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Iwai Onsen

Tottori · 岩井温泉

Iwai Onsen is a hot spring town in Tottori, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 50°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring. 3 inns take visitors here. About 12,249 people a year come to bathe.

Sulfate spring

The water here

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.

The numbers

Water temperature
50°C
Inns
3
Visitors a year
12,249
Address in Japanese
鳥取県岩美郡岩美町 {{Location map many | Japan Tottori Prefecture | relief = 1 | caption

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.5552, 134.3629 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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