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甲子温泉
甲子温泉 is a hot spring town in Fukushima, Japan. It measures pH 7.6 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring. Its sources put out around 500 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here with room for about 60 guests.
The water here
Sulfate spring
Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.
The numbers
- pH
- 7.6 (mildly alkaline)
- Discharge
- 500 litres a minute
- Inns
- 1
- Guest capacity
- 60
- Address in Japanese
- 福島県西白河郡西郷村
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
37.1806, 139.9925 — open the map
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