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your own personal bedrock baths, salons, and breakfast room-service free of TheThe WindsorWindsor HotelHotel TTOYAOYA charge. Takinoyaڦ Hokkaido’s top-brand summit hotel Rooms with their own spacious, private Located on top of the 625-m-high Mt. Poromoi, The Windsor Hotel overlooks outdoor baths filled with Noboribetsu’s Lake Toya to the east and Uchiura Bay to the west. Room rates start from around turbid water, which leaves bathers’ skin 40,000 yen per night, with suites from 100,000 to 1,360,000 yen per night. Many as smooth as silk, as well as windows of the hotel’s guests are from among the wealthier echelons of Hong Kong and that overlook the garden or the foot of the Singapore. mountain. Everything, from the baths to The 11-story building with basement floor is 50 meters tall and 215 meters long the rooms, the cuisine and the scenery is and has 398 guest rooms. The total floor space of 28,474 square meters includes of the highest quality. The tastefully restaurants, bars and a bakery, as well as a hot-spring bath, spa, pool and esthetic Presidential Suite fitted grand bathhouse, with its trees and salon, and the grounds boast a private golf course (or private ski piste in winter). One of Japan’spp most prominent hot-spring pg heavens rocks, is supplied by no less than 4 Two 230-m2 suites, one facing the lake and the other the The Windsor Hotel TOYA was the venue for the 34th G8 Summit held in the ocean, each with a walk-in closet large enough to house different spring sources (3 different summer of 2008. the wardrobes of long-stay guests, and fitted with the Noboribetsu Onsen sources in the female bathhouse). latest audio-visual entertainment system worthy of the Attention to detail and safety enable the The residential resort hotel overlooking Lake Toya and Uchiura Bay suite’s name. Fine details ensure an atmosphere of total elderly to bathe in comfort. Situated on a peak overlooking Lake splendor. Access is via a special doorway in a marble Toya and Uchiura Bay, the hotel is corridor, which also connects the two suites via an inner courtyard to create the Grand Presidential Suite made up With 9 varieties of hot springs gushing Noboribetsu Bear Park surrounded by breathtaking natural Noboribetsu Tourism Association of both spaces. The ultimate privacy and security from the surrounding hills, Noboribetsu is The world’s largest bear park, with over http://www.noboribetsu-spa.jp/eng/ beauty, perfect for both physical and guaranteed. one of Japan’s most famous spa resorts. 100 of the magnificent beasts exhibited Tel. 0143-84-3311 Lake view ¥735,000 mental relaxation. All rooms Of the 2,000 or so hot-spring resorts in various ways, including a human cage command panoramic views of the Ocean view ¥630,000 Access Grand Presidential Suite 500 m2 ¥1,365,000 throughout the nation, Noboribetsu Onsen that enables visitors to experience the lake or the sea, and the finest quality Sapporo Ť Noboribetsu: approx. 80 min. by JR has been chosen as “Japan’s number one” thrill of being in the bears’ midst. The express train furniture, interiors, linen, amenities Restaurants by professionals from the tourism park also includes a specialist bear New Chitose Airport Ť Noboribetsu Station: and lighting create a feeling of approx. 50 min. by JR express train（ transfer at Michel Bras Toya Japon industry, in terms of all-round satisfaction museum to learn more about the Minami Chitose luxury that’s second to none. The Bras specialty, gargouillou and many other dishes that bring regarding service, hospitality and animals, and Yukara-no Sato in which out the distinctive flavors of fresh vegetables, seafood and meat JR Noboribetsu Station Ť Noboribetsu Spa: are particularly suited to the Japanese taste. Chefs who trained spring-water quality. In recent years the Ainu lifestyles are reproduced. approx. 15 min. by bus under Bras himself recreate the style of the flagship restaurant number of overseas visitors from places New Chitose Airport Ť Noboribetsu Spa: here with Hokkaido ingredients. Every November, Bras and other approx. 60 min. by bus staff from France arrive in Japan to hold a special fair. like Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea has Noboribetsu Date Historical Village also been increasing. A theme park in which the culture, Arashiyama Kitcho Nine varieties of springs gush out streets and lifestyles of the people of the Internationally renowned as one of Japan’s most prominent traditional restaurants, Kitcho originates from the Arashiyama 10,000 tons of water each day, with Edo period in Hokkaido are reproduced district of Kyoto and is widely regarded as being the best of its temperatures ranging from 45 to 90°C. for the enjoyment of visitors. kind. As expected, the One of the rarest spa resorts in the Ninety-four wooden buildings creations of Kunio Tokuoka, master of the flagship world – a veritable hot-spring paradise. reproduced in spacious grounds, as well establishment and one of the as ninja shows and other interesting younger members of Japanese cuisine’s elite, never Jigokudani (Hell Valley) attractions for all the family. fail to bring out the best of the Just a couple of minutes walk from the potential of Hokkaido’s ingredients. center of the Noboribetsu Spa town, Marine Park NIXE boiling water, steam and volcanic gases A spacious aquarium facility based French & Italian Gilligan’s Island spew from the ground amid a pungent around European-style streetscapes and A kitchen equipped to accommodate both Italian and French smell of sulfur – a glimpse of hell amid cuisine, providing the best of both worlds. Breakfasts are the NIXE Castle, which is modeled on particularly special, as the morning sun fills the large windows a hot-tub heaven. an actual castle that exists in Denmark. Bloom Spa Toya while guests enjoy perfectly cooked eggs and homemade ham … Attractions include an 8-m-high “Crystal with champagne. Lunchtime and dinner menus include a choice Enjoy a broad range of treatment amid the relaxing surroundings of the spa of full-course or a-la-carte dishes. Enma Daio (Great King Yama) Tower” tank that houses Napoleon Fish, facilities. Experience the delights of a full-body oil massage complete with The good are shown to heaven with the an aqua-tunnel through which visitors comforting aromatic therapy. Teppanyaki Out of Africa face of compassion; the bad are passed can walk on the “sea bed” while Pool and outdoor activities Offering fresh delicacies from the seas around Hokkaido and judgment to hell with the face of wrath. watching the fish swim all around, as specially selected ingredients from throughout Japan. Enjoy a Enma Daio is an imposing figure 4 well as penguin parades, dolphin and A spacious all-weather indoor pool complete with Jacuzzi, tanning salon and new twist in the teppanyaki restaurant image, with an urban ͟ώᇴ˘ᇴ˟۞ߵ͇ૅĶ൳Ҿߵķ atmosphere reminiscent of New York. Watch in delight as the meters wide, 8 meters long and 6 meters seal shows and much, much more. Вയк྿:̙Т۞ߵĂߏ͟ώᇴ˘ᇴ˟۞ߵ౼ thermal chamber (low temperature sauna), as well as tennis courts and a chef prepares meat and seafood before your very eyes. private golf course known as The Windsor Great Peak of TOYA ensure that high. 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