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This 219 km route runs from Akita to Aoba Ward, Sendai, passing through Akita, Miyagi, and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 166 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 10 of them. The latest sighting was reported 9 hours ago near Akita, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
(Posted) Was swept down the river and crossed to the opposite bank
Akita, Akita
[Post]
Akita, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Kokubu Uenodai, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kushoda, Akita
(Posted) Ran through northwest between the hut and the grove
Daisen Kushoda, Akita
Passing along the road in front of the house.
Daisen Tsuchikawa, Akita
[Report] This morning, I found what appears to be bear droppings in front of the neighborhood trash collection point.
Akita, Akita
Around 07:00 on 2026-07-25, bear-like traces were found in Omori-machi Sugouda, Yokote City, Akita, and corn was damaged.
Yokote 大森町, Akita
Just after leaving the roadside station and beginning to drive toward Akita, an adult animal crossed the Tohoku-Chuo Expressway from right to left.
Obanazawa Ashizawa, Yamagata
July 24
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
Sighted from a car; ran off beside Sankichi Shrine.
Akita, Akita
Around 19:50 on 2026-07-23, a driver saw one bear about 1 meter long walking on the road on National Route 457 in Kami-aiko Oriteba, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
July 23
Sendai, Miyagi
Confirmed one bear over 1 meter in length in the woods.
Yokote, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted near the community hall. It crossed the road and departed to the west.
Yokote, Akita
Around 8:15 on July 23, a bear was sighted in Daio Ichinosekiminami, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote, Akita
July 23
Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi
A bear cub was sighted behind a private house. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Distance to the house approximately 5 meters.
Yuzawa 山田, Akita
July 21
Sendai, Miyagi
At around 5:00 PM on July 21, a bear was sighted in Imazawa Kushichika, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai, Miyagi
In Jinguji Kakekake, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, one bear was sighted around 16:50 on July 21, 2026, and was seen moving.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
There were eyewitness reports from residents. Someone saw it running past in front of a house. Its body length was about 1 m. Afterwards it headed toward the bypass but was startled by a car and went into a nearby thicket.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Spotted a bear on the slope east of the expressway. Body length approximately 80 cm.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
Sighted a bear on the slope east of the highway. Body length approximately 80 cm.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
July 21
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
Around 2:30 PM on 2026-07-21, a bear was sighted in Okurairoha, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
Spotted one bear passing through the property grounds and fleeing toward the mountains. Approximately 1 meter in body length.
Daisen Tsuchikawa, Akita
Witnessed one bear passing through the yard and fleeing toward the mountains. Approximately 1 m in body length.
Daisen Tsuchikawa, Akita
Near a cornfield / Environment: Around human residences / Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Kinoshita, Yamagata
One bear was seen moving in Tsuchikawa Kosugiyama, Daisen City, around 1:15 PM on July 21.
Daisen, Akita
At around 6:00 PM on 2026-07-21, a bear was sighted in Yamada-Kamidozawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
Yuzawa 山田, Akita
July 20
Sendai, Miyagi
July 20
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
Spotted a bear about 80 cm long on the property. It ran off toward the mountains to the south.
Daisen, Akita
A young bear crossed the road from the rice field toward the mountain.
Daisen Teradate, Akita
While harvesting fruit near my home, I spotted a bear about 50 cm in length. The bear left the area; its direction is unknown.
Daisen, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kokeyamaokita, Tsuchikawa, Daisen City, Akita.
Daisen, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Shinjo Odashima, Yamagata
[Post] Report of a sighting of a bear entering a home's property
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
A single bear believed to be an adult was seen entering a residential property. A relatively large individual.
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
[Post] Probably a female bear was spotted at the old driving school. It was walking slowly by itself. It noticed us and slowly disappeared into the grass, but what happened afterward is unknown.
Yokote Akasaka, Akita
On July 18 around 12:13, a bear was seen moving in Akasaka Kamikirimori, Yokote City.
Yokote Akasaka, Akita
A bear was sighted in Aksakauekono, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, on 2026-07-18.
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
Observed a bear approximately 1.4 m in length. It left along the farm road heading west (toward the prefectural road).
Yokote Inooka, Akita
A city employee on patrol spotted a bear running through rice fields from the north toward the south. The bear entered a thicket and its whereabouts became unknown. It was an adult measuring over 1.2 m in body length.
Yokote Inooka, Akita
A city employee on patrol spotted a bear moving into the brush on the Asahi kindergarten side. Later, when the employee drove into the premises, they encountered the bear in the playground. The bear turned and returned to the brush as if startled. An adult measuring over 1.2 m in body length.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
Around 18:45 on July 17, a bear was seen moving in Inoka-koguchi, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote Inooka, Akita
Between about 18:30 and 18:40, multiple sightings occurred near Yokote Kita Interchange. The body length was over 1 m (there is also information that it looked about 60 cm). It ran south across the rice fields near the Lawson and then disappeared from view.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
At around 6:40 PM on July 17, a bear was seen moving in Akagawamuranomae, Yokote City.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
On 2026-07-17 evening, one bear was seen moving in Shimokyo Hinata, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote 下境, Akita
A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted near the field. The bear then departed heading southeast.
Yokote 下境, Akita
Spotted a bear about 1 meter in body length. (Because the exact sighting location is unknown, the point has been placed at an estimated location.)
Yokote 上境, Akita
One bear approximately 80 cm in body length was sighted near Senkō-ji. The bear then left heading east.
Yokote 上境, Akita
A bear approximately 80 cm in body length was sighted near the precincts of Hachiman Shrine.
Yokote 上境, Akita
Spotted one cub on the slope beside the expressway. Body length approximately 50 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
July 17
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
A bear cub was on the road.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in Kawabe Morinoda, Akita City, around 04:45 on 2026-07-17.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in Kyowa-Nakadonagawa, Daisen City.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kamiokinada, Yokote City, Akita on 2026-07-17.
Yokote 上境, Akita
One bear was sighted in Kamiazumi Kamimataeda, Yokote City.
Yokote 上境, Akita
[Report] I heard via word of mouth that a bear was sighted (a photo was taken) near the back of Satō Civil Engineering. I’m a local resident, and since it hadn’t yet been added to the map, I’m providing this information on behalf of the community for local safety.
Yuzawa, Akita
July 16
Sendai, Miyagi
July 16
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
Sighted a bear crossing Dewa Green Road from west to east. Body length approximately 1 m.
Yokote 大森町猿田, Akita
[Post]
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
A bear about 1.2 m long was walking on the road. When a car approached, it went into the bushes. The location is about 100 m from residences and about 250 m from an elementary/middle school students’ school bus stop.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
Around 6:10 on July 16, a bear was seen moving in Osawakyo Terashimakawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
[Report] Spotted a young Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on a city road near the Nizawa No. 2 intake station of the Akita City Water and Sewer Bureau. When I briefly stopped my car, it ran off into the forest.
Akita, Akita
I sighted a bear on the grounds. It moved off toward the cemetery on the north side.
Akita, Akita
[Post]
Akita, Akita
While driving on the road, I sighted a roughly 1-meter-tall bear moving from the Omagari River direction toward the residential area on the east side.
Daisen Kakumagawamachi, Akita
Moved to the forest on the south side. Dispersed with fireworks at the Oyui police box; public announcements made in the vicinity. / Environment: forest / Size: adult and juvenile
Mamurogawa Nozoki, Yamagata
July 13
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kami-Aiko Kami-Shida, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 06:40 on July 13.
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
Two bears, believed to be an adult and a cub, were sighted in Nozoki, Mamurogawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture.
Mamurogawa Nozoki, Yamagata
While at home, a 0.5 m cub was sighted on the west side of the property. It ran off toward the woods on the south side. Distance to the nearest residence: 50 m.
Daisen, Akita
A bear about 1 meter in size was sighted walking on the road. It walked off toward the northwest.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Sanocho, Daisen City.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
[Post] While walking, I witnessed a bear running a few dozen meters ahead. Probably an adult.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
July 12
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kamiayashi Oriha, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 10:00 on July 12.
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
Witnessed a mother bear and cub behind the house. They then fled toward the mountain to the east. About 10 m from the residential area; the mother’s body length about 1.0 m, the cub about 0.8 m.
Yuzawa 字東松沢, Akita
[Report] A bear was walking outside on the grounds of my home. It appeared to be a parent with its young.
Yuzawa 字内舘町, Akita
[Post]
Yuzawa 字新町, Akita
Two bears (a mother and a cub) were sighted on the mountain side behind a house. After being seen, they ran toward the mountain behind the temple to the east. Distance from the house: 30 meters. Adult bear length: about 1 meter. Cub length: unknown.
Yuzawa 字荒町, Akita
Observed two bears (a mother and a cub) on the hillside behind the residence. After being seen, they fled toward the mountain behind the temple to the east. They were 30 m from the house. Adult approximately 1 m in body length. Cub’s body length unknown.
Yuzawa 字荒町, Akita
A bear was sighted in Imozawa Akasaka, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai, Miyagi
July 10
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
Environment: Forest / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Ashizawa, Yamagata
Two bears—a mother and a cub—were sighted in the Sun Green parking lot. They entered the mountain on the south side. Distance to nearby houses: 10 meters.
Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita
A bear was sighted in Urakamon 1-chome, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita
Sighted a cub crossing National Route 13 from west to east / Environment: road / Size: young
Shinjo Itsukamachi, Yamagata
[Post] Not a mother with cubs — two bear cubs were walking toward a house.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
Around 9:20 PM on July 9, a bear was sighted in Shinzusho Toisawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was observed moving.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
Observed two bears (parent and cub) near a residence. Body length and subsequent movements are unknown.
Yuzawa 字西愛染沢, Akita
Was heading east on National Route 13 from the west and entered a cedar forest / Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in Torigoe, Shinjo City.
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
Sighted walking from a private property toward the national highway. It seemed startled by cars on the highway and ran into the bushes.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Kyowa-Funazawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata
It passed through the rice fields, swam across the Matsukura irrigation canal, and entered the mountains.
Daisen Matsukura, Akita
Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Obanazawa Nakisawa, Yamagata
Around 18:30 on 2026-07-09, a bear was sighted in Daiku-cho, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 字西愛染沢, Akita
Posted: It was on the mountainside across a large drainage ditch beside the road, looking this way.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
July 8
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
Sighted on the road. Body length and subsequent movements are unknown.
Yuzawa 杉沢, Akita
Swimming in the Tamagawa (Tama River).
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hanadate, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
[Post] Walking on the riverbank slope
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
July 7
Sendai Nikka, Miyagi
One bear sighted in a rice field
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
A bear about 1.5 m long was sighted along the Tamagawa riverbank.
Daisen Matsukura, Akita
Found in the rice field. It ran into the nearby woods.
Daisen Matsukura, Akita
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa Shinmachi-chuo, Yamagata
July 7
Sendai, Miyagi
Around 7:00 AM, a cub was sighted in farmland in Kitamachi, Obanazawa City.
Obanazawa Shinmachi-chuo, Yamagata
[Report] At Minase Headworks, it disappeared toward the southwest across the river about 150 meters upstream. *Because the posted content and the sighting location differed, the sighting point was corrected.
Yokote 増田町八木, Akita
July 6
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
Entered the woods. Body length about 1 m.
Yokote, Akita
[Post] [No description of situation] *Post information as of 7/6 19:49.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
(Posted) Ran off to the west
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
One bear of unknown body length was sighted. The bear then walked off to the west.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
Moved south / Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字野川, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Daio Shimonedayachi, Yokote City, Akita, around 8:00 a.m. on July 6.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
[Report] Crossed road from rice field and moved toward the cemetery
Yokote, Akita
A bear was sighted in Daisen Shimmachi, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita
[Report] Crossing the bridge heading toward houses. Size about 50 cm. Larger than a Shiba Inu, smaller than a Golden Retriever. No photo.
Yokote 大森町, Akita
A bear was sighted in Nangaikida, Daisen City.
Daisen, Akita
A large bear over 1 meter long ran eastward through the rice fields.
Daisen, Akita
Around 11:00 on July 5, one bear was seen moving in Omori-machi Mayama, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote 大森町, Akita
There was also a bear sighting report in Imozawa, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi, around 10:50.
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
While driving toward the Akita area, a roughly 1-meter brown bear (Tsukinowaguma) was on the left shoulder of the road; it entered the mountains as I passed by.
Daisen Kyowa-Mineyoshikawa, Akita
A single cub was sighted in a drainage ditch near farmland. Body length about 50 cm. About 100 m from houses.
Yuzawa, Akita
Witnessed walking toward the mountain on the road between Mitake Nursery School and a private house. Body length: adult about 1.2 m, cub about 50 cm; 1 m from the house.
Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita
[Report] One Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma), size unknown, entered the forest on the west side.
Akita, Akita
Sighted on the opposite side of the road. Shortly afterward it departed heading north or northeast.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter in body length ran off toward the north. (The map point is not exact. The sighting occurred in the area around that point.)
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
Moved toward the eastern mountain / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile
Funagata, Yamagata
Around 8:00 on 2026-07-03, a bear-like animal was sighted in Iizawa Arajin, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
July 3
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
July 3
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
[Post] I heard a bear making noises
Akita, Akita
[Post] On the Akita Expressway, near Kawabe on the outbound side, there was a cub trying to come out from the embankment onto the road.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A bear appeared on the grounds of Akita International University today. It was about 1.0 to 1.2 meters long. I saw it from the library window. The bear left droppings on the premises and then wandered off. What a lousy bastard. [Prefectural note] Today a bear appeared on the grounds of Akita International University. Its body length was about 1.0–1.2 meters. I witnessed it from the library window. The bear left droppings on the grounds and then went off somewhere.
Akita, Akita
One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted. The bear then departed to the north.
Yokote 上境, Akita
A single adult bear was sighted near the Yokote Nishi police box intersection. The bear then moved north along the prefectural road and left the area.
Yokote 下境, Akita
One bear over 1 meter in body length was sighted near the entrance/exit of Yokote Kita Smart IC. The bear then crossed the prefectural road and left toward the fields to the north.
Yokote Shimohaccho, Akita
One bear was sighted in the Rengejō area of Kinoshita, Mamurogawa Town.
Mamurogawa Kinoshita, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Kinoshita, Yamagata
Found footprints that appear to have crossed the farm road. A bear was spotted the previous day heading toward the Kaizawa settlement, so these may be the tracks of that same individual.
Ugo 字戸付, Akita
The bear from just before was seen returning up the mountain.
Ugo 字箕ノ森, Akita
Sighted along the same route as yesterday evening. Came out from Minomori.
Ugo 字清水端, Akita
I wasn't sure if it was a cub because it seemed small, or a smaller female bear. I spotted it in the rice field, and it then ran toward the residential area.
Ugo 字野中, Akita
On the way home from volleyball practice (No details given about the bear's length or situation; the post by a parent and child is unclear about the number of bears, but we are publishing it as posted.)
Yokote 十文字町上鍋倉, Akita
I was walking along the embankment when a vehicle approached and it ran into the riverside brush.
Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata
July 1
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
One cub (young bear) moved from south to north / Environment: near residential area / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Showa, Yamagata
It went into the mountains of Minomori from the direction of the Rice Center.
Ugo 字箕ノ森, Akita
A bear was sighted running along the rice-field ridges toward the Kaizawa settlement from near the ENEOS gas station. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Ugo 字稲荷, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Kaizawa Hane-no-Ue, Ugo Town.
Ugo 字小悪戸, Akita
[Post] While working with an agricultural cart, it suddenly appeared right in front of me. I shouted loudly and it ran away. Reported to authorities.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
Ran along the rice-field embankment and headed toward the Oto River. Entered the brush in the river; whereabouts after that are unknown.
Ugo 字野中, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was wandering around in a field. The bear went into a nearby wood. People who saw the bear evacuated, so what happened afterward is unknown.
Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Jumonji-machi Kanagawa-Nakagawa, Yokote City.
Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita
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In the past 30 days, 166 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 10 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 9 hours ago near Akita, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 15:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 219 km route runs from Akita to Aoba Ward, Sendai, passing through Akita, Miyagi, and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 166 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 10 of them. The latest sighting was reported 9 hours ago near Akita, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
