弥次ヶ湯12号
Yajigayu Spring No. 12塩
Chloride
- Color
- colorless and transparent, slightly turbid, faintly yellow-brown
- Taste
- slightly salty
- Odor
- faint metallic note
Sodium Chloride spring
pH 5.8NeutralHot source · 48°CHigh silica
Composition fingerprint3.0 g/kg dissolved · Hypotonic
Na⁺71
Ca²⁺15
Cl⁻92
◀ CationsAnions ▶
- Sodium Na⁺
- salt's cation — pairs with chloride to make the water salty.
- Chloride Cl⁻
- table-salt anion — coats the skin and holds heat in.
Known good for
- Warmingcold sensitivity
- Aches & jointsstiff shoulders
- Smooth skindry, rough skin
Yajigayu Spring No. 12 in Ibusuki is a sodium chloride spring — salty and heat-retaining, with neutral pH and 3,006 mg/kg of dissolved solids giving it noticeable body. A generous 175 mg/kg of metasilicic acid leaves a thin silica film that makes the skin feel smoother afterward.
Analyzed Nov 24, 2021·株式会社東洋環境分析センター·Cert no. 鹿児島県第4号