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The Kannawa Mushi-yu steam bath in Beppu

Beppu/Japan

Kannawa Mushi-yu

An eight-century steam bath on a floor of medicinal herbs.

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Température de baignade
50°C
Baignade
Intérieur

Kannawa Mushi-yu is a mushi-yu — a steam bath rather than a soaking bath — traced to the priest Ippen in the thirteenth century. Bathers lie in a low stone chamber on a bed of sekishobu sweet flag, steamed by geothermal vapour rising directly from the ground beneath Beppu's Kannawa district.

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L'eau

Eau thermale

Source
Kannawa geothermal steam
Minéralisation
Geothermal steam (sulphur)
Caractère
Ground steam rather than bathing water; the chamber is floored with sekishobu sweet flag.

Informations pratiques

In Kannawa, reached by bus from Beppu station; sessions last about ten minutes, cotton bathing garments are hired at the counter, and a small outdoor bath adjoins for rinsing.

Site officiel

Situation

Beppu, Japan33.3072, 131.4394Voir sur la carte Balnevia

Lieux liés

Autres bains thermaux en Japan