Tenryūkyō Onsen

Nagano · 天竜峡温泉

Tenryūkyō Onsen is a hot spring town in Nagano, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 28.8°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. It measures pH 9.81 — strongly alkaline. Officially the water is classed as radioactive spring. Its sources put out around 450 litres a minute. 6 inns take visitors here.

Radioactive spring

The water here

Radioactive spring 放射能泉

Contains trace radon that leaves the water quickly. Also called radium or radon springs.

The numbers

Water temperature
28.8°C
pH
9.81 (strongly alkaline)
Discharge
450 litres a minute
Inns
6
Address in Japanese
長野県飯田市

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

35.4422, 137.8186 — open the map

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Japanese Wikipedia

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