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初谷温泉

Nagano

初谷温泉 is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 14°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 6.4 — close to neutral. Officially the water is classed as chloride spring and bicarbonate spring. 1 inns take visitors here.

Chloride springBicarbonate 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.

Bicarbonate spring 炭酸水素塩泉

Smooth, slightly slippery water. Often nicknamed bihada-no-yu, the water for beautiful skin.

The numbers

Water temperature: 14°C
pH: 6.4 (close to neutral)
Inns: 1
Address in Japanese: 長野県佐久市内山

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

36.2242, 138.6021 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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