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Lake Toya Hot Spring

Hokkaido · 洞爺湖温泉

Lake Toya Hot Spring is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 50.3°C, hot. It measures pH 6.7 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring. Its sources put out around 1,410 litres a minute.

Chloride 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.

The numbers

Water temperature
50.3°C
pH
6.7 (close to neutral)
Discharge
1,410 litres a minute
Address in Japanese
虻田郡洞爺湖町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

42.5642, 140.8178 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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