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古遠部温泉
古遠部温泉 is a hot spring town in Aomori, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 42°C, hot. It measures pH 7.5 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfate spring. Its sources put out around 800 litres a minute. 1 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.
Sulfate spring
Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 42°C
- pH
- 7.5 (close to neutral)
- Discharge
- 800 litres a minute
- Inns
- 1
- Address in Japanese
- 青森県平川市碇ヶ関西碇ヶ関山1-467
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
40.4299, 140.6630 — open the map
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