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Nakabusa Onsen

Nagano · 中房温泉

Nakabusa Onsen is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 56–97°C, hot enough that it has to be cooled before anyone can get in. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring. Its sources put out around 770 litres a minute.

Sulfur spring

The water here

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: 56–97°C
Discharge: 770 litres a minute
Address in Japanese: 長野県安曇野市穂高有明7226

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.3942, 137.7466 — open the map

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Japanese Wikipedia

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