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This 197 km route runs from Daisen to Aomori, passing through Akita and Aomori. In the past 30 days, 138 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 30 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
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Kosaka, Akita
A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in a field at 32 Sunakosawa, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It appeared to have come out from the wooded hill behind the house on the west side. The bear was by a pile of firewood next to the house; when it made eye contact it returned to the western woodland. The distance when eye contact was made was about 20 meters, and it was small enough to be thought a cub not yet weaned. No adult bear was seen. The neighbor was informed immediately.
Kosaka, Akita
[Post] Baby bear
Kosaka, Akita
Around 3:00 PM on June 13, a bear was sighted in Kosakamatsunaka Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
I don’t know the exact location or time, but while driving from the town toward Lake Towada I saw a bear cub suddenly run into the brush on the left side of the road. It was just a moment so I didn’t get a photo, but we passed Kosaka Nanadaki Winery within two or three minutes, so I think it was in that general area.
Kosaka, Akita
(Post) Crossed the road and went into the stream.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
On the residential property; body length approximately 0.8 m; direction of departure: north; distance to the house: approximately 3 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kakunodate-machi Shimonobe Kikketanda, Semboku City.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Rice field / body length 1 m / 60 m from a residence / approximately 100 m from the witness While driving on a municipal road, a bear was spotted in a rice field. The bear entered the forested area to the south.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
[Report] Behind an empty house at 45 Sunagosawa, Kosaka, a young bear about 1 meter long ran into the forest on the west side. Just before that, it had been sighted near a water source in front of the house at 42 Sunagosawa. It appears to have come out of the forest on the east side, crossed rice fields and a river, passed between houses, and entered the forest on the west side. Although bears are known to be present in the hill behind the houses on the west side of the settlement, sightings of a moving bear occurred on the north and south sides of the row of houses. It is unusual to see a bear moving between houses during daytime.
Kosaka, Akita
It crossed from Ōse Kurano Bridge heading toward the mountains.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
[Report] Jukai Line (near Osarube, Kosaka Mine) While heading toward Kosaka, observed one adult bear and two cubs at the shrine entrance from the car.
Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
River / Body length 1 m / 10 m from houses, etc. / Distance to witness 150 m
Kazuno, Akita
City road / body length 1.2 m / 5 m from a private residence / 10 m from the witness Observed from inside a vehicle: a bear crossing the city road and entering the brush.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
City road / body length 1.2 m / 300 m to nearest house / 10 m from witness. While driving on the city road, the witness saw a bear enter the brush north of the road.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
One bear was spotted moving in Towada-Nishikigi Shimono, Kazuno City.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
National road / body length 1.2 m / 300 m from a residence / 30 m from the witness. While driving a vehicle on the national road from north to south, I witnessed a bear crossing the road from east to west and entering the forest.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Vacant lot / body length 70 cm / 10 m from a residence / 20 m from the sighting. While walking on a municipal road, I saw a bear crossing the road from south to north and entering the vacant lot.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
A single bear about 1 m tall was sighted. Direction it fled is unknown. Distance to residential house: 10 m.
Daisen Kami-Uguisuno, Akita
A bear about 1 m in size was sighted near Nakasen Community Center Uginono Branch. Direction it ran is unknown. Distance to the nearest house: 30 m.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Shimoogino Kamimura, Daisen City, Akita, around 6:00 AM on June 10.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
Around 1:25 PM on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Otarube, Kosakamachi Kosaka Mining Area, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hachimantai Azusawazawaikari, Kazuno City, Akita on the afternoon of 2026-06-10.
Kazuno, Akita
Around 06:30 on 2026-06-10, one bear was seen moving in Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
One bear about 1 meter long. Approximately 5 meters from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
While driving by, I saw it in front of the local information sign in the parking lot; it then ran off behind the building on the left.
Senboku, Akita
Railway tracks / body length 80 cm / 10 m from residences, etc. / 20 m distance from the witness: The bear was sighted wandering near the tracks from the grounds of a worksite.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Observed two bear cubs on a farm road. Each about 0.5 m in body length. They departed heading north. Approximately 100 m from nearby houses.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Yamayakawasaki, Akita
Rice field / body length 1 m / 300 m from houses, etc. / 40 m from observer While driving on a municipal road, the observer spotted a bear in a rice field.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
One bear approximately 0.6 m in body length. About 50 m from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita
[Report] A bear about 1 meter in body length crossed the municipal road from the farm road toward the woods to the east.
Senboku, Akita
On private property / 1.2 m / Distance to witness 20 m / Distance from house 20 m. A bear was in a tree. It came down from the tree and went off somewhere. Direction of departure unknown.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
[Post] Witnessed crossing the road from left to right immediately after getting off the Kosaka-kita IC on the Tohoku Expressway.
Kosaka, Akita
While driving from the Towada Lake area toward Kosaka town, I saw one bear going under the guardrail on the right (west) side of the road just before the sign that says “1 km to Michi-no-Eki Kosaka.”
Kosaka, Akita
[Report] Moved along a farm road and into the woods
Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita
Posted: A bear came out onto the road while I was driving.
Kazuno Towada-Kusagi, Akita
Field adjacent to a private residence / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness: A bear about 1 m in length was seen from inside a house walking north through a field.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
One bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. Direction it left is unknown. Approximately 5 m from a nearby house.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Ogata, Akita
Approximately 30 m past Yokouchi Garden Chapel on Route 103, a bear appeared coming from the east. It turned around using the Garden Chapel’s west-side chain-link fence and then fled back into the vegetation east of Route 103.
Aomori, Aomori
A single bear about 1 meter long was sighted and walked off to the east. It was approximately 20 meters from nearby houses.
Senboku Tazawako-Okazaki, Akita
Posted: Found along the riverbank; whereabouts since then unknown.
Senboku Nishikicho-Kobuchino, Akita
While driving, encountered a mother bear about 1 m in body length and a cub about 40 cm in the center of the road; they departed northward toward the mountain. Distance to the nearest house approximately 30 m.
Senboku, Akita
Spotted a bear about 1 m in size in the riverside brush on the right bank of the Kawaguchi River. It moved eastward along the river.
Daisen Itaminai, Akita
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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
At around 9:30 on 2026-06-04, one bear was seen moving in Nishi-ki-machi Hinokinai Aunai-gata, Semboku City, Akita Prefecture.
Senboku, Akita
Witnessed a cub about 70 cm long in a rice paddy. Drove it toward the river using a kei truck’s horn. Distance to the nearest house: 100 m.
Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
[Report] Passed through the rice fields from the western settlement, crossed National Route 282, and disappeared into the forest on the east side.
Kosaka Daichi, Akita
Around 4:15 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Arataniyagakuda, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka Daichi, Akita
While driving from the north toward the south, I sighted a bear about 1.2 meters long near the worksite on the east side. The bear was wandering around the area of the worksite and then was seen heading into the woods to the east.
Kazuno Towada-Suehiro, Akita
Sighted in a rice field.
Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ota-machi Kunimizakuraushi, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita
One bear was sighted on a town road in Uwanokida, Oda, Kosaka Town. The bear was about 60 cm long.
Kosaka Daichi, Akita
Walked on the residential property and entered toward the mountain. Body length approximately 1.3 m. Departed heading east toward the mountain. Distance to nearest house approximately 3 m.
Senboku Tazawako-Okazaki, Akita
While driving a car on a municipal road from west to east, I witnessed a bear about 70 centimeters long cross the road from south to north, then run up the embankment and head north. The distance between the car and the bear at the time of sighting was about 2 meters.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
[Report] One bear approximately 1.2 m long sighted. Distance to the nearest house: 10 m. Direction of departure: unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Sighted in the river channel, body length approximately 0.8 m, direction when leaving unknown, approximately 200 m from a residence
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita
One approximately 1-meter-tall bear was sighted. It ran east and entered the brush. Distance to the nearest residence: 100 meters.
Daisen Toyokawa, Akita
Spotted a bear while driving. It appeared to be trying to enter a building. Size and direction of travel unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
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Kosaka, Akita
Municipal road / 50 m from a house / body length 70 cm / 10 m from witness. While passing on the municipal road by vehicle, a bear was spotted on the south side of the road. The bear left to the south.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita around 5:30 PM on June 1.
Kosaka, Akita
[Post] Went up the mountain with the shrine from near the direct sales shop. Body length about 1.2 meters.
Kosaka, Akita
A bear was loitering in front of the entrance. Body length approximately 1 m. Left heading east. Distance to the nearest house within 5 m.
Senboku, Akita
A cub was walking through a rice field. Body length approximately 0.5 m. Direction of departure: west. Distance to the nearest building: about 30 m.
Senboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita
Report: A single fairly large bear about 1 meter in length crossed the town road near the south side of the cemetery at 16-1 Kakeshita, Osaki, moving from east to west. It climbed up from the embankment by the drainage channel south of the cemetery onto the town road, dashed into the field to the west, passed alongside the cemetery above the town road, and entered the western mountain forest. This crossing route has seen multiple sightings last year as well, including lone bears and mother-and-cub pairs.
Kosaka, Akita
On 2026-05-31 afternoon, one bear was sighted moving in Konamiuchi, Hinokinaiki, Nishiki-machi, Semboku City.
Senboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita
[Post] The pickling barrel in the hut had been knocked over. There were bear tracks.
Senboku Nishikicho-Kamihinokinai, Akita
A bear about 1 m in size was sighted near the Murasho plant. It ran off to the south. Distance to the building: 20 m.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
Witnessed a bear about 1 m tall running south along the prefectural road. Distance to the house: 10 m.
Daisen Nagano, Akita
[Report] Spotted a bear about 1.2 m tall. It left heading south along the riverbank.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
[Post] Two bear cubs and their mother came out onto the roadway from the shore of Lake Tazawa
Senboku, Akita
While driving, I saw one cub about 50 cm long. It headed toward Kakunodate along the national highway. Distance from houses: 50 m.
Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
At around 10:35 on May 30, a bear was seen moving in Kakunodatemachi Iwaseshitano, Senboku City, Akita.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
[Report] A friend contacted me saying there appeared to be a bear on the riverbank behind my house. I looked from a second-floor window and saw a bear walking along the bank from downstream toward the iron bridge. When I shouted loudly, it hurriedly went down the embankment toward the river, and its whereabouts after that are unknown. There happened to be an angler under the iron bridge about 100 meters away; the police arrived, issued a warning, and the angler left. It was a large bear for an adult. It was within 10 meters of a house.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Walked within the property toward the river; body length approximately 1 m; direction of departure west (toward Hinokinai River); distance to the nearest house about 1 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
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Daisen Nagano, Akita
I was standing in the river fishing and, as I was about to get out, I stopped to look at my phone for a moment when something moving caught the corner of my eye — a bear! It was about 1 meter in size. Before I noticed it, the bear was in the river about 20 meters away. When our eyes met, the bear seemed startled and raced out of the river, fleeing into the bushes. After that, the bear appeared to be panicked and was running back and forth on Nagano Bridge (when I told a local I met at the Nakasen roadside station about the bear, they said they had just seen a panicked bear on the bridge).
Daisen Nagano, Akita
[Report] A bear about 50 cm tall walked along the embankment beside a house toward the river. It crossed the Kumazawa River and left toward the mountains.
Kazuno, Akita
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Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
[Report] From the area near Kawahara Hall, the bear crossed the rice fields from around the Wabisakura signboard, headed toward the fields, and is wandering near houses.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
I didn't see the bear itself, but there were bear tracks on the rice paddy embankment and in the field next to my house. From the direction of the tracks, it likely moved from west (Tamagawa direction) to east (toward AEON Nakasen store).
Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
Sighted one adult approximately 1 m in body length traveling on Prefectural Route 44 from south to north.
Aomori, Aomori
Around 7:40 on May 30, a bear was sighted in Nagano, Daisen City.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
A bear crossed the road. Body length unknown. It departed heading east. Approximately 30 meters from nearby houses.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita
[Post] Under the bridge
Daisen Nagano, 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
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
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Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
Prefectural road / body length 70 cm / 200 m from houses, etc. / approximately 50 m from the observer. A small bear emerged from the woodland on the east side of the prefectural road, crossed the road, and ran off to the west.
Kazuno, Akita
[Post] Walking along the embankment
Daisen Nagatoro, Akita
Three bears were sighted in Minamiarakawayama, Arakawa, Aomori City, and were seen climbing a tree and eating food.
Aomori, Aomori
A bear was seen moving around at Kitanagano Nakagawara, Daisen City, around 7:30 a.m. on 2026-05-28.
Daisen Nagano, Akita
One bear about 1 m in size was seen coming out of the Tamagawa riverbed and entering a nearby thicket. Distance to the nearest house: 200 m.
Daisen Nagano, Akita
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Kosaka, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Arakawa Minami-Arakawa-yama, Aomori City, around 05:30 on 2026-05-28.
Aomori, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Kosaka Wakagi-dachi, Kosaka Town, Akita on 2026-05-28 morning.
Kosaka, Akita
A bear about 60–70 cm was seen walking near a house. It was observed walking toward the west (river). Afterwards it was reported to have climbed up the levee. Distance to the residence: 20 m.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Furukawabata, Shimogungo, Daisen City, and was seen moving.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
Observed one bear approximately 1 meter in length. Direction it left is unknown. About 10 meters from a nearby residence.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Witnessed moving from along the railway toward the national highway. Size unknown. Distance from residences: 200 m.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
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Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
One bear approximately 1.1 m in body length was sighted in the forested area. No damage reported.
Aomori, Aomori
On 2026-05-26 afternoon, one bear was seen moving in Naganoarai, Daisen City, Akita.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
A bear was sighted in Nozawa Komakino, Aomori City, around 6:00 on May 26.
Aomori, Aomori
One bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted and left heading north. Distance to the residence was about 10 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Around 16:20 on 2026-05-25, one bear crossing a prefectural road was sighted by a woman in her 70s in Mizunomezawa, Kakunodatemachi, Senboku, Akita.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
At around 8:30 on May 25, a bear was seen moving in Ueno, Kakunodate-machi, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
(Posted) It ran along the side of the building toward the back.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
(Posted) It appears they were searching for fish along the riverbank.
Kazuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kakunodate-machi Yamatani Kawasaki Ueno, Senboku City, Akita, around 18:50 on May 23.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
[Post] Spotted while farming
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
While driving a car on Nishiyama Agricultural Road heading toward Hanawa, I witnessed a bear about 40 centimeters in height crossing the road from east to west and then walking off into the woods on the west side. The distance between the car and the bear was about 6 meters.
Kazuno, Akita
[Report] I went to my property to take care of the remains after cutting down chestnut trees. After getting out of the car, I saw a bear wandering about 80 meters away. I made noise, but it didn’t react or even look my way; it crossed my property and climbed up the slope to the south.
Kosaka, Akita
While driving, a bear emerged from the brush and ran off toward the Tamagawa area.
Daisen Yariminai, Akita
Vacant lot / Body length 1 m / 20 m from a house / 30 m distance from eyewitness
Kazuno, Akita
At around 18:10 on May 21, 2026, a man in his 70s at home spotted a roughly 1‑meter bear in a grove in Hanawa, Kazuno City (Shintomei). According to the Kazuno police, the bear was about 30 meters from nearby houses, and the police have urged residents to be cautious.
Kazuno, Akita
On private residential property / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness. Witness observed a bear walking toward the back of the shrine.
Kazuno, Akita
A bear was loitering in front of a house entrance. Body length approximately 1.5 m. Direction of departure unknown. Distance to the house about 1 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kakunodatemachi Kawaranakakawara, Senboku City, around 6:00 AM on 2026-05-21.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
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Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Vegetable garden on private property / Body length 1 m / 15 m from house / 15 m distance from witness I observed a bear lingering in the vegetable garden on my property. I was frightened and went indoors. I have not been able to confirm what the bear did afterward.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
While driving on the expressway, I encountered a bear cub on the road about 200 meters before Kosaka Parking Area. I slowed down and honked, and it ran into the bushes on the left. The mother bear was not seen. I reported it to the police car that was ahead.
Kosaka, Akita
Around 09:30 on May 20, a bear approximately 1 meter long was sighted in Okinoura Aonizawa (Okiura), Kuroishi City; no damage was reported. The sighting occurred on the road connecting National Route 102 and the Atsumenai area, and the bear reportedly escaped into the mountains to the north.
Kuroishi, Aomori
[Post] There is one adult bear in the forest
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
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Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Around 6:50 on 2026-05-20, a bear was sighted in Shimonobaru Kakekakida, Kakunodatemachi, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
It was wandering near a prefectural road. Body length approximately 1 m, direction of departure unknown, distance to buildings 10 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Field / body length 1 m / 150 m from a house / 200 m from a witness While driving on the national highway, (the witness) saw a bear running south through a field 200 m south of the highway.
Kazuno, Akita
Witnessed it crossing the road and entering the thicket of the forest on the east side.
Kazuno, Akita
[Report] One cub-like bear sighted on the riverbank embankment. Several police cars are on the scene.
Daisen Otacho-Komaba, 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 about 1 m in length was observed heading east (toward Kodaen).
Aomori, Aomori
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
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In the past 30 days, 138 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 30 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 8:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 197 km route runs from Daisen to Aomori, passing through Akita and Aomori. In the past 30 days, 138 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 30 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
