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Kawayu onsen

Wakayama · 川湯温泉

Kawayu onsen is a hot spring town in Wakayama, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 73°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. 11 inns take visitors here with room for about 862 guests.

Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The water here

Chloride spring 塩化物泉

Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.

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
73°C
Inns
11
Guest capacity
862
Address in Japanese
和歌山県田辺市本宮町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

33.8129, 135.7748 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Wakayama

Nanki-Shirahama OnsenWakayama · 南紀白浜温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate springCarbon dioxide spring
Yunomine OnsenWakayama · 湯の峰温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate springSulfur spring
Nanki-Katsuura OnsenWakayama · 南紀勝浦温泉
Chloride springSulfur spring
Ryūjin OnsenWakayama · 龍神温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate springSulfate spring
Tsubaki OnsenWakayama · 椿温泉
Sulfur spring
Wataze OnsenWakayama · 渡瀬温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
花山温泉Wakayama
Chloride springCarbon dioxide springIron spring
Kada Awashima OnsenWakayama · 加太淡嶋温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate spring

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