あわくら温泉

Okayama

あわくら温泉 is a hot spring town in Okayama, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 21–26°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 8 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring.

Radioactive spring

The water here

Radioactive spring 放射能泉

Contains trace radon that leaves the water quickly. Also called radium or radon springs.

The numbers

Water temperature
21–26°C
pH
8 (mildly alkaline)
Address in Japanese
岡山県英田郡西粟倉村影石 {{Location map many | Japan Okayama Prefecture | relief = 1 | capti

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.1848, 134.3338 — open the map

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Japanese Wikipedia

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