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寒の地獄温泉
寒の地獄温泉 is a hot spring town in Oita, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 14°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 2,160 litres a minute.
The water here
Sulfur spring
The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 14°C
- Discharge
- 2,160 litres a minute
- Address in Japanese
- 大分県玖珠郡九重町
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
33.1135, 131.2271 — open the map
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Other towns in Oita
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