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Tōgō Onsen
Tōgō Onsen is a hot spring town in Tottori, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 85–94°C, hot enough that it has to be cooled before anyone can get in. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfate spring. 3 inns take visitors here. About 26,852 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.
Sulfate spring
Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 85–94°C
- Inns
- 3
- Visitors a year
- 26,852
- Address in Japanese
- 鳥取県東伯郡湯梨浜町
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
35.4695, 133.8987 — open the map
Read more
English Wikipedia · Japanese Wikipedia
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