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Otari Onsen is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 44°C, hot. It measures pH 6.9 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. Its sources put out around 150 litres a minute. 1 inns take visitors here with room for about 80 guests.
Salty water. The salt leaves a thin film on the skin, so you stay warm well after leaving the bath.
Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.
Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.
36.8622, 137.9802 — open the map
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