Resort, Lake Shikotsu
Mizu no Uta
Mizu no Uta is a resort of 49 rooms at Shikotsuko Onsen on Lake Shikotsu, forty minutes by car from New Chitose Airport, its rooms with an open-air onsen of their own among the trees and its onsen drawn from a soft spring of the lake.
The Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido stays here. $18,500 per person, twin share.
the room
The rooms
The rooms are mostly Japanese and Western, of 55 to 64 square metres, turned to the forest of the lake. The largest suite runs to over a hundred square metres with an open-air onsen and a kitchen; the Japanese and Western rooms with an open-air onsen add a garden of their own around the water.
to unwind
The onsen and the spa
The shared onsen draws the soft hydrogen carbonate spring of Shikotsu into an open-air pool and indoor pools to stand, lie or sit in, with a Finnish sauna beside; the treatment spa offers facials, body treatments and massage, in its own rooms or in the guest's.
the table
Dining
Dinner is kaiseki of the lake and the mountains, served in a quiet dining room, and a second restaurant cooks creatively around the produce of Lake Shikotsu; on our tours dinner is the kaiseki.
the setting
Lake Shikotsu
Lake Shikotsu fills a deep caldera south of Sapporo, ringed by forest and the volcanoes of Tarumae, Fuppushi and Eniwa. The resort stands in the small onsen village of Shikotsu Kohan, built around water as its theme, with a welcome lounge and an earthen-floored gallery, and the art of the Ainu in its gardens and halls.
The lakeshore of Shikotsu Kohan is steps away, with the red iron Yamasen bridge over the Chitose River, boats out onto the clear water and forest walks into the national park.
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our tours here
The tours that stay at Mizu no Uta
questions
Questions about Mizu no Uta
Where is Mizu no Uta?
At Shikotsuko Onsen on the shore of Lake Shikotsu in Chitose, about forty minutes by car from New Chitose Airport and an hour and ten minutes from Sapporo.
Which of your tours stay at Mizu no Uta?
The Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido stays here.
Do the rooms at Mizu no Uta have their own onsen?
Yes, in some of them. The largest suite and the open-air onsen rooms each carry an onsen of their own, and the resort keeps shared onsen and a spa.
Can Mizu no Uta be part of a private journey?
Yes. Beyond the tours that stay here, a Custom Tour of Japan can include Mizu no Uta on dates of your own, created around your party alone. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.
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