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Tsukioka Onsen
Tsukioka Onsen is a hot spring town in Niigata, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 50°C, hot. It measures pH 8 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring, sulfate spring and sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 1,062 litres a minute. 15 inns take visitors here with room for about 3,721 guests. About 259,348 people a year come to bathe.
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.
Sulfate spring
Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.
Sulfur spring
The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 50°C
- pH
- 8 (mildly alkaline)
- Discharge
- 1,062 litres a minute
- Inns
- 15
- Guest capacity
- 3,721
- Visitors a year
- 259,348
- Address in Japanese
- 新潟県新発田市月岡温泉
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
Where it is
37.8803, 139.3092 — open the map
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