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Takeo Onsen is a hot spring town in Saga, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 45–51°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. 17 inns take visitors here.
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
33.1969, 130.0145 — open the map
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