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新胎内温泉 is a hot spring town in Niigata, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 51.6°C, hot. It measures pH 8.6 — mildly alkaline, the slippery kind. Officially the water is classed as bicarbonate spring and sulfate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.
Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
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