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五味温泉

Hokkaido

五味温泉 is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 14.6°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 5.8 — mildly acidic. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Bicarbonate spring

The water here

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

The numbers

Water temperature: 14.6°C
pH: 5.8 (mildly acidic)
Inns: 1
Address in Japanese: 北海道上川郡下川町班渓

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

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Japanese Wikipedia

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