Hokkaido Shikabe Town
A hot spring resort in Shikabe surrounded by nature, overlooking Mount Komagatake and Uchiura Bay
"Live Max Resort Hakodate Shikabe Onsen" is a hot spring hotel in Shikabe Town, Hokkaido. Blessed with an excellent location on a wooded hill at the foot of Mount Komagatake, it offers the chance to fully enjoy its signature hot spring in a garden-style open-air stone bath and a spacious public bath. In the adjoining sauna room, you can work up a deep sweat in a space wrapped in silence and thoroughly detox from the stresses of everyday life. After bathing, the Japanese-Western fusion cuisine made generously with seasonal Hokkaido ingredients will satisfy you. If you head up to the rooftop sky terrace, you can take in panoramic views of Uchiura Bay and the majestic Mount Komagatake below, and at night, a sky full of stars. It promises a tranquil, extraordinary stay that makes you feel united with nature.
A large bath embraced by the nature at the foot of Mount Komagatake, featuring a garden-style open-air stone bath and a relaxing indoor bath. The smooth hot spring water gently envelops your whole body, and you can stretch out your arms and legs to your heart's content while feeling the greenery of the trees and the clear air. In the steam rising from the bath, you can enjoy blissful relaxation that harmonizes with nature.
A sauna space where you can sweat thoroughly in a quiet environment. It gently loosens a body warmed by the hot spring even more deeply, allowing you to pleasantly reset everyday fatigue and stress. In the silence, like a forest bath, you can spend a calm and refreshing time facing your own mind and body.
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JAPAN'S FINEST ONSEN & SAUNA
The Finest Onsen & Sauna in Japan
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Most of what we surveyed never even made it onto this site. This book is a further cut from what did. Our editor bathed in every onsen and sauna in it, and wrote only what they confirmed on the ground.
