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Shimoda Onsen
Shimoda Onsen is a hot spring town in Kumamoto, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 51.3°C, hot. It measures pH 7.84 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. 12 inns take visitors here.
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
- 51.3°C
- pH
- 7.84 (mildly alkaline)
- Inns
- 12
- Address in Japanese
- 熊本県天草市
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
32.4250, 130.0117 — open the map
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