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Yamada Onsen

Nagano · 山田温泉

Yamada Onsen is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 50–70°C, hot. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and sulfur spring.

Chloride springSulfur spring

The water here

Chloride spring 塩化物泉

Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.

Sulfur spring 硫黄泉

The classic rotten-egg smell and milky white water. It can tarnish silver jewellery, so take it off.

The numbers

Water temperature
50–70°C
Address in Japanese
長野県上高井郡高山村

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.6721, 138.4246 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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