鞍馬温泉

Kyoto

鞍馬温泉 is a hot spring town in Kyoto, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 15°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 7.6 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring.

Sulfur spring

The water here

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

The numbers

Water temperature
15°C
pH
7.6 (mildly alkaline)
Address in Japanese
京都府京都市左京区鞍馬本町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.1193, 135.7765 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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