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Shikotsu-Tōya National Park

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Shikotsu-Tōya National Park (Shikotsu Tōya Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in the western part of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. Named after the volcanic caldera lakes of Lake Shikotsu and Lake Tōya, it has a total area of 993.02 square kilometres (383.41 sq mi). The popular hot spring resorts of Noboribetsu, south of the lake, and Jozankei, north of the lake, are also within the park.

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