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三島谷温泉

Niigata

三島谷温泉 is a hot spring town in Niigata, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 21.5°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 8 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Bicarbonate spring

The water here

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
21.5°C
pH
8 (mildly alkaline)
Inns
1
Address in Japanese
新潟県長岡市大積三島谷町

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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