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Utoro Onsen
Utoro Onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 61°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring.
The water here
Chloride spring
Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.
Bicarbonate spring
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 61°C
- Address in Japanese
- 北海道斜里郡斜里町ウトロ
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
44.0791, 145.0092 — open the map
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