Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
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Effortless float
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Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
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In Izumiōtsu, Osaka, Hamanoyu Onsen offers a bath with sodium-chloride water, in the tradition of local onsen. The water emerges at around 38°C. Visitors can enjoy an indoor bath, an open-air bath (rotenburo) and a sauna. A relaxing stop for travellers in the region.
Insider tip — 'Hamanoyu' (shore waters) is a coastal hot spring in Izumiōtsu on Osaka Bay. The name evokes the sea breeze and sandy shore. Sodium-rich artesian waters from deep beneath the coastal plain. A neighbourhood sento for the fishing and working communities of this Osaka Bay port town.