Talk:Obama Onsen

Is Obama's last name Onsen???

Alex Devens (talk) 17:56, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

See Barack Obama for information. This is about a resort. All the best in learning to navigate Wikipedia. Fettlemap (talk) 19:17, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

105°C?

Not to entirely dismiss it (superheated water is a valid state of pressurized water after all), yet I can't help but find this claim somewhat extraordinary, considering the boiling point of water of 100°C at sea level, and only decreasing with altitude. Obama/Unzen is located at some 600-700m, which would hence result in a further reduction of about 2-3°. The sole cited source ("gaijinpot") gives no explanation for, or in fact even an emphasis on, this astonishing claim.
Of course it is excellent publicity material to have "the hottest spring in all Japan" and leave the rest to the tourists to figure out, or more likely, not. Assuming no intent at misleading credulous gaijin, I wonder if there might have been some translation mixup, considering the length of the "Hot Foot 105" foot bath is also 105 – metres, what a coincidence, and the spring's yield is 15000 – tons. Just so many ones and fives and zeroes... I wouldn't go as far as insinuating a mixup of Fahrenheit and Celsius – there's no reason to doubt the springs are indeed hot.
If the spring is in fact as extraordinary as they claim, these claims should be easy to back up by more reliable sources than one tourism site with a vested interest in the sensational. Until then, it might be prudent to remove the claim or at least wrap it in warning tape, as it sounds dubious at best. And by the time people get to soak in the extraordinarily hot water, it certainly won't be extraordinarily hot anymore anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:A62:1519:3501:62F1:9CBA:41F2:34B6 (talk) 03:54, 12 August 2024 (UTC)