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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Hakuundani Onsen / Yupika, in Ono, Hyogo Prefecture, offers sodium-chloride water at 41°C. An indoor bath, an outdoor rotenburo, and a sauna are available to visitors.
Insider tip — Hakuundani Yupika, the white cloud valley spring, serves Ono City in the gentle interior of central Hyogo Prefecture where traditional craft industries have sustained the city since the Edo period. Ono is Japan pre-eminent producer of harari-ko traditional combs and hanao traditional sandal thongs, crafts whose skill has been designated Hyogo Intangible Cultural Heritage, practiced by craftsmen whose workshops line the old post-road streets.