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This 75 km route runs from Mount Iwaki to Hakkōda Mountains within Aomori. In the past 30 days, 11 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 1 of them. The latest sighting was reported 4 days ago near Hirosaki, Aomori.
At this density of recent sightings, be ready to brake at any moment and avoid stopping in flagged stretches.
A bear was sighted moving in Atagoyamashita, Hirosaki, Aomori.
Hirosaki, Aomori
At around 08:15 on May 18, 2026, a single bear about 1 meter long was sighted at the Mitake River in Mitake-machi, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. There were no human injuries; because the area is near Hirosaki University Affiliated Elementary School and Hirosaki Jitsugyo High School, the city and police are responding.
Hirosaki, Aomori
Around 08:15 on May 18, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Mitake-cho, Hirosaki City. The location is near Mitake River between Hirosaki University Faculty of Education Affiliated Kindergarten and Hirosaki Jitsugyo High School; no damage has been reported.
Hirosaki, Aomori
[Bear Sighting] Near 13-17 Mitakecho ▼Date/Time: May 18 (Mon) around 8:15 AM ▼Number: 1 (about 1 m in length) ▼Details: Spotted in a drainage canal
Hirosaki 大字三岳町, Aomori
Crossing the road from within the parking lot
Hirosaki, Aomori
On May 12 in Higashinozoe, Kuroishi City, Aomori Prefecture, one Asiatic black bear was captured in a box trap. The captured bear was a female about 1 meter long and weighing about 60 kg, estimated to be 3–4 years old with no history of giving birth. This was the first capture in the city this year.
Kuroishi 大字東野添, Aomori
On the afternoon of May 9, 2026, a bear was repeatedly sighted in rice fields near Hirakawa City's Osaki-Kidoguchi area and near Hiraga Higashi Elementary School. The municipality authorized an emergency gun hunt, and at around 18:30 hunters killed one adult male Asian black bear (about 1.5 m long, approximately 80 kg). No injuries were reported.
Hirakawa Osaki, Aomori
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted near Nagasaka River around 14:00 on May 7 in Kamitokawa Tomokawa No.4 (and boundary with No.5) in Kuroishi City. The city is considering installing a box trap; a bear was also seen around 07:10 on May 6 at nearly the same spot, and sightings were reported nearby on May 3 and May 5.
Kuroishi, Aomori
At around 07:10 on May 6, 2026, a single bear about 1 meter long was sighted near the Nagasaka Riverbed at the boundary between Tomeoka No.4 and No.5 in Kamitogawa, Kuroishi City, Aomori Prefecture. After the sighting, the bear moved toward the Aoyama/Takeda-cho area.
Kuroishi 竹田町, Aomori
On May 5, 2026 at around 01:20, a bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted near a field in the Hakkō area of Kuroishi City. At around 04:20, another bear of unknown size was sighted near a different field in the same area a few hundred meters away.
Kuroishi 八甲, Aomori
On the daytime of April 27, 2026, one bear was sighted in Akudo, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. The article does not provide details of the sighting or whether anyone was injured.
Hirosaki, Aomori
Peak activity at 8:00 with 3 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 11 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 1 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 4 days ago near Hirosaki, Aomori.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 8:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 75 km route runs from Mount Iwaki to Hakkōda Mountains within Aomori. In the past 30 days, 11 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 1 of them. The latest sighting was reported 4 days ago near Hirosaki, Aomori. At this density of recent sightings, be ready to brake at any moment and avoid stopping in flagged stretches.
