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jennad
Joined: 02 Dec 2010
Location: San Diego
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 Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:44 am Post subject: Natural hot springs? |
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I remember reading once about hot springs somewhere in the north or central region of Korea, but I can't remember where I had read about this.
Does anyone have any information or experience regarding natural hot springs here? Seems like one of the few decent things to do outside these days. |
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Mo7684
Joined: 09 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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There are hot springs in Hwaseong City, not sure if those are the ones you're thinking of.
http://eng.gg.go.kr/1564 |
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UknowsI
Joined: 16 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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Yuseong hot spring in Daejeon? Not sure if they have any outdoor facilities, since I haven't used it. I just had a little laugh while reading their webpage:
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| The water here contains alkaline minerals such as calcium, and potassium, sulphur, carbonic acid, silicic acid and radium. An especially high concentration of radium is found here. Such alkaline hot springs are known to be good for treating neuralgia and geriatric diseases. |
Did I get something wrong, or are they advertising radium?
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| Radium was once an additive in products such as toothpaste, hair creams, and even food items due to its supposed curative powers.[23] Such products soon fell out of vogue and were prohibited by authorities in many countries after it was discovered they could have serious adverse health effects. (See, for instance, Radithor or Revigator types of "Radium water" or "Standard Radium Solution for Drinking".) Spas featuring radium-rich water are still occasionally touted as beneficial, such as those in Misasa, Tottori, Japan. In the U.S., nasal radium irradiation was also administered to children to prevent middle-ear problems or enlarged tonsils from the late 1940s through the early 1970s.[24] |
Seems like some believe that it's good for health... I wont be signing up for radium water treatment anytime soon. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Sokcho has a number of mineral hot spring facilities. None are natural in the sense of undeveloped but they do offer all-year open-air pools & the water is uplifting. |
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jpe
Joined: 15 Aug 2011
Location: Seoul, SK
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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| There's a bunch in Chungju as well. |
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tardisrider
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| UknowsI wrote: |
| Yuseong hot spring in Daejeon? Not sure if they have any outdoor facilities, since I haven't used it. |
The men's side at Yousung Hotel has a section that is outdoors. I've been told there's no such on the women's side. |
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Kimchifart
Joined: 15 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:26 am Post subject: Re: Natural hot springs? |
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| jennad wrote: |
I remember reading once about hot springs somewhere in the north or central region of Korea, but I can't remember where I had read about this.
Does anyone have any information or experience regarding natural hot springs here? Seems like one of the few decent things to do outside these days. |
If you're into that I'd visit Japan. Some fantastic remote outdoor springs an hour south of Fukuoka. |
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