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高瀬温泉
高瀬温泉 is a hot spring town in Niigata, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 69°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfate spring. Its sources put out around 351 litres a minute. 7 inns take visitors here with room for about 414 guests. About 15,838 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
- 69°C
- Discharge
- 351 litres a minute
- Inns
- 7
- Guest capacity
- 414
- Visitors a year
- 15,838
- Address in Japanese
- 新潟県岩船郡関川村
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
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