbands held their closing summit meeting. (Pool photo)

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Wives experience Ainu dance in Hokkaido

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Wives of leaders from Japan and 16 Pacific islands nations and regions perform an Ainu dance in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 23 while their husbands held their closing summit meeting. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Pacific Islands Forum members end summit

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) delivers an address at the outset of the closing summit meeting of Japan and the Pacific Islands Forum members in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 23. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, Pacific Islands Forum members end summit

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) delivers an address at the outset of a summit meeting of Japan and the Pacific Islands Forum members in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 23. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, Pacific Islands Forum members end summit

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (2nd from R) and leaders from the Pacific Islands Forum enter the conference site on the second and final day of their summit in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 23. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Pacific Islands Forum members end summit

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Leaders from Japan and the Pacific Islands Forum hold the closing summit meeting in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 23. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Pacific island nations agree to cooperate on climate change

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks at the fifth Japan-Pacific Islands Forum summit in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 22. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Pacific island nations agree to cooperate on climate change

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) and Prime Minister Derek Sikua (L) of the Solomon Islands hold talks on the sidelines of the fifth Japan-Pacific Islands Forum summit in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 22. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Pacific island nations agree to cooperate on climate change

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - The leaders of Japan and Pacific island nations attending the fifth Japan-Pacific Islands Forum summit in Shimukappupose, Hokkaido, pose for a photo on May 22.

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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.

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Japan, Pacific island nations agree to cooperate on climate chang

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) and Prime Minister Derek Sikua (L) of the Solomon Islands hold talks on the sidelines of the fifth Japan-Pacific Islands Forum summit in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 22. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific island nations agree to cooperate on climate chang

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - The leaders of Japan and Pacific island nations attending the fifth Japan-Pacific Islands Forum summit in Shimukappupose, Hokkaido, pose for a photo on May 22. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific island nations agree to cooperate on climate chang

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks at the fifth Japan-Pacific Islands Forum summit in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 22. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific Islands Forum members end summit

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Leaders from Japan and the Pacific Islands Forum hold the closing summit meeting in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 23. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan, Pacific Islands Forum members end summit

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) delivers an address at the outset of a summit meeting of Japan and the Pacific Islands Forum members in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 23. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Wives experience Ainu dance in Hokkaido

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan - Wives of leaders from Japan and 16 Pacific island nations and regions perform an Ainu dance in Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on May 23 while their husbands held their closing summit meeting. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)