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湯之谷温泉
湯之谷温泉 is a hot spring town in Ehime, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 18°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. Its sources put out around 36 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here with room for about 30 guests.
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.
Bicarbonate spring
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 18°C
- Discharge
- 36 litres a minute
- Inns
- 1
- Guest capacity
- 30
- Address in Japanese
- 愛媛県西条市洲之内1193
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
33.8930, 133.1639 — open the map
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