Ikeyama Spring (池山水源) 池山水源
It gushes 30 tonnes of water a minute at 13.5 °C, beneath trees more than 200 years old.
It is in Tajiri, in the village of Ubuyama (産山村). The water stays at 13.5 °C all year and flows at 30 tonnes a minute: it is groundwater of medium hardness (中間硬水), that is, with a moderate quantity of dissolved mineral salts. In 1985 it was included among the 名水百選, the ‘hundred select waters of Japan’ chosen by the Ministry of the Environment. The prefectural portal adds that it is surrounded by trees more than 200 years old; the village also makes a product for sale from it.
Kumamoto
