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湯野温泉 is a hot spring town in Yamaguchi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 28–33°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring and radioactive spring. 2 inns take visitors here.
The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.
Contains trace radon that leaves the water quickly. Also called radium or radon springs.
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
34.0928, 131.6748 — open the map
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