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About the signs of 「GENSEN」「HIKIYU」「KAKENAGASHI」「JYUNKAN」

Japan holds several types of hot springs which vary in quality and benefit. Recently hot spring information has been provided on TV and in magazines, and people have started to focus not only on its quality and benefit but also where and how the water comes from. So then, here we introduce the following signs.

GENSEN

Hot Spring Facility, which actually holds a fountainhead in the site.

HIKIYU

Hot Spring Facility, which is supplied with water through a pipe from a fountainhead somewhere out of the site.

KAKENAGASHI

Hot Spring Facility, which is supplied with water directly from a fountainhead without any control.

JYUNKAN

Hot Spring Facility, which is supplied with water by circulatory system (reuse of discharged water after filtering).

EXAMPLES

GENSENKAKENAGASHI

Hot Spring Facility, which is supplied with water directly from a fountainhead in the site without any control.

HIKIYUKAKENAGASHI

Hot Spring Facility, which is supplied with water through a pipe from a fountainhead somewhere out of the site without any control.

HIKIYUJYUNKAN

Hot Spring Facility, which is supplied with water through a pipe from a fountainhead somewhere out of the site and reuses discharged water after filtering by circulatory system.

 
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