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あやべ温泉

Kyoto

あやべ温泉 is a hot spring town in Kyoto, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 18.6°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 8.1 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. Its sources put out around 12 litres a minute.

Bicarbonate spring

The water here

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

The numbers

Water temperature
18.6°C
pH
8.1 (mildly alkaline)
Discharge
12 litres a minute
Address in Japanese
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Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.3773, 135.4348 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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