常世温泉

Fukushima

常世温泉 is a hot spring town in Fukushima, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 15.4°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 8.02 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. 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
15.4°C
pH
8.02 (mildly alkaline)
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
福島県東白川郡塙町常世北野水元

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

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Japanese Wikipedia

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