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四季美谷温泉

Tokushima

四季美谷温泉 is a hot spring town in Tokushima, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 16.7°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 9.2 — strongly alkaline. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 51 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here with room for about 44 guests.

Sulfur spring

The water here

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

The numbers

Water temperature
16.7°C
pH
9.2 (strongly alkaline)
Discharge
51 litres a minute
Inns
1
Guest capacity
44
Address in Japanese
徳島県那賀郡那賀町横谷夏切3-3

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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