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Mori no Spa Resort Hokkaido Hotel

curatedDry / FinnishFree for guests$$$Obihiro

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A forested city hotel in Obihiro with its own plant-based moor hot spring and a birch-lined sauna where hot water is thrown on Tokachi birch rounds; SAUNACHELIN 2020 No. 9.

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