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Kada Awashima Onsen

Wakayama · 加太淡嶋温泉

Kada Awashima Onsen is a hot spring town in Wakayama, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 25.5°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring.

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
25.5°C
Address in Japanese
和歌山県和歌山市加太

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

34.2748, 135.0683 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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Tsubaki OnsenWakayama · 椿温泉
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Kawayu onsenWakayama · 川湯温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
Wataze OnsenWakayama · 渡瀬温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
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