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三川温泉
三川温泉 is a hot spring town in Niigata, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 40–43°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfate spring. Its sources put out around 349 litres a minute. 6 inns take visitors here with room for about 247 guests. About 2,049 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.
The numbers
- Water temperature
- 40–43°C
- Discharge
- 349 litres a minute
- Inns
- 6
- Guest capacity
- 247
- Visitors a year
- 2,049
- Address in Japanese
- 新潟県東蒲原郡阿賀町五十沢
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
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