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Ikenotaira Onsen

Niigata · 池の平温泉

Ikenotaira Onsen is a hot spring town in Niigata, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 72°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. 20 inns take visitors here.

Sulfur spring

The water here

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
72°C
Inns
20
Address in Japanese
新潟県妙高市池の平温泉

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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