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Meakan onsen
Meakan onsen is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 50–80°C, hot enough that it has to be cooled before anyone can get in. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring.
The water here
Sulfur spring
The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 50–80°C
- Address in Japanese
- 北海道足寄郡足寄町
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
43.3953, 143.9836 — open the map
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