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Kamikitayama Onsen

Nara · 上北山温泉

Kamikitayama Onsen is a hot spring town in Nara, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 35°C, comfortably warm. It measures pH 8.3 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring.

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
35°C
pH
8.3 (mildly alkaline)
Address in Japanese
奈良県吉野郡上北山村大字河合

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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