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八雲温泉 is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 45.5°C, hot. It measures pH 6.4 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. Its sources put out around 600 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here.
Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
42.1863, 140.1237 — open the map
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