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Bessho Onsen

Nagano · 別所温泉

Bessho Onsen is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. Officially the water is classed as sulfur spring.

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

Address in Japanese: 長野県上田市大字別所温泉 {{Location map many | Japan Nagano Prefecture | relief = 1 | captio

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.3527, 138.1617 — open the map

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Japanese Wikipedia

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Togura-Kamiyamada OnsenNagano · 戸倉上山田温泉

Shirahone OnsenNagano · 白骨温泉

Bicarbonate springSulfur spring

Kakeyu OnsenNagano · 鹿教湯温泉

Yudanaka-Shibu OnsenNagano · 湯田中渋温泉郷

Chloride springSulfate springSulfur spring

Nakabusa OnsenNagano · 中房温泉

Asama OnsenNagano · 浅間温泉

Hoshino OnsenNagano · 星野温泉

Chloride springBicarbonate spring

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