安房温泉

Chiba

安房温泉 is a hot spring town in Chiba, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 18.3°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 7.3 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. 4 inns take visitors here.

Chloride springBicarbonate spring

The water here

Chloride spring 塩化物泉

Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.

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
18.3°C
pH
7.3 (close to neutral)
Inns
4
Address in Japanese
千葉県安房郡鋸南町竜島

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

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Japanese Wikipedia

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