Uttou Onsen Matagi no Yu

Uttou Onsen Matagi no Yu stands in Uttou, Ani, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture, deep in the Ani region known as the home of the matagi, the traditional bear hunters of northern Japan. The inn is run as a public lodging and has a small Matagi Museum on site displaying hunters' clothing and hunting tools.

The water is a sodium-calcium chloride spring from the Uttou source, with a source temperature of 56.6 C and a neutral pH of about 7.0. It is a brownish, cloudy bath whose turbidity changes from day to day. The baths use flowing source water with some dilution added. Listed effects include neuralgia, muscle and joint pain, poor circulation and fatigue recovery.

The main building has separate men's and women's baths, each with a small bath, a large bath and an open-air bath, plus one private family bath for 1,500 yen per hour. Day visitors can bathe from 9:00 to 21:00 (last entry 20:30) for 600 yen per adult and 200 yen per child. The inn has 18 guest rooms for overnight stays.