Semboku, Akita

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Semboku (仙北市; -shi) is a city located in Akita, Japan.

1 Semboku City
2 Old Semboku Town
3 Tamagawa Hot Springs
4 External links

[edit] Semboku City

Semboku was created on September 20, 2005 from the merger of Kakunodate, Tazawako, and Nishiki. The total area is 1,093.64km², and as of March 31, 2004, the municipalities which now form the city had a combined population of 33,032.

[edit] Old Semboku Town

Semboku (仙北町; -machi) was a town located in Semboku District, Akita, Japan.

On March 22, 2005, the town was merged with the city of Ōmagari; the towns Kamioka, Nishisenboku, Nakasen, Kyōwa, Ōta; and the village of Nangai, all from Semboku District to form the new city of Daisen.

In 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,803 and a density of 263.97 persons per km². The total area was 29.56 km².

[edit] Tamagawa Hot Springs

The Tamagawa Hot Spring in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, Japan is the highest flow rate hot spring in Japan. Tamagawa Hot Spring has a flow rate of 150 liters/second. The Tamagawa Hot Spring feeds a 3 meter wide stream with a temperature of 98 degrees C. The water From Tamagawa Hot Spring is also very acidic, with a pH of about 1.1.

There is also radioactive radium gas and other radioactive materials dissolved in the water from Tamagawa Hot Spring.^{[citation needed]}