Kusatsu [town] - Kusatsu

Japanese: 草津[町] - くさつ

A town in Agatsuma County in the northwest of Gunma Prefecture, occupying the eastern foot of Mt. Shirane. The town's center has been famous since ancient times as a hot spring town, with inns developing around the hot spring water source, the Yubatake. The strongly acidic hydrogen sulfide-containing alum spring is 60-67°C, and the water is abundant and of a strong quality, so the town is known as a "yu-momi" (hot spring mineral spring). Yunohana (hot spring mineral spring flowers) are harvested from the Yubatake. The Kusatsu-bushi folk song is handed down here. The town is also known as a summer resort, ski resort, and trailhead for Mt. Shirane, and is part of Joshin'etsu Kogen National Park. A bus service runs from Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station on the Agatsuma Line. 49.75 ^km2 . 7,160 people (2010).
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Japanese:

群馬県北西部，白根山東麓を占める吾妻(あがつま)郡の町。中心は古来有名な温泉町で，泉源の湯畑を中心に旅館が発達。含硫化水素強酸性ミョウバン泉，60〜67℃で，湯量豊富，泉質がきついため，〈湯もみ〉が行われる。湯畑から湯の華（温泉華）を採取。草津節が伝わる。避暑地，スキー場，白根山登山口としても知られ，上信越高原国立公園に属する。吾妻線長野原草津口駅からバスが通じる。49.75km²。7160人（2010）。
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