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Kaike Onsen
Kaike Onsen is a hot spring town in Tottori, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 89°C, hot enough that it has to be cooled before anyone can get in. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 56 litres a minute. 20 inns take visitors here. About 388,032 people a year come to bathe.
The water here
Chloride spring
Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 89°C
- Discharge
- 56 litres a minute
- Inns
- 20
- Visitors a year
- 388,032
- Address in Japanese
- 鳥取県米子市
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
35.4563, 133.3618 — open the map
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