Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Buoyancy
Effortless float
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Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
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Ryubi Onsen, in downtown Osaka, heats sodium-chloride thermal water to 38°C (pH 7.3). An indoor bath, an outdoor rotenburo and a sauna are offered to bathers.
Insider tip — An urban hot spring sento in Osaka city, tapping deep artesian sodium-chloride waters. 'Ryubi' (dragon tail?) gives the bath a poetic name. Genuine natural hot spring water in the heart of Osaka — rarer than it seems, and valued by the neighbourhood regulars.