Kodokoro Onsen

Nara · 小処温泉

Kodokoro Onsen is a hot spring town in Nara, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 25.6°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as acidic spring and sulfur spring.

Acidic springSulfur spring

The water here

Acidic spring 酸性泉

Strongly acidic, sometimes below pH 2. It stings on cuts and is not for long soaks.

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
25.6°C
Address in Japanese
奈良県吉野郡上北山村小橡665-2

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.1786, 136.0347 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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