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百観音温泉
百観音温泉 is a hot spring town in Saitama, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 57.3°C, hot. It measures pH 7.55 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and iodine spring. Its sources put out around 2,250 litres a minute.
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.
Iodine spring
Contains iodine and often turns yellowish over time. Uncommon.
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 57.3°C
- pH
- 7.55 (mildly alkaline)
- Discharge
- 2,250 litres a minute
- Address in Japanese
- 埼玉県久喜市
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
36.0915, 139.6769 — open the map
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