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湯の児温泉

Kumamoto

湯の児温泉 is a hot spring town in Kumamoto, Japan. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring.

Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The water here

Chloride spring 塩化物泉

Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

The numbers

Address in Japanese
熊本県水俣市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

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Japanese Wikipedia

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