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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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Temperatura de banho
50°C
Banho
Piscina interior

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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A água

Água termal

Nascente
Kannawa geothermal steam
Mineralização
Geothermal steam (sulphur)
Carácter
Ground steam rather than bathing water; the chamber is floored with sekishobu sweet flag.

Informações práticas

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.

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Localização

Beppu, Japan33.3072, 131.4394Ver no mapa da Balnevia

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