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Naruko Onsen

Miyagi · 鳴子温泉

Naruko Onsen is a hot spring town in Miyagi, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 44°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring, bicarbonate spring, sulfate spring and sulfur spring.

Chloride springBicarbonate springSulfate springSulfur 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.

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

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

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.

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

Water temperature
44°C
Address in Japanese
宮城県大崎市鳴子温泉

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

38.7426, 140.7171 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Miyagi

Akiu OnsenMiyagi · 秋保温泉
Chloride spring
Sakunami OnsenMiyagi · 作並温泉
Chloride springSulfate spring
遠刈田温泉Miyagi
Chloride springSulfate spring
Onikōbe OnsenMiyagi · 鬼首温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate spring
定義温泉Miyagi
Simple spring
Aone OnsenMiyagi · 青根温泉
Simple springSulfate spring
Naruko OnsenMiyagi · 鳴子温泉郷
Kawatabi OnsenMiyagi · 川渡温泉
Bicarbonate springSulfur spring

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