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然別湖畔温泉

Hokkaido

然別湖畔温泉 is a hot spring town in Hokkaido, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 71°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfur spring.

Chloride springSulfur 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.

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

The numbers

Water temperature
71°C
Address in Japanese
北海道河東郡鹿追町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

43.2731, 143.1047 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

Other towns in Hokkaido

Noboribetsu OnsenHokkaido · 登別温泉
Chloride springBicarbonate springSulfate springIron springSulfur springRadioactive spring
Jōzankei OnsenHokkaido · 定山渓温泉
Chloride spring
豊富温泉Hokkaido
Chloride springBicarbonate springIodine spring
雷電温泉Hokkaido
Sulfate spring
濁川温泉Hokkaido
Chloride springBicarbonate springSulfur spring
カルルス温泉Hokkaido
Simple springSulfate spring
Kawayu Onsen (Hokkaido)Hokkaido · 川湯温泉
Bicarbonate springSulfate springAcidic springSulfur spring
Yunokawa OnsenHokkaido · 湯の川温泉
Chloride springCarbon dioxide spring

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