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This 221 km route runs from Akita to Shibata, passing through Akita, Niigata, and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 328 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 19 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Yurihonjō, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
1 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Akita, Niigata, Yamagata.
One bear, 1 m (shoulder height), ran eastward across the prefectural road from the west. 10 m to the building.
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Report: A person fishing by the Omonogawa River? Had parked their vehicle, and next to it there was a bear about 1 meter long.
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A bear (0.5 m) was sighted on the road. The bear then departed to the south. Distance to the nearby building: 10 m.
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Crossing the small bridge beside the rice field, it walked slowly into the brush.
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Spotted a young bear (50 cm) on the road shoulder. 300 m to the nearest house.
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[Report] Two bears were walking slowly along the rice-field path, one behind the other.
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On my way by car toward Iwami Sannai, I discovered a bear on the road to the left.
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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.
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Posted: In front of a private home's entrance. Police have been notified.
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A bear moving was sighted in Hatanosawa, Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City, around 10:03 on June 13.
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When I was about to go to the convenience store, it ran across the parking lot.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
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[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.
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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.
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Posted: Walking right beside the river and wading in it. Body length about 1.6 m.
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There was one by the side of the road. About 80 cm. It didn't run away even when cars passed.
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[Post] While driving through, an adult bear about 1–1.5 m long crossed (in front of me) from the forest.
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While driving, it emerged from the bushes, crossed the road right in front of me, and went into the bushes.
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One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted within the facility grounds. Direction of departure is unknown. Approximately 10 m from the nearest building.
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A bear about 1 meter long was sighted by a man on a facility premises in Goshono-Shimoshutsutsumi, Akita City.
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[Report] It appeared to be a cub, as it was relatively small. It crossed the limited-access road and entered the brush toward the parking lot of Akita Prefectural Central Park.
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Encountered a bear about 1 meter tall while walking. It went off to the south.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
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[Post] While driving from the Kawabe area toward Akita Chuo IC, a cub about 50 cm long was walking on the sidewalk.
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Bear droppings believed to be from a bear were discovered on the path between the park and the daycare center.
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[Report] One cub approximately 50 cm long. Spotted emerging from the road shoulder while driving on the Akita Expressway toward Noshiro. Turned back and left.
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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.
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60 cm, one bear, left toward the forested mountain area 10 m west of nearby building
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[Post] A bear about 1 m (tall)
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It ran along the farm road. It wasn't that big.
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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.
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Sighted within residential property. Bear approximately 1 m in size.
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[Post] I thought I saw something move in my car mirror, and when I looked closely there was a bear.
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[Report] While driving from Kyowa toward Akita City, I sighted an individual approximately 1 meter in body length.
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Around 06:17 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Yuwa-Tsubakigawa Komasakadai, Akita City.
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While riding my motorcycle, a bear about 1 meter tall ran alongside me as if fleeing — I panicked.
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[Report] While traveling from Akita Minami IC toward Akita Chuo IC, a bear crossed from the left to the right. Adult bear, 1.5 m — size comparable to bears at Kuma-Kuma Park.
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[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.
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A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya Raiguchi, Akita City, around 08:40 on 2026-06-06.
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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.
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[Report] While attempting to cross the road along Route 13, it noticed a car and descended the slope.
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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.
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[Report] While driving, observed a creature that appeared to be a bear cub walking on the road; it moved toward the mountains and disappeared.
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Report: Encountered a bear about 1 m in body length while walking in a park. Distance approximately 50 m. It left heading southeast.
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Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted in a park in Goshosodai 2-chome, Akita City.
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While waiting at a traffic light, it crossed from the bushes on the right to the bushes on the left. The right side is the national highway side.
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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).
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[Report] A single Asiatic black bear (about 70 cm) entered the forest.
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[Report] A single bear cub suddenly appeared from the bushes as it joined National Route 13 from the Amano side.
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[Post] While driving, there was only a small bear cub wandering around the center of the road.
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Around 10:00 on 2026-06-04, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City.
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A 50 cm-long cub was walking along the road. It ran off toward a forestry road.
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Around 13:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Goshono Tsutsumidai 1-chome, Akita City.
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(Posted) Ran away
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Around 5:25 PM on 2026-06-03, a bear was sighted in Kawabe-Kitanoda-Takaya-Odaka, Akita City, and it was seen moving.
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[Post] A bear about the size of a small cub was sniffing the grass on the sidewalk. I didn't see any sign of its parent.
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On 2026-06-03 around 15:40, a bear was sighted in Owamihiratootorimaki, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.
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While driving on Route 13, I saw the face of one bear in the bushes directly across from Boatpia Kawabe.
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Around 1:45 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Maeda, Kawabe-Kitanoda Takaya, Akita City.
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Witnessed from inside a car. It slowly moved toward the north embankment.
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[Post] About 80 cm in length — a small bear cub was walking through the brush between houses.
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[Report] Near Kotomozawa Bridge, a black bear cub was standing on the sidewalk. It ran into the woods just before a vehicle passed by.
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I witnessed a cub walking away in the direction of the community center. It was 30 meters from a private house.
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Spotted a bear on the road. It ran east. It was heading quickly toward the nearest building.
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Around 5:50 AM on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoyamaeda, Akita City.
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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.
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At around 1:20 PM on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Kitanodakoya Kuronuma Shimotsutsumishita, Akita City.
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Around 11:00 on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Wada Shikida, Akita City.
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Around 10:55 on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Yamagomori, Akita City.
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(Post) Was running in the parking lot within the Silver Area (near the tree). Went off somewhere immediately.
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Posted: In front of Tersa. The same bear is in the same spot. It’s been watching constantly.
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[Post] A bear and her cub were along National Route 13.
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[Report] Location: between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 m from the main entrance of Tersa. Observed one adult Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma). Bear size about 1.0 to 1.2 m. Probably the same individual seen on May 29. Weather: clear. Temperature: 24°C.
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[Post] My daughter said she saw it while coming home from school. Near the entrance to Pinocchio Park.
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A bear over 1.5 m long ran at high speed, crossed the road, and went down toward the Red Cross Hospital side.
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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
While weeding on the property, I was attacked.
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Around 7:30 on 2026-06-02, a 73-year-old woman was attacked by a bear while weeding in Kawabe, Akita City, and died.
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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
Spotted a bear from the kitchen. Direction when it left unknown. The screen door was torn. One bear about 1 m (long/tall).
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Saw a bear from the kitchen. It left and its whereabouts are unknown. The screen door was torn. About 1 m (away/long).
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Observed one bear. Body length unknown. Direction of departure unknown.
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Around 4:00 AM on June 2, a bear was sighted in Kawabe Moroi Nakamichi, Akita City.
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I went outside and it walked past the front of the entrance.
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I saw a bear from the car. It ran north. One bear, 10 meters from a house.
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[Post] Around the 77.3 km marker on the Akita Expressway, moving from the road into the mountains
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While driving, a single bear about 60 cm crossed the road from north to south and then left into the woods on the south side. There are no buildings nearby.
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One bear was seen moving in Shimokitate Hotokawa Ubagasawa, Akita City.
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It was on the road, so I honked the horn and it ran off into the woods on the Sky Dome side.
Akita Yuwa-Tsubakikawa, Akita
[Report] One bear sighted. Direction of departure unknown.
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A bear was seen moving in Yuwatsubakigawa Okutsubakidai, Akita City, around 03:51 on May 30.
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[Report] Saw a bear crossing the prefectural road from north to south. Size about 80 cm. Moved into the woods on the east side.
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[Report] The location was between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 meters from the main entrance of Tersa. I sighted one adult Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma). The bear’s size was about 1.0–1.2 meters. The bear entered the park-side thicket once, but then returned to the same spot. After that it repeated disappearing into and reappearing from the thicket three times, and finally disappeared into the thicket. At that time, there were only a few cars in the parking lot. Also, traffic between Tersa and Aeon was not heavy. Weather: clear. Temperature: 18°C.
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Posted: Parking space for Kuroneko Yamato truck
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A family of Asian black bears (Tsukinowaguma) was wandering around a Yamato Transport truck. The adult was about 120 cm and the cub about 60 cm. The bears wandered for about five minutes before leaving to the south.
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[Report] A single bear ran from the rice field toward the mountain on the road between Toyoiwa Rice Center and Hihaisto.
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[Post] A giant bear
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On 2026-05-28 at night, a bear was sighted in Goshono Jizodai 4-chome, Akita City.
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[Report] One cub about 60 cm
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At around 21:53 on 2026-05-27, a bear was sighted in Shimokitate Tomogawa Urugasaki, Akita City.
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Around 19:35 on 2026-05-27, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kamikita-Saruta Futatsudera, Akita City.
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[Post] While driving, a black animal that appeared to be a bear was moving in the woods. Body length over 1 m.
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[Report] Spotted a bear from inside a car near the river. It seemed agitated, swinging its head back and forth. Size was under 1 meter, thin build.
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A bear was sighted in Kamikita-te Funo-Wakinoda, Akita City, around 18:45 on May 27.
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A fairly large bear. It was fat. There is also a school for students with disabilities nearby.
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Saw it while driving; when I honked the horn it ran away.
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Staff at a geriatric health care facility for the elderly sighted a 1.5-meter bear on a path south of the facility, about 50 meters from the facility. The bear left heading toward the southern mountains.
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A bear was sighted in Goshono-Motomachi 1-chome, Akita City.
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[Report] While taking an early-morning walk, I spotted one bear. It's on an elementary school student’s route to school, so I think it's dangerous.
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A bear was sighted in Minamigaoka 2-chome, Akita City, on 2026-05-27 afternoon.
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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.
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A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakōya-Kanda, Akita City.
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There's a big bear outside the house.
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Around 20:25 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Goshono-Jizoden 4-chome, Akita City.
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[Post] Road between Refresh Garden and Goshono Gakuin. A 50–60 cm Asian black bear (tsukinowaguma).
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[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.
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[Post] Moon-ringed bear droppings. Two round pieces.
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[Report] While walking in the park, I saw a skinny adult bear and one cub. At first the adult looked like a large black dog. The adult was about 1 m and the cub about 0.5 m in size. After that the bears went into the brush on the Yayoi-kko Village side.
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On a private road, one bear about 60 cm was sighted. It left toward the mountains to the east, 20 m from a house.
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Post: One newborn bear emerges from the bushes but soon returns
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A bear about 1.5 meters long was running. It went into the forested mountain area.
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Around 7:00 on May 25, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Chibarayama, Akita City.
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At around 16:47 on May 24, a bear was seen moving in Kanehanyu, Kawabe Toneyoshi, Akita City.
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[Post] A bear was walking on the sidewalk while a car was driving.
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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).
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A JR train driver spotted a bear on the platform at Ohbarano Station. It fled west. One bear, about 1 m (in size).
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Post: An adult (over 1 m) crossed the road.
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[Post] Attempting to cross a highway
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A bear was sighted moving around 12:40 in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Karuizawa, Akita City.
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[Report] One bear about 1 meter. It crossed the river and entered the mountain across the way.
Akita Yuwa-Tsubakikawa, Akita
Crossed the roadway and entered the bushes.
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A bear (1 m) crossed the road in front of Wannam Pier and departed to the southeast. It was 10 m from nearby buildings.
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A bear (1 m) crossed the road in front of WanNyapia and left heading southeast. It was 10 m from the nearby building.
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Report: One bear sighted. Size and direction of departure unknown.
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Body length: approximately 1.5 m; distance to houses and similar structures: approximately 90 m; departed from the brush side toward the seaside.
Yurihonjō, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Ishiwaki Tajiri, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō, Akita
One bear, 1 m (shoulder height), ran eastward across the prefectural road from the west. 10 m to the building.
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Report: A person fishing by the Omonogawa River? Had parked their vehicle, and next to it there was a bear about 1 meter long.
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Crossed the prefectural road from north to south and entered the forest. Body length about 1 m.
Nikaho Himeno, Akita
One bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was sighted on the east-side slope of the national highway. It walked off and its whereabouts are unknown. There were no nearby buildings.
Akita, Akita
Crossed the road heading toward Hirasawa. Two bears, each about 50 cm in body length.
Nikaho Hirasawa, Akita
Crossed the highway and went east. Body length about 1 m.
Nikaho Konoura, Akita
Around 5:00 on 2026-06-20, a bear was sighted in Sakamachi, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture.
Murakami, Niigata
An 80 cm-long bear moved from the seaside toward the mountains.
Nikaho 鳥屋森, Akita
A bear was sighted around 08:15 on June 18 in Shimohama-Nagahama, Fukiyama-Sawa, Akita City.
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A bear (0.5 m) was sighted on the road. The bear then departed to the south. Distance to the nearby building: 10 m.
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A bear about 1 meter long was sighted in the Shukuda area of Murakami City.
Murakami, Niigata
It came down from the mountain, saw a person, and then went back in the direction it had come from.
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Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Mikawa 大字猪子, Yamagata
One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Iwashinden, Tsuruoka City, and crossed the Nipponkai Tohoku Expressway.
Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata
Around 16:15, while driving on the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway from Sakata toward Tsuruoka, one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) was observed crossing from west to east. Subsequent whereabouts unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata
Crossing the small bridge beside the rice field, it walked slowly into the brush.
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Spotted a young bear (50 cm) on the road shoulder. 300 m to the nearest house.
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[Report] Two bears were walking slowly along the rice-field path, one behind the other.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Industrial area / Size: Adult
Sakata 宮海, Yamagata
Two bears were sighted near Senaga-jima in the Kujukushima area. Each was about 1 meter in body length.
Nikaho 田の神, Akita
Around 7:00 on 2026-06-14, a bear was sighted in Ōshima, Kisakata-machi, Nikaho City.
Nikaho 田の神, Akita
On my way by car toward Iwami Sannai, I discovered a bear on the road to the left.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 60 cm in body length hid in the bushes beside the road.
Nikaho Kisakatamachi-Nishinakanosawa, Akita
On the way back from the airport, it was in the back of the field. It was looking toward the road. I don't think it was a cub.
Yurihonjō 岩城君ヶ野, Akita
(Posted) It was in the parking lot.
Yurihonjō, 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.
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Posted: In front of a private home's entrance. Police have been notified.
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[Report] Near a private residence
Yurihonjō, Akita
A bear moving was sighted in Hatanosawa, Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City, around 10:03 on June 13.
Akita, Akita
When I was about to go to the convenience store, it ran across the parking lot.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
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[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.
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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
Spotted a bear about 1 meter long in the brush beside the prefectural road. It fled into the brush on the south side.
Nikaho 鳥屋森, Akita
Environment: Near human residences / Size: Adult
Yuza 青塚, Yamagata
An adult bear was sighted in Hikoshi, Yuza Town, and tracks believed to be from the bear were also found in a field.
Yuza 青塚, Yamagata
There was one by the side of the road. About 80 cm. It didn't run away even when cars passed.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving through, an adult bear about 1–1.5 m long crossed (in front of me) from the forest.
Akita, Akita
Bear tracks from one bear were found on the coast. The tracks go from north to south through the brush for about 380 m. Track width approx. 10 cm, length approx. 15 cm.
Nikaho Ryozenji, Akita
An adult bear was sighted in a field in Sakanobe-Shinden, Sakata City, and the field owner reported it to police.
Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata
One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted within the facility grounds. Direction of departure is unknown. Approximately 10 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted by a man on a facility premises in Goshono-Shimoshutsutsumi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Observed one bear.
Tainai, Niigata
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Yurihonjō, Akita
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Yurihonjō, Akita
A bear about 1.5 m tall walked north along the road in front of the shipping company.
Nikaho Konoura, Akita
[Report] It appeared to be a cub, as it was relatively small. It crossed the limited-access road and entered the brush toward the parking lot of Akita Prefectural Central Park.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A large, solid adult (bear); showed no sign of trying to run away.
Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sakata 黒森, Yamagata
Body length about 1 m; distance to houses about 140 m; headed east
Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita
Encountered a bear about 1 meter tall while walking. It went off to the south.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
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Yurihonjō 古川端, Akita
On the night of June 10, one bear was spotted on a sidewalk in Kinoura Toranagane, Nikaho City.
Nikaho Konoura, Akita
Bear sighted on the road. Went east. Body length about 1 m.
Nikaho 三丁目塩越, Akita
Spotted a bear on the road. Body length about 1 m. It walked from north to south.
Nikaho Hirasawa, 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
Bear droppings believed to be from a bear were discovered on the path between the park and the daycare center.
Akita, Akita
Distance to house: 10 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m.
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
Distance to houses: 300 m. Bear length: 1.5 m. Found under the highway. Moved toward the mountain side.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Distance to house: 100 m; Bear body length: 1.0 m
Yurihonjō 浜ノ町, Akita
One bear was seen swimming in the Koyoshi River in Idodori, Yurihonjo City, from a riverside parking area.
Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita
[Post] A bear appeared on campus
Yurihonjō 梵天谷地, Akita
Distance to houses: 500 m Height: about 1 m
Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita
[Report] One cub approximately 50 cm long. Spotted emerging from the road shoulder while driving on the Akita Expressway toward Noshiro. Turned back and left.
Akita, Akita
Discovered tracks believed to be those of a bear while working in the fields.
Tainai, Niigata
School staff discovered footprints in a field believed to be from a bear.
Tainai, Niigata
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
Discovered tracks believed to be bear footprints while working in the fields.
Tainai, Niigata
60 cm, one bear, left toward the forested mountain area 10 m west of nearby building
Akita, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m; Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō 観音町, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 400 m
Yurihonjō 北裏地, Akita
In Yurihonjo City Tsurunuma, a woman fell and injured her arm after being startled by a bear on her home premises.
Yurihonjō Tsurunuma, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m
Yurihonjō 和泉町, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m; Distance to houses: approximately 10 m
Yurihonjō 和泉町, Akita
Distance to houses: 5 m; body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Around 13:30 on 2026-06-09, a bear was sighted in Matsugasaki-Miyanogo, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita
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Yurihonjō, Akita
Distance to nearest house: 5 m; Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō, Akita
[Post] A bear about 1 m (tall)
Akita, Akita
(Post) Walked slowly eastward through the grassy area.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m; Bear body length: 1.0 m; Moved north
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Distance from houses: 10 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m. Departed traveling from east to west.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
It ran along the farm road. It wasn't that big.
Akita, Akita
Body length about 1.2 m. Distance to the house about 5 m. Headed onto the grounds of a nearby residence.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Was running eastward in front of Yasuragi-en
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
One bear cub ran across the rice paddy toward the mountain.
Nikaho Innai, Akita
Body length approximately 1 m. Distance to houses approximately 10 m. Headed toward the north-side road.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
A bear (body length 1 m) was sighted south of the Kamo Community Disaster Prevention Center. It then crossed National Route 112 from east to west and went into the mountains. / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata
Distance to houses: 30 m. Body length: about 1 m. Entered the bamboo grove on the south side.
Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita
At around 10:00 on 2026-06-08, a bear was seen moving at Ishiwaki Benkeigawa in Yurihonjo, Akita.
Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita
Discovered footprints believed to be from a bear while doing farm work.
Tainai, Niigata
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
Sighted within residential property. Bear approximately 1 m in size.
Akita, Akita
[Post] I thought I saw something move in my car mirror, and when I looked closely there was a bear.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ishiwaki Yamanokami, Yurihonjo City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m; body length: about 1 m; headed in the direction of National Route 7.
Yurihonjō 片町, Akita
Distance from houses: 0 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m. Fled toward the mountain forest to the north.
Yurihonjō 葛法, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.5 m Distance to houses: approximately 5 m Crossed the road and left to the south
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Sighted while driving. It was running along the road next to the rice fields. It appeared to be an adult, over 1 meter in length.
Yurihonjō 船岡, 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
Witnessed a bear walking on the road from south to north. Body length approximately 1 m.
Nikaho Hata, Akita
While riding my motorcycle, a bear about 1 meter tall ran alongside me as if fleeing — I panicked.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Sighted while driving
Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita
Distance to houses: 700 m. Body length: approximately 1 m.
Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita
[Report] While traveling from Akita Minami IC toward Akita Chuo IC, a bear crossed from the left to the right. Adult bear, 1.5 m — size comparable to bears at Kuma-Kuma Park.
Akita, 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
While driving on a municipal road toward Yurihonjo City, I observed one bear walking across a rice field from east to west. Estimated body length about 1 meter.
Nikaho Serida, Akita
Around 8:10 a.m. on June 6, a bear was seen moving in Serita Shin-Suwanomae, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture.
Nikaho Serida, Akita
Distance to residence: 50 m. Body length: 1.0 m. Witnessed walking from west toward the mountains to the east.
Yurihonjō, Akita
[Report] While attempting to cross the road along Route 13, it noticed a car and descended the slope.
Akita, 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
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Yurihonjō, Akita
A bear was sighted in Iwaki-Niko, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yurihonjō 岩城二古, Akita
Distance to houses: 140 m; Bear body length: 1.0 m; Escaped toward the western forest
Yurihonjō, Akita
A single bear was sighted moving from the mountain side toward the sea side in the Atsumi (Atumi) area, Kuretubo, on the Atsumi government office grounds. Exact location unknown. Environment: roadway. Size: adult.
Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata
It ran from the direction of the river, crossed the road, and headed toward the parking lot behind the facility.
Yurihonjō Higashi-Ayukawa, Akita
[Report] While driving, observed a creature that appeared to be a bear cub walking on the road; it moved toward the mountains and disappeared.
Akita, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m. Body length: about 1 m. Moved eastward along the railroad tracks.
Yurihonjō 薬師堂, Akita
A trail camera set up near farmland at the Atsumi government office captured one bear (about 1.3 m in length). / Environment: near residences / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 五十川, Yamagata
(Post) One adult female bear and two cubs were running toward the national highway.
Yurihonjō Higashi-Ayukawa, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.0 m Distance to houses: approximately 20 m Crossed the highway from the seaside and left eastward.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Report: Encountered a bear about 1 m in body length while walking in a park. Distance approximately 50 m. It left heading southeast.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted in a park in Goshosodai 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
While waiting at a traffic light, it crossed from the bushes on the right to the bushes on the left. The right side is the national highway side.
Akita, Akita
Around 6:24 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted moving in Shimohama Nagasawa Urata, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.
Akita, Akita
A bear approximately 1.2 m long was in the rice field to the east across from the house. After heading north, it left toward the river to the east. Distance from the building: 30 m.
Akita, 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
Body length about 1.2 m. Distance to the nearest house about 1,500 m. Headed from the rice field toward the forested mountains to the north.
Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita
[Report] A single bear cub suddenly appeared from the bushes as it joined National Route 13 from the Amano side.
Akita, Akita
[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
A 50 cm-long cub was walking along the road. It ran off toward a forestry road.
Akita, Akita
Around 08:55 on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted in Fujisaki Ebigasawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita
Body length approximately 0.5 m. Distance to houses approximately 150 m. Situation: Witnessed on the slope on the east side.
Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita
[Post] Was walking
Yurihonjō 小防ヶ沢, Akita
Around 6:50 a.m. on June 4, a bear was seen moving in Okawa-cho, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō Okuwamachi, Akita
[Report] Kumano Shrine, Iwaki-Kameda, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture
Yurihonjō Iwaki Kameda Kamedamachi, Akita
Around 00:15 on June 4, a bear was sighted in Iwaki Kameda Atagomachi Takajocho, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō Iwaki Kameda Kamedamachi, Akita
Around 11:00 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was seen moving in Yakushido Dounoshita, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 薬師堂, Akita
Around 13:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Goshono Tsutsumidai 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
(Posted) Ran away
Akita, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m. Bear body length: 1.5 m. Fled toward the cemetery on the north side.
Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita
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
Body length: about 1.0 m Distance to residence: about 20 m Departed toward the sea
Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita
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
[Report] I was running near a place with a firefighter’s shed, then it went into a private house.
Yurihonjō, Akita
[Post] A bear about the size of a small cub was sniffing the grass on the sidewalk. I didn't see any sign of its parent.
Akita, Akita
On 2026-06-03 around 15:40, a bear was sighted in Owamihiratootorimaki, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.
Akita, 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
One bear was spotted moving in Ashikawa Kubogawahara, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Body length approximately 1 m; distance to houses approximately 10 m; Situation: headed toward the mountains to the south.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Witnessed from inside a car. It slowly moved toward the north embankment.
Akita, Akita
Body length approximately 1.0 m. Was climbing a tree near Tsurumai Stadium.
Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long fled east through the rice fields near Mimori railroad crossing.
Nikaho Mitsumori, Akita
Body length approximately 1 m. Distance to houses approximately 10 m. Situation: Headed east toward the mountain.
Yurihonjō 親川, Akita
Number of animals unknown
Yurihonjō 親川, Akita
[Post] About 80 cm in length — a small bear cub was walking through the brush between houses.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Near Kotomozawa Bridge, a black bear cub was standing on the sidewalk. It ran into the woods just before a vehicle passed by.
Akita, Akita
I witnessed a cub walking away in the direction of the community center. It was 30 meters from a private house.
Akita, Akita
Spotted a bear on the road. It ran east. It was heading quickly toward the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
Body length about 1.0 m. Headed north from the Otaki (Co., Ltd.) parking lot.
Yurihonjō 浜三川, Akita
According to Akita Prefecture, a bear was sighted in Kawaguchi Shobosaki, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō Akanumashita, Akita
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Yurihonjō 八幡下, Akita
Distance to residence: 5 m; Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita
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
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
A bear was sighted in Ogawa-Oigata, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 親川, Akita
Around 11:00 on June 3, in Oshikawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture, a man in his 90s was bitten on the hand and shoulder by a bear while working in a field and suffered minor injuries.
Yurihonjō 親川, Akita
Around 11:00 on 2026-06-03, a bear appeared in Oikawa Miyano-shita, Yurihonjo City, Akita, and attacked a person.
Yurihonjō 親川, Akita
Around 10:55 on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Yamagomori, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
(Post) Was running in the parking lot within the Silver Area (near the tree). Went off somewhere immediately.
Akita, Akita
An ALSOK patrol officer sighted a bear approximately 1.5 meters long in the parking lot northeast of the Cosmo Koki factory. The bear left heading toward the mountain to the north. It was 150 meters from the factory.
Akita, Akita
An ALSOK patrol spotted a 1.5-meter-long bear in the parking lot northeast of the Cosmo Koki factory. The bear left heading toward the mountain to the north. It was 150 meters from the factory.
Akita, Akita
An ALSOK patrol spotted a bear about 1.5 meters long in the parking lot northeast of the Cosmo Koki factory. The bear left heading toward the mountain to the north. It was 150 meters from the factory.
Akita, Akita
[Report] On campus
Yurihonjō 梵天谷地, Akita
Distance from houses: 10 m, Bear body length: 1.5 m
Yurihonjō 浜ノ町, Akita
A woman in her 70s spotted one bear on a city road in Idori, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita
Posted: In front of Tersa. The same bear is in the same spot. It’s been watching constantly.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A bear and her cub were along National Route 13.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Location: between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 m from the main entrance of Tersa. Observed one adult Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma). Bear size about 1.0 to 1.2 m. Probably the same individual seen on May 29. Weather: clear. Temperature: 24°C.
Akita, Akita
Distance from houses: 100 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m. Fled from west to east into the mountains.
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
Approximately 1.0 m in body length. Sighted at Mitsukimori Park.
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
[Post] My daughter said she saw it while coming home from school. Near the entrance to Pinocchio Park.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1.0 m long that was swimming in the Koyoshikawa River was sighted coming ashore near Honjo Port.
Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita
Body length about 1.0 m. A bear was sighted swimming in the Koyoshi River southwest of Sugawara Hospital.
Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita
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Yurihonjō Sakanamachi, 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
While weeding on the property, I was attacked.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:30 on 2026-06-02, a 73-year-old woman was attacked by a bear while weeding in Kawabe, Akita City, and died.
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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Yurihonjō, 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
Observed one bear. Body length unknown. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
Around 4:00 AM on June 2, a bear was sighted in Kawabe Moroi Nakamichi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Went toward the Ebie settlement
Murakami, Niigata
A person observed an animal believed to be a bear or a wild boar on a mountainside within the Shimokawa area. Afterward, it moved south (toward Yunohama Country Club). / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 下川, Yamagata
A young bear poked its head out from the woods, then disappeared back into the trees.
Akita, Akita
I went outside and it walked past the front of the entrance.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed on the slope near Honjō Park
Yurihonjō 尾崎, Akita
Approximately 1.5 m long. Headed from Ozaki Ground toward Honjō Park.
Yurihonjō, Akita
At around 1:50 on the 1st, a bear sighting was reported in Omote-Ozaki Town, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita
Body length approximately 1.5 m; distance to houses 30 m; situation: headed toward Kadare
Yurihonjō, Akita
Inside Honjo Park, climbed up toward the Shushinkan direction
Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita
One bear (body length unknown) sighted on the trail inside Takadate-yama / Environment: forest / Size: unknown
Tsuruoka 金沢, Yamagata
[Post] Around the 77.3 km marker on the Akita Expressway, moving from the road into the mountains
Akita, Akita
Distance from houses: 10 m. Bear body length: 1 m. It ran off toward the mountain behind.
Yurihonjō 小防ヶ沢, Akita
A woman in her 50s driving a car spotted a bear about 1 meter long at Honjo Park in Osaki, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō 切通, Akita
A bear was sighted in Osaki, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita
Bear footprints were found in the field.
Murakami, Niigata
While driving, a single bear about 60 cm crossed the road from north to south and then left into the woods on the south side. There are no buildings nearby.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Nisimemecho Amashibaki Kitazawa, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
Bear body length: 1.0 m Distance to residences: 20 m
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
A man in his 40s preparing for grass-cutting saw one bear sitting inside a shrine grounds in Nishime-cho Amihashi, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Shimokitate Hotokawa Ubagasawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Sakamachi area, Murakami City.
Murakami, Niigata
Moved toward the Tainai City direction
Murakami, Niigata
It was on the road, so I honked the horn and it ran off into the woods on the Sky Dome side.
Akita Yuwa-Tsubakikawa, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m; Distance to houses: approximately 300 m; Crossed the road from the mountain/forest side toward the seaside
Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita
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Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
Distance to houses: 250 m Body length: approximately 0.6 m
Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita
Distance to the house: 1 m Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
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Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Yuwatsubakigawa Okutsubakidai, Akita City, around 03:51 on May 30.
Akita, 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
[Report] The location was between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 meters from the main entrance of Tersa. I sighted one adult Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma). The bear’s size was about 1.0–1.2 meters. The bear entered the park-side thicket once, but then returned to the same spot. After that it repeated disappearing into and reappearing from the thicket three times, and finally disappeared into the thicket. At that time, there were only a few cars in the parking lot. Also, traffic between Tersa and Aeon was not heavy. Weather: clear. Temperature: 18°C.
Akita, Akita
Posted: Parking space for Kuroneko Yamato truck
Akita, Akita
A family of Asian black bears (Tsukinowaguma) was wandering around a Yamato Transport truck. The adult was about 120 cm and the cub about 60 cm. The bears wandered for about five minutes before leaving to the south.
Akita, Akita
Around 13:30 on 2026-05-29, a bear was sighted in Nishimecho Deto Hamayama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Bear approximately 1 m in length, about 1 m from a residence — one bear spotted in front of a house entrance.
Yurihonjō, Akita
[Report] A single bear ran from the rice field toward the mountain on the road between Toyoiwa Rice Center and Hihaisto.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A giant bear
Akita, Akita
A single bear-like animal was captured on the security camera.
Tainai, Niigata
Distance to houses: 200 m; Bear body length: 1 m
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
Body length approximately 1.5 m; distance to houses approximately 10 m.
Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita
A single bear (about 1 m in size) moved north near the push-button traffic signal intersection on National Route 290.
Murakami, Niigata
Body length approximately 1.5 m; distance to residence approximately 50 m.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Body length approximately 1.5 m. Sighted on the sandy beach on the west side of the gas station. Direction of departure unknown.
Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita
A bear was sighted in Nishimemachi Numata Shindo-shita, Yurihonjo City, Akita, around 5:00 PM on May 28.
Yurihonjō, Akita
On 2026-05-28 at night, a bear was sighted in Goshono Jizodai 4-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Distance to nearest house: 1,000 m. Body length: 1 m. Collided with a moving vehicle and then departed.
Yurihonjō 西目町出戸, Akita
Around 19:35 on 2026-05-27, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kamikita-Saruta Futatsudera, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving, a black animal that appeared to be a bear was moving in the woods. Body length over 1 m.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Spotted a bear from inside a car near the river. It seemed agitated, swinging its head back and forth. Size was under 1 meter, thin build.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kamikita-te Funo-Wakinoda, Akita City, around 18:45 on May 27.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata
Saw it while driving; when I honked the horn it ran away.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Sakata 十里塚, Yamagata
Distance to houses: 10 m. Condition of the bear: one individual. Crossed the national road from south to north and moved toward the subdivision area.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Staff at a geriatric health care facility for the elderly sighted a 1.5-meter bear on a path south of the facility, about 50 meters from the facility. The bear left heading toward the southern mountains.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Goshono-Motomachi 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While taking an early-morning walk, I spotted one bear. It's on an elementary school student’s route to school, so I think it's dangerous.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:40 PM on 2026-05-27, a bear appeared in Nishimemachi Degosaruta, Yurihonjo City, Akita, and collided with a car.
Yurihonjō 西目町出戸, Akita
One bear walked along the boardwalk at Takeshimagata and fled north into the rice fields.
Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kuromori, Sakata City.
Sakata 黒森, Yamagata
Size: Adult
Sakata 黒森, Yamagata
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
Around 8:20 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Nishimecho Dedomahama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to dwelling: approximately 500 m
Yurihonjō, Akita
Near the intersection in front of Kinpo Junior High School — sighted a bear walking toward the sea along the road.
Nikaho Konoura, Akita
On 2026-05-26 around 06:50, one bear was seen moving in Konoura Korota, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture.
Nikaho Konoura, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kurokawa Iwataka, Nikaho City, Akita, around 17:30 on May 26.
Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakōya-Kanda, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
There's a big bear outside the house.
Akita, Akita
Around 20:25 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Goshono-Jizoden 4-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Road between Refresh Garden and Goshono Gakuin. A 50–60 cm Asian black bear (tsukinowaguma).
Akita, 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
[Post] Moon-ringed bear droppings. Two round pieces.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While walking in the park, I saw a skinny adult bear and one cub. At first the adult looked like a large black dog. The adult was about 1 m and the cub about 0.5 m in size. After that the bears went into the brush on the Yayoi-kko Village side.
Akita, Akita
On a private road, one bear about 60 cm was sighted. It left toward the mountains to the east, 20 m from a house.
Akita, Akita
In Maekawa-Sakaida, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture, one bear was seen moving around.
Nikaho Maesawa, Akita
One bear crossed the highway from west to east.
Nikaho Otake, Akita
Post: One newborn bear emerges from the bushes but soon returns
Akita, Akita
Observed one bear approximately 1.0 m in size on the roadway. It then left heading toward the river to the north. 10 m from a house.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Body length approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Aikawa, Akita City.
Akita Yuwa-Aikawa, Akita
[Report] Was walking on the municipal road in front of a house. Destination unknown.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1.5 meters long was running. It went into the forested mountain area.
Akita, Akita
One bear (body length 1 m) was sighted moving from north to south on the road in front of Yamagata Prefectural Citizens’ Sea/Pool “Sparl”. / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 下川, Yamagata
Around 8:00 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted moving in Yuwa-Aikawa Mukaidai, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Bear-like animal tracks were found in Kitashinbo, Murakami City.
Murakami, Niigata
Around 7:00 on May 25, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Chibarayama, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 8:00 on May 25, a bear was sighted in Fukuyama-Yokoyama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita
At around 16:47 on May 24, a bear was seen moving in Kanehanyu, Kawabe Toneyoshi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A bear was walking on the sidewalk while a car was driving.
Akita, 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
Witnessed a mother and cub bear east of the municipal road
Nikaho, Akita
[Post] Attempting to cross a highway
Akita, Akita
Size: Adult
Sakata 広岡新田, Yamagata
Observed one bear (body length 1 m) crossing the road northward in front of the Ibarashinden Sand Dune Field Production Management Association Center. / Size: adult
Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata
One bear (condition unknown) was sighted near the former Mankō-en. It climbed up onto the road. / Size: unknown
Tsuruoka 湯野浜, Yamagata
Around 20:30 on 2026-05-24, a bear was sighted in Yuwaaikawa, Akita City.
Akita Yuwa-Aikawa, Akita
A bear was sighted moving around 12:40 in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Karuizawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
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Akita, Akita
A single bear (body length 1 m) was sighted near the west side of the Prefectural Citizens’ Sea/Pool “Spal” in Yamagata Prefecture. It crossed the road and headed northeast. / Size: Adult
Tsuruoka 下川, Yamagata
Sighted one bear swimming across Kurogata and walking toward the eastern mountains. About 1 m in length. Near Kunpu-en.
Nikaho Innai, Akita
Body length: approximately 0.8 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m Went back into the forest
Yurihonjō 内黒瀬, Akita
[Report] One bear about 1 meter. It crossed the river and entered the mountain across the way.
Akita Yuwa-Tsubakikawa, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m
Yurihonjō 内黒瀬, Akita
Crossed the roadway and entered the bushes.
Akita, Akita
A bear (1 m) crossed the road in front of Wannam Pier and departed to the southeast. It was 10 m from nearby buildings.
Akita, Akita
A bear (1 m) crossed the road in front of WanNyapia and left heading southeast. It was 10 m from the nearby building.
Akita, Akita
Report: One bear sighted. Size and direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
Peak activity at 17:00 with 28 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 328 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 19 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Yurihonjō, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 17:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 221 km route runs from Akita to Shibata, passing through Akita, Niigata, and Yamagata. In the past 30 days, 328 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 19 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Yurihonjō, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
