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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.
Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
35.5552, 134.3629 — open the map
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