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Ōbuka Onsen

Akita · 大釜温泉

Ōbuka Onsen is a hot spring town in Akita, Japan. Officially the water is classed as acidic spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Acidic 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.

The numbers

Inns
1
Address in Japanese
秋田県仙北市田沢湖田沢字先達国有林

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

39.8044, 140.7968 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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