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onsen In Japan, are the country's hot springs and the bathing facilities and traditional inns around them. As a volcanically active country, Japan has many onsens scattered throughout all of its major islands. There are approximately 25,000 hot ...

located in the city of

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. The ''Asama Hot Spring Center'', also known as the ''Hot Plaza Hall'', has a configuration typical of many Japanese onsen with separate areas for males and females; each area contains multiple indoor pools, saunas and two outdoor pools, one hot and one cold. The published temperature range of this onsen is 42-47 degrees Celsius. Between 1969 and 2011, Asama Onsen included an open-air speed skating rink.

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Guide to Asama Onsen by

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