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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, 273 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 35 of them. The latest sighting was reported 16 hours ago near Yuzawa 相川, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
A bear jumped out from the mountain area and ran off toward the river to the south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 350 m from residences.
Yuzawa 相川, Akita
A cub came out onto the sidewalk trying to cross the road, was startled by a passing car, and returned back into the brush.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
On my way by car toward Iwami Sannai, I discovered a bear on the road to the left.
Akita, Akita
I saw a 1-meter-tall bear on the premises. It left in the direction of the Chuo Interchange. It was very close to the building.
Akita, Akita
Posted: In front of a private home's entrance. Police have been notified.
Akita, Akita
A bear moving was sighted in Hatanosawa, Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City, around 10:03 on June 13.
Akita, Akita
[Post]
Akita, Akita
[Report] While walking my dog, I heard rustling in the bushes; when I looked, a bear stuck its head out. I heard it prowling in the undergrowth for a while.
Akita, Akita
I sighted one 1‑m bear that came out of the woods on the west side of the house and was walking on the road. It then returned to the woods to the southwest. Distance from the nearest building: 5 m.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Crossed the area near the Lower House inner IC entrance from right to left as seen by a witness, which on the map is from north to south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 200 m to a private house.
Yuzawa Shimo-Innai, Akita
I spotted a bear about 80 cm long on the levee. The bear ran down to the riverside area on the south side.
Yokote 雄物川町西野, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
June 12
Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi
Spotted a 1 m long bear in front of a residence. It ran off to the northwest.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
June 11
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
While driving, it emerged from the bushes, crossed the road right in front of me, and went into the bushes.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Sighted when getting out of the car
Yuzawa, Akita
[Post] There was bear scat. It was dry, so it appears to be several days old.
Yokote 雄物川町常野, Akita
After being seen in the watermelon field, it ran off toward the northwest hills. / Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Terauchi, Yamagata
June 10
Sendai, Miyagi
After 12:00, it was seen on the road in front of Bōchū Community Hall. Startled by the sound of a tractor, it ran off toward the mountain. Body length about 1 m. About 1 m from a private house.
Yuzawa, Akita
A citizen driving on the highway toward Akita City spotted a bear approximately 1 meter in length on the west embankment.
Daisen, Akita
June 10
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
[Post]
Akita, Akita
Spotted one bear near Autoland Kyowa. It ran into the underbrush.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Matsuokabochu, Yuzawa City.
Yuzawa, Akita
[Post] While driving from the Kawabe area toward Akita Chuo IC, a cub about 50 cm long was walking on the sidewalk.
Akita, Akita
June 9
Sendai, Miyagi
Bear sighted on middle school grounds: one bear, approximately 50 cm; left the area and went into the forest about 20 m east of nearby residences.
Akita, Akita
June 9
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
Around 8:10 on 2026-06-09, a bear-like animal was sighted in Irozawa Kōjin, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
Posted: It was in the river under the bridge. Appeared to be an adult. It was large.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
A passerby sighted a bear moving south near the intersection of the municipal road from Nishi-Semboku Junior High School and the prefectural road. Body length about 1 m. One bear.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
A passerby spotted a bear moving south near the intersection of the municipal road from Nishisenboku Junior High School and the prefectural road. Body length about 1 m. One individual.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
60 cm, one bear, left toward the forested mountain area 10 m west of nearby building
Akita, Akita
It ran along the farm road. It wasn't that big.
Akita, Akita
June 8
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
A bear about 1.5 m long was sighted in a grove in Kamiaiko, Aoba Ward, ate bait from a boar trap, and then left into the woods.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 8
Sendai, Miyagi
A child, while returning from school, sighted an animal believed to be a bear in a field. / Body length approximately 50–60 cm / About 10 m from a residence.
Misato 六郷, Akita
Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Osawa, Yamagata
At a chicken coop in Kawabe Moriyama-ne, Akita City, a bear ate 9 of 20 chickens. The about-1m bear stayed at the scene and was culled as a nuisance animal.
Akita, Akita
A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa, Akita
Sighted within residential property. Bear approximately 1 m in size.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Nozoki, Yamagata
[Post] I thought I saw something move in my car mirror, and when I looked closely there was a bear.
Akita, Akita
June 7
Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi
June 7
Sendai, Miyagi
[Post]
Daisen Teradate, Akita
June 7
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
Daisen Teradate, Akita
A bear about 1 m in size was near the south side of the Teradate Community Interaction Center. It passed by the center and ran toward the north embankment road. It descended from the embankment road toward the riverbank and was lost from sight.
Daisen Teradate, Akita
June 7
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
[Post]
Daisen, Akita
[Post]
Daisen, Akita
A member of the public spotted one bear about 1.5 m long in a rice paddy while doing farm work. The bear left heading north toward the embankment.
Daisen, Akita
[Report] While driving from Kyowa toward Akita City, I sighted an individual approximately 1 meter in body length.
Akita, Akita
Around 06:17 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Yuwa-Tsubakigawa Komasakadai, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at a park in Sumiyoshidai Nishi 4-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 住吉台, Miyagi
A bear was sighted on the grounds of a home in Kamiayashi Oriha, Aoba Ward, Sendai, and left toward a northern mountain forest. No one was injured.
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
While riding my motorcycle, a bear about 1 meter tall ran alongside me as if fleeing — I panicked.
Akita, Akita
A bear that had been missing since the morning was seen emerging from nearby woods. The bear moved toward the Chūō housing complex and the Jūmonji Nursery School area. Its whereabouts after that are unknown.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
A bear cub less than 1 meter long was spotted on the highway heading from the Akita area toward Yokote.
Daisen, Akita
[Report] While working in the fields, an almost 1-meter-long young bear ran off toward Yamada Elementary School.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
It ran off in the direction of the national highway.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
It ran right past in front of me. The distance was less than about 5 meters.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
A bear cub was walking along the road. After spotting a person and watching them for a while, it fled into the mountains.
Akita, Akita
Crossed the road about 500 m before the Jūmonji Interchange tollbooth toward the Yokote side.
Yokote 十文字町, Akita
[Report] While traveling on the Tohoku-Chuo Expressway from Yokote toward Yuzawa, an adult bear crossed from the west to the east (toward National Route 13). (Posting may be delayed due to heavy traffic to the site.)
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Post] (No description of circumstances)
Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita
Witnessed entering the brush (woods) on a highway embankment. Body length 70–80 cm.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
Moved to the cherry orchard on the west side / Environment: farmland / Size: unknown
Higashine 大字島大堀, Yamagata
While driving from the Nashinoki three-way junction toward Nishihara, I saw someone walking.
Yokote 十文字町西原二番町, Akita
A woman driving on National Route 13 in Nashi, Jūmonji-machi, Yokote City, spotted one bear crossing the road westward.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Report] In front of Kawabe Junior High School gate: a cub about 80 cm ran from the Raikochi apartment complex toward the grove of mixed woods.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya Raiguchi, Akita City, around 08:40 on 2026-06-06.
Akita, Akita
I spotted a bear about 50 cm at the shoulder on the ground. It ran south toward the shrine. It was close to the building.
Akita, Akita
On 2026-06-05 around 16:30, one bear was seen moving in Yamada Yūgaoka, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
A bear approximately 60 cm in body length, appearing to have just finished climbing up a slope on the road in front of the dispensing pharmacy, was observed. When it made eye contact with the observer, it descended the slope and fled eastward into a rice field. The distance to the nearest house is about 200 meters.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
While driving on National Route 13 from Akita toward Omagari, a bear entered the highway from the shrubs on the small hill on the left, tried to cross the road to head toward Wada Station, but was blocked by the central divider fence. It attempted two or three times to ram through the fence to get out but couldn’t, and then fled back into the shrubs on the hill it had come from.
Akita, Akita
Report: A large Asiatic black bear (tsukinowaguma) was seen running from behind the community center in Soba Town toward the fields. Firecrackers were used, but the bear did not appear very startled.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Kinoshita, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Osawa, Yamagata
June 5
Sendai Okura, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Kamiaiko Michiue, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai, Miyagi
[Post] I saw a dark shape and, on checking, confirmed a 40–50 cm bear on the temple grounds.
Misato 六郷, Akita
I was walking when I spotted one in the bushes. When I made a noise, it ran off toward the north (the prefectural road side).
Akita, Akita
[Report] A single Asiatic black bear (about 70 cm) entered the forest.
Akita, Akita
Moved toward a vacant house on the north side of the road / Environment: road / Size: cub
Higashine 大字泉郷甲, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Osawa, Yamagata
June 4
Sendai, Miyagi
[Post] While driving, there was only a small bear cub wandering around the center of the road.
Akita, Akita
Around 10:00 on 2026-06-04, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Sakegawa, Yamagata
A 50 cm-long cub was walking along the road. It ran off toward a forestry road.
Akita, Akita
Post. Encountered during commute. Emerged from a rice paddy, crossed the road, and went into the mountains.
Daisen Tsuchikawa, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Tsuchikawa Akena, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, around 07:45 on June 4.
Daisen Tsuchikawa, Akita
[Report] A 1.2 m long bear left the embankment tail at the Ushirokawa drainage sluice and departed toward the Omono River.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Posted: It was located between the forest and the embankment.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
A bear was sighted around 4:00 PM on June 4 in Izawa Akasaka, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai, Miyagi
Posted: Came out from the brush trying to cross the road. When the car horn was sounded, it went back into the brush. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
A young bear about 30 centimeters long went from the river toward the grounds of Omagari Agricultural High School.
Daisen Onukitakabatake, Akita
June 3
Sendai, Miyagi
Moved from the grassy area in the center of the neighborhood toward the Inari shrine on the mountain side. Nearby is the Kitanoda Park Arena tennis courts.
Akita, Akita
Was walking in the middle of a rice paddy. When I honked the horn, it ran away behind a shrine. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
Around 5:25 PM on 2026-06-03, a bear was sighted in Kawabe-Kitanoda-Takaya-Odaka, Akita City, and it was seen moving.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving southbound on the Akita Expressway, crossed from west to east. About 2 km before Kyowa IC. Sex unknown, likely female.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
Several children (multiple) on their way home from school sighted an animal believed to be a bear and reported it fled eastward. City officials patrolled the area but did not find it. Body length unknown.
Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita
While driving on Route 13, I saw the face of one bear in the bushes directly across from Boatpia Kawabe.
Akita, Akita
Around 1:45 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Maeda, Kawabe-Kitanoda Takaya, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed from inside a car. It slowly moved toward the north embankment.
Akita, Akita
[Post] About 80 cm in length — a small bear cub was walking through the brush between houses.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Kinoshita, Yamagata
Spotted a bear on the road. It ran east. It was heading quickly toward the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
Environment: road / Size: unknown
Mamurogawa Kinoshita, Yamagata
Around 5:50 AM on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoyamaeda, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
I spotted a bear on the Akita Road. It walked off to the north. One bear about 1 m (tall). Approximately 1 km to the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed a bear moving eastward through the rice field west of Maruho Construction. Body length approximately 1.5 m.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
At around 1:20 PM on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Kitanodakoya Kuronuma Shimotsutsumishita, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 11:00 on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Wada Shikida, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
On the evening of 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted on a city road in Omagari Kanaya-cho, Daisen City.
Daisen Iida, Akita
A bear was sighted in Akasaka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai, Miyagi
At around 3:50 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted moving in Kyowa-Nakayodogawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
Crossing the Akita Expressway
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
[Report] Observed one Asiatic black bear (approx. 1.2 m in body length) walking along the riverbank. The bear crossed the river and then left into the brush to the north.
Yuzawa, Akita
A badly damaged unidentified body was found on a hillside behind a residential area in Kawabe-Wada, Akita City.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
In Kawabe-Wada, Akita City, a 73-year-old woman was attacked by a bear and died while mowing grass.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
While weeding on the property, I was attacked.
Akita, Akita
A woman was found dead in a mountain forest near her home in Kawabe-Wada, Akita City, and investigators considered that she may have been attacked by a bear.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
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Yuzawa 字角間沢, Akita
A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa 字稲荷山, Akita
Spotted a bear from the kitchen. Direction when it left unknown. The screen door was torn. One bear about 1 m (long/tall).
Akita, Akita
Saw a bear from the kitchen. It left and its whereabouts are unknown. The screen door was torn. About 1 m (away/long).
Akita, Akita
Around 4:00 AM on June 2, a bear was sighted in Kawabe Moroi Nakamichi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Kamabuchi, Yamagata
I saw a bear from the car. It ran north. One bear, 10 meters from a house.
Akita, Akita
Sighted at the railroad crossing near Kurata Factory. It ran away toward Yuzawa Station, parallel to the tracks. About 10 meters from a house.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
Two bears were sighted crossing a road in Koganehara, Yuzawa City, Akita.
Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita
A bear was sighted in Sugasawa-shinjo Sunada, Yuzawa City, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
[Report] Appeared near the Shinjo railroad crossing in Yuzawa City, headed along the farm road toward Yuzawa Station, crossed the tracks, and entered the Ugo Transportation parking lot. The bear believed to be the adult female is about 1.0–1.1 m in height; the bear believed to be a cub is about 0.7–0.8 m in height.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
[Report] Witnessed on the opposite side of the national highway from Yuzawa-kita police box. The witness was driving and passed by quickly, so the body length, number of bears, and movements are unknown. Estimated to be within 10 meters of a house.
Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita
One bear was sighted at Sugisawa Mori Michiue in Yuzawa City, Akita.
Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Mamurogawa Aramachi, Yamagata
[Post] Around the 77.3 km marker on the Akita Expressway, moving from the road into the mountains
Akita, Akita
Crossed the road from the IC side
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
On June 1 around 3:35 PM, a bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Sanai Sobadai, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] When I drove home, it ran away from in front of my house toward the grassy area. It looked small, so it appeared to be a cub. It was dark, so I couldn’t take a photo.
Yokote Akasaka, Akita
[Report] A bear crossed the road on a curve with a passing lane on National Route 13.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
A bear about 60 cm long was sighted near the Yuzawa High School ski jump. The bear went into the mountain. Distance to the nearest houses is about 100 meters.
Yuzawa 字東松沢, Akita
When I drove by, it stuck only its face out of the snow-melting ditch, then quickly pulled back in. At first I thought it was a raccoon dog, but its face (head) was completely black, so I posted because it might be a bear cub.
Yuzawa, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
An animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Iwasaki Mori-ai, Yuzawa City.
Yuzawa, Akita
In the afternoon of 2026-05-31, a bear was sighted in Shinmachi, Yuzawa City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 松岡, Akita
A city office staff member on patrol spotted one bear running north from the woods where it had been seen around 9:00. It continued moving north and left the area. Body length: over 1 m.
Yokote 雄物川町常野, Akita
[Post] (No eyewitness information provided)
Yokote 雄物川町常野, Akita
A person driving by spotted one bear in a bamboo grove in Kamiayashi, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
May 30
Sendai Kumagane, Miyagi
Environment: Public facility / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa, Yamagata
Ran from the Negi-ba area toward the Nakamura area.
Yokote 十文字町谷地新田, Akita
A single bear about 1 m in body length was sighted walking southwest from near the intersection. City hall community division staff searched the area near the sighting but did not find it.
Yokote 十文字町源太左馬, Akita
Two bears were sighted near the mountainside on the east side of the batting center. Their subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Distance to the nearest house: approximately 5 meters.
Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita
[Report] Saw a bear crossing the prefectural road from north to south. Size about 80 cm. Moved into the woods on the east side.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Jūmonji-machi Yachishinden Murashitata, Yokote City.
Yokote 十文字町谷地新田, Akita
One adult approximately 1 m in body length was sighted. It walked off to the south toward the brush along the highway.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
Environment: golf course, hot spring facility / Size: young cub
Funagata, Yamagata
I observed two bears about 60–70 cm tall emerging from the west near the entrance of Sasakura Park. The bears were startled by a car and retreated back into the western thicket.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
[Report] There were footprints in the field on the property of my home.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
There were footprints in the garden on the property.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
Around 7:35 on May 29, a bear was sighted in Futsuyu Nakaodo, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
Spotted a bear about 1.5 m in body length.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
In a cherry orchard in Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture, damage believed caused by a bear was found, with branches broken and claw marks on the trunks.
Higashine 大字泉郷, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long ran east through the rice fields.
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
Around 6:01 on 2026-05-29, a bear was sighted at Shingayachi Mizunomiba in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
[Post]
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
Around 4:00 PM on May 29, a bear was seen moving in Kyowa-Nakayodogawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
It was beside the guardrail. As I passed by in the car, it did a somersault under the guardrail and went into the bushes.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
A bear was sighted around 3:15 PM on May 28 in Kyowa Funaoka Ichi-no-watari, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Daisen, Akita
I witnessed a cub crossing the road. Body length about 50 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Funaoka, Akita
May 28
Sendai Nikka, Miyagi
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Funagata, Yamagata
While doing farm work, I sighted a single bear about 1 meter tall in a rice field. It was approximately 100 meters from a residence.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
One bear was sighted on a road at Higashizawa Reservoir in Murayama City and moved into the forested area.
Murayama 楯岡東沢, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on the road near Higashizawa Reservoir. It moved into the forest. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Murayama Shieldhill East Marsh, Yamagata
Two bears (a parent and a cub) were sighted on a city road near 10 Narusawa, Narusawa, Yuzawa City. The bears fled toward the mountain to the southeast. The adult measured 1.0 m in body length; the cub measured 0.6 m. The sighting occurred about 10 m from a residential area.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Kaneyama Yamazaki, Yamagata
[Post] There were footprints in the field, so I sent the photos to an acquaintance in the hunters' association to check. He said they were bear footprints and seemed fairly fresh.
Yokote, Akita
Bear-like animal tracks were found in Dai-Ichinoseki, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita
May 27
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
[Report] Two bears in front of a house's garage
Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita
While driving on Prefectural Route Akita-Kitanoda, I saw one bear about 50 cm crossing from east to west. It was 30 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
Walked along the rice-field ridge toward the river and left. One bear, 1 m.
Daisen, Akita
A bear emerged from the brush on the right but quickly became out of sight.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
Around 08:40 on May 26, a bear was sighted in Narusawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Kawanouchi, Yamagata
A bear was seen crossing a road in Kamabuchi, Mamurogawa Town.
Mamurogawa Kamabuchi, Yamagata
A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakōya-Kanda, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Iwasaki Chitose, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, around 8:00 PM on 2026-05-26.
Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita
[Post] I think it was a female bear with cubs. It ran in front of the car for a short distance, then left the road and went into the grass.
Akita, Akita
Posted: Three bears (a parent and two cubs) were on the road; when a car approached they escaped into the bushes.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
May 25
Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi
Environment: road / Size: unknown
Higashine, Yamagata
A bear was sighted moving in Yasumoto Minaminihe, Yokote City.
Yokote 安本, Akita
Post: One newborn bear emerges from the bushes but soon returns
Akita, Akita
[Correction] One bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted moving eastward in the order of Shimosaichūmura, Tarogoya, and Hyūga. *Multiple sightings reported. Incorrect: westward Correct: eastward
Yokote 下境, Akita
Around 11:40 on May 25, one bear was sighted moving in Shimokagari-Hinata, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote 下境, Akita
Observed a bear crossing Prefectural Route Nozaki-Jumonji and entering the grove of Yotsuya Rural Park. Body length approximately 1 m.
Yokote, Akita
Witnessed one bear entering the woods from near a cemetery. Body length unknown because the sighting was from a distance.
Yokote, Akita
Two bears about 1 m long (not a parent and child; possibly two juvenile bears) ran from the east-side mountain down to the Osawa River, then returned to the mountain. On the morning of April 23 another bear was also seen in the same way, so there may be a settled population in the area.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
[Post] Witnessed it leaving from a nearby farm road and going into the cemetery.
Yokote, Akita
According to Akita Prefecture, around 04:18 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Taiyū Tamura, Yokote City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
While traveling on the prefectural road, a single bear approximately 1.5 m in length was observed in the parking lot of Taiyū Nursery School. It then departed to the west. The distance to the nearest residence was about 10 m.
Yokote, Akita
A bear was sighted in Taiyū Shinmachi, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long crossed the road in front of the Oasis Hall in Kurokawa heading south and ran off toward the rice fields.
Yokote 黒川, Akita
A JR train driver spotted a bear on the platform at Ōbashino Station. It ran off to the west. One bear, about 1 m (in size).
Akita, Akita
A JR train driver spotted a bear on the platform at Ohbarano Station. It fled west. One bear, about 1 m (in size).
Akita, Akita
Post: An adult (over 1 m) crossed the road.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long crossed the Akita Expressway northbound.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Attempting to cross a highway
Akita, Akita
[Post] This morning, when I went to the field, there were footprints.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kawabe-Kamichi Oojikarazawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving around 12:40 in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Karuizawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
May 22
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
Size: Adult
Funagata, Yamagata
May 22
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
According to the tracks, it headed north from the sighting location / Size: adult
Shinjo, Yamagata
Report from a passing woman / Size: Unknown
Mamurogawa Hiraoka, Yamagata
Size: Adult
Higashine, Yamagata
Size: Adult
Sakegawa Niwazuki, Yamagata
A bear was spotted near the Yokote Akamine Junior High School baseball field. It ran west. Because it was seen from a distance, its body length is unknown.
Yokote 大森町, Akita
While driving on a municipal road, I spotted one bear approximately 1.5 m in body length. The bear proceeded north across the rice field for a while, then left heading west. Distance to the nearest house about 30 m.
Yokote 大森町, Akita
At around 10:00 on May 21, 2026, a woman in her 60s at home sighted a bear about 1 meter long in a rice field in Usui Ōnakajima, Omagawamachi, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture. The bear was about 100 meters from nearby houses, and the Yokote Police are urging residents to be cautious.
Yokote 大森町, Akita
Observed a bear moving from north to south along the Oodangawa River near Hibashi Bridge / Size: juvenile
Murayama 大字林崎, Yamagata
Spotted a bear near the carport. It left heading east. An adult about 1 meter in length. On residential property.
Yokote 雄物川町薄井, Akita
Observed one bear crossing National Route 341 from north to south. It went into the woods. Body length about 50 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
Observed one cub crossing the road from south to north / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Odashima, Yamagata
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Daisen Kitanome, Akita
Observed one bear while driving. It came onto the road from the south side, then entered the bushes on the south side again. Body length approximately 1 m. 50 m from the nearest residence.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kawaabe-San'nai Sobadai, Akita City, around 6:30 a.m. on May 20; it was seen moving.
Akita, Akita
On 2026-05-20 around 12:30, a bear was sighted in Kyowa Kamiyodokawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字羽入, Yamagata
Size: cub/juvenile
Oishida Tazawa, Yamagata
May 19
Sendai Imozawa, Miyagi
Yokote construction firm Hasshin Kensetsu used a drone equipped with an infrared camera to survey bear habitat and captured footage this spring of three bears believed to be a parent and two cubs. The drone detects heat signatures and is used for locating bears in forests and investigating sites of human-bear incidents.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
Size: Unknown
Higashine, Yamagata
Size: Unknown
Funagata Tomita, Yamagata
[Report] While driving, a bear crossed over from the opposite lane
Akita, Akita
May 18
Sendai, Miyagi
[Report] An adult bear was at the roadside. It noticed the car and ran into the brush.
Daisen, Akita
Around 12:15 PM on May 18, a bear about 80 cm long was sighted on a sidewalk in Imozawa, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Police patrolled after receiving a report but did not find the bear. Kawamae Elementary School and Osawa Junior High School nearby implemented measures such as coordinated dismissal and staff monitoring. No damage or subsequent sightings have been confirmed.
Sendai, Miyagi
[Post] Walking inside the park
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Daisen Takazekikamigo, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter in body length crossed Route 105 from east to west.
Daisen Takazekikamigo, Akita
Spotted one bear approximately 80 cm in body length in farmland.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
One bear spotted walking on farmland. Body length about 1 m. Distance to the nearest house about 30 m.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
One Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) was sighted near YUZAWA Clean Center Co., Ltd., and the police were notified. The bear ran off to the east. Police are patrolling the area. The sighting location was about 300 m from residences; the bear’s body length was 1.0 m.
Yuzawa 下関, Akita
Posted: It was sitting on the mountainside facing the road. When a car passed, it returned up the slope. Body length about 1 meter.
Yuzawa 酒蒔, Akita
[Post] (Posted May 19, 16:57; no description of situation)
Misato 境田, Akita
May 18
Sendai Ayashi-chuo 2-chome, Miyagi
Was roaming near Sankōen
Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata
Just after 04:00 on May 18, 2026, one bear was sighted near Sankouen in Chuo, Murayama City, Yamagata Prefecture. The city warned of the possibility of further sightings and urged residents and passersby to carry noise-making devices like bells or radios and to secure their homes.
Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata
Sighted a bear moving on National Route 13 from east to west (on the grounds of Sankōen). / Size: adult
Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata
May 18
Sendai, Miyagi
I spotted a small bear about 50 cm long in the bushes, but it soon disappeared from the area. The direction it went is unknown.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
A single Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) was sighted within a residential property in the village and reported to the police. The bear ran east from the area. Police patrolled the vicinity but did not locate it and there were no nearby damages. The sighting occurred a few meters from a house; the bear’s body length was about 1.0 m.
Yuzawa 松岡, Akita
Was seen entering the mountain / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Motoaikai, Yamagata
Around 11:00 on May 17, one bear was seen entering the mountain in Fukudayama, Shinjō City, Yamagata Prefecture. Based on its size, the bear is believed to be a juvenile.
Shinjo Fukuda, Yamagata
Size: Adult
Shinjo Tsunozawa, Yamagata
Footprints believed to be from a bear were found in the field.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Discovered what appears to be bear tracks in the field.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
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In the past 30 days, 273 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 35 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 16 hours ago near Yuzawa 相川, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 10:00. 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, 273 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 35 of them. The latest sighting was reported 16 hours ago near Yuzawa 相川, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Reroute or postpone until activity quiets.
