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秋元温泉

Aomori

秋元温泉 is a hot spring town in Aomori, Japan. Officially the water is classed as acidic spring and sulfur spring.

Acidic springSulfur spring

The water here

Acidic spring 酸性泉

Strongly acidic, sometimes below pH 2. It stings on cuts and is not for long soaks.

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

The numbers

Address in Japanese: 青森県平川市碇ヶ関

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

40.4292, 140.6139 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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