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Tottori Onsen

Tottori · 鳥取温泉

Tottori Onsen is a hot spring town in Tottori, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 48°C, hot. It measures pH 6.8–7.4 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfate spring. Its sources put out around 1,400 litres a minute. About 76,474 people a year come to bathe.

Chloride springSulfate 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.

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

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

The numbers

Water temperature
48°C
pH
6.8–7.4 (close to neutral)
Discharge
1,400 litres a minute
Visitors a year
76,474
Address in Japanese
鳥取県鳥取市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.4942, 134.2296 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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