Fujisato Onsen Akita
- Location
- Fujisato, Akita, Japan
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 41 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Relaxing — deep, immediate muscle release.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Fujisato, a small village in the Michinooku Akita highlands bordering Aomori Prefecture, is set in the deeply forested mountain landscape of northwestern Akita where traditional matagi bear-hunting culture has been practiced for centuries by the indigenous mountain hunters of Tohoku Japan, whose tracking and wildlife knowledge represents one of the most distinctive occupational traditions in Japanese mountain history. Fujisato Onsen Akita draws on chloride-rich thermal waters from the marine and volcanic geological formations of the northern Akita mountain zone, offering warming baths in a remote mountain community where the legacy of the matagi hunters, the winter snow festival traditions, and the deep forest landscape create an atmosphere of profound Tohoku mountain authenticity. The Fujisato Matagi Festival celebrating the traditional mountain hunting culture, the Shirakami beech forest hiking routes of the adjacent UNESCO landscape, and the fresh mountain vegetable cuisine of the Akita highlands create a uniquely cultural and natural thermal spa destination in remote northern Akita Prefecture.