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雲母温泉
雲母温泉 is a hot spring town in Niigata, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 62°C, hot. It measures pH 7.2 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfate spring. Its sources put out around 215 litres a minute. 3 inns take visitors here with room for about 180 guests. About 4,623 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
- 62°C
- pH
- 7.2 (close to neutral)
- Discharge
- 215 litres a minute
- Inns
- 3
- Guest capacity
- 180
- Visitors a year
- 4,623
- Address in Japanese
- 新潟県岩船郡関川村
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
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