| Title | Geothermal Energy in History, the Case of Japan: Our Common Heritage |
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| Authors | Mitsuru Sekioka |
| Year | 1995 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | hot spring bathing, history, Japan |
| Abstract | From times to just before the industrial Japan, the history of geothermal energy the history of hot spring bathing. The oldest vestige Of dating from the pre-pottery period before 11,000 can be found near hotspring, Akita P ref. Archaeological myths and legends of bathing appear in several from ancient times. Of particular importance early records are the made by Emperor s to those hot spas. Some text s from the of era 794 to the late era describe both the primary characteristics of bathing hot springs includ-ing the processes of making artificial hat spring water. |