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This 229 km route runs from Iwate to Odate, passing through Iwate and Akita. In the past 30 days, 123 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them. The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Kazuno, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
One adult bear (suspected) sighted
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 05:45 on May 20, 2026, an adult bear was sighted near Enkoji temple in Sannocho, Morioka City, and a passerby called emergency services. According to local residents the bear moved from a parking lot near the temple toward Shiekamachi; sightings have continued in the area, prompting notifications to a school and the postponement of a planned road race.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
The place where a culled sika deer was buried has been dug up and the carcass taken. There are drag marks, bear footprints, and droppings in the surrounding area.
Morioka Teshiromori, Iwate
I found large bear footprints.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
Empty honey boxes and frames were disturbed; the place where frames are stored was ransacked.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
One bear sighted near the garage of a private residence
Morioka, Iwate
Around 08:00 on May 17, a single bear was seen walking in an irrigation canal near Ota 6-chome, Morioka City. No damage from the bear has been confirmed, and the Morioka East Police Station has urged nearby residents to be cautious.
Morioka Shimoota-Sawada, Iwate
At around 03:30 on May 17, 2026, one bear was sighted near Tegake no Matsu green space at 2-19 Takamatsu, Morioka, Iwate. No human or property damage was reported.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 22:10 on the 16th, a caller driving in Higashimimae 4-chiwari 10-banchi area, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, spotted a bear under 1 meter long walking east along the road. The bear was reported to be about 50 meters ahead when observed.
Morioka Higashimirumae, Iwate
One bear was sighted on the opposite side across the Nedagawa (Nedagawa River).
Morioka Higashimirumae, Iwate
There is bear scat on the road. There are bear tracks nearby.
Morioka Kawasaki, Iwate
One bear sighted in an apple orchard.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
Around 23:55 on May 14, an adult bear was sighted on a road east of Motomiya Children's Park in Motomiya 2-chome, Morioka. Police patrolled the area by patrol car and spotted the bear near the west side of Motomiya Elementary School, but it entered a residential area and its whereabouts became unknown; no damage has been reported.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
Observed one bear crossing the road.
Morioka, Iwate
While gathering bracken, I saw the rear of a bear cub a few dozen meters ahead. Startled, I called out and it disappeared into the underbrush.
Morioka Kitamatsuzono 2-chome, Iwate
On the morning of May 14, 2026, one adult bear was sighted on the campus of Iwate University in Morioka, near the gymnasium. The university canceled all classes for the day and urged people to remain inside buildings.
Morioka, Iwate
On the morning of May 14, 2026, an apparently adult bear was sighted on the grounds of Iwate University in Morioka. The university urged people to stay inside buildings and canceled all classes for the day.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 07:40 on the 14th, a police officer spotted one adult bear near the Dōhō dormitory at Iwate University in Ueda, Morioka. The city ordered an emergency shooting operation and restricted passage within a 200-meter radius northwest of the university, but the bear hid in undergrowth and was lost so it could not be culled; the shooting operation was lifted around 17:00 and authorities switched to box traps and conducted night patrols. The university canceled classes from the second period onward that day and suspended in-person classes on the 15th, asking dormitory residents to stay indoors.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 07:30 on May 14, 2026, one bear was sighted on the campus of Iwate University in Morioka (near the dormitory), and it remains on the grounds. Police and city officials are using drones to monitor the situation; some morning classes were canceled, no injuries or property damage have been reported, and the city is considering capture by tranquilizer or emergency culling.
Morioka Shimoota-Shinden, Iwate
An adult bear was sighted in the woodland across from the house. It ran up the mountain.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
At around 06:30 on May 14, an adult bear was sighted near the First Gymnasium on the Iwate University campus, and about an hour later another adult bear was seen near a university dormitory. The university canceled all classes for May 14, asked dorm residents to refrain from going out and warned students to stay inside, while police and prefectural staff continued to monitor the campus. Separately, at around 05:30 the same day an adult bear was also sighted near Iwate Junior & Senior High School in Nagatacho, Morioka.
Morioka, Iwate
On May 14, 2026 at around 06:30, a bear was sighted near the First Gymnasium of Iwate University Ueda Campus in Morioka City, and at about 07:50 another sighting was reported near the Dohou student dormitory. Morioka city and the Iwate prefectural police responded, and the university canceled classes from the second period onward and urged students to go home safely.
Morioka, Iwate
Bear sightings were reported in Morioka between the 13th and the morning of the 14th; around 05:30 a bear was seen near Iwate Junior/Senior High School in Nagatacho, and around 07:40 one was seen near a dormitory on Iwate University's Ueda campus. Police officers confirmed one adult bear on the university grounds but its subsequent whereabouts are unknown; Iwate University canceled the second-period classes and urged students to stay inside.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
Around 05:30 on May 14, 2026, a bear was sighted near Iwate High School in Nagata-cho, Morioka. On the same day, bears were also reported on the Iwate University campus, and the university canceled some classes.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
On May 14, 2026, one bear appeared at Iwate University in Morioka City and remained on the campus. Morioka City decided to carry out an emergency culling and canceled classes, but the shooting was called off due to sunset.
Morioka, Iwate
There were what appeared to be droppings of a young animal on the road.
Morioka, Iwate
Heard a bear vocalizing near the baseball field.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
While working in an apple pre-cooling shed in an apple orchard, a bear was sighted. Outside the shed, apple boxes and the refrigerator drain pipe were damaged.
Morioka, Iwate
Saw what appeared to be a mother bear and cub at night.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
One bear sighted in the hot spring facility's parking lot
Morioka Terabayashi, Iwate
On the evening of May 13 a single bear was filmed running north across the lawn of Takamatsu Park in Morioka City. According to the city, there were six sightings around Takamatsu Park between the 13th and the morning of the 14th, and the city and police have increased patrols and warnings.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
Around 16:30 on May 13, an adult bear was sighted near the Takamatsu Park rose garden in Ueda Kogamori, Morioka; it moved north toward Uedazutsumi. Police warned nearby schools and residents and patrolled the area by patrol car; no bear-related damage has been confirmed.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
The field's mulch was torn, and there were footprints. The compost was disturbed.
Morioka Terabayashi, Iwate
Observed one bear running away toward Lake Gosho near the Sakura Garden in Gosho-ko Regional Park.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
An adult bear was sighted near the Tsunagi multipurpose sports ground. It moved toward the Goshoko (Gosho Lake) area.
Morioka, Iwate
One medium-sized bear sighted in an apple orchard
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
One bear (size unknown) was observed moving into the northern woodland.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
One adult was sighted. It was caught in a deer snare and escaped while permission to capture it was being sought, heading into the mountains.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
A bag of rice bran at a nearby shed has been raided by a bear.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
One young bear was sighted near the road by the parking area of Oirino Wetland Botanical Garden in Gosho Lake Regional Park.
Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate
Rice bran had been placed beside the field the reporter was renting, but two bags were ransacked; bear droppings and footprints were left on the mulch.
Morioka Terabayashi, Iwate
Numerous bear droppings were found on the property of a work shed adjacent to the residence.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
There are round footprints in the ridges I made. About 15 centimeters in diameter. Could it be a bear?
Morioka Koma, Iwate
Bear sighted near hot spring facility.
Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate
Observed one presumed adult bear
Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate
The site where a culled sika deer had been buried was dug up and the carcass taken. There are drag marks nearby, as well as bear tracks and scat.
Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate
Apples stored in a combined farm-work and storage shed had been eaten/trashed. There were also numerous droppings believed to be from a bear both inside and outside the shed.
Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate
Spotted a bear near the Nakano intersection on National Route 4 that moved from west to east (toward Nakano Elementary School).
Morioka, Iwate
I found large bear footprints.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
One bear sighted near the garage of a residence.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
While working in a rice field, the reporter spotted one medium-sized bear on the lower slope of the mountain behind them. They fired a rocket firework to scare it off, and the bear fled up into the mountain.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
At around 08:25 on May 10, a passerby reported seeing an adult bear swimming north to south across the Kitakami River near Higashi-An'niwa 2-chome in Morioka City. Police issued local warnings and no damage from the bear has been confirmed.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
At around 08:25 on May 10 a single adult bear was reported swimming north to south in the Kitakami River west of 1-30 Higashi-An'niwa 2-chome in Morioka. At about 08:50 the same bear was also seen in an apartment parking lot in the same area; police issued warnings and no injuries were reported.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
A single medium-sized bear was observed moving toward Iwayama near the Iwayama entrance on National Route 4.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
Empty honey boxes with the honey removed and the place where the frames were kept were ransacked.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
One bear was sighted on the opposite side of the Neda Shigekawa River.
Morioka Tamayama-Nagai, Iwate
There are signs that the bear is fixated on the feed.
Morioka Tamayama-Nagai, Iwate
Around 15:50 on May 8, a passerby sighted one adult bear in a grassy area near a house in Kami-yama, Koma, Morioka City. No damage from the bear has been confirmed, and the Morioka East Police Station has urged nearby residents to be cautious.
Morioka Koma, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the staff-only parking lot of the Handmade Village.
Morioka Koma, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted, believed to have come down from the mountains.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
A beehive box at the apiary beside the house was knocked over, and one frame was damaged.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
One bee box from the apiary beside the house was missing. Bear footprints and paw prints were found nearby.
Morioka Koma, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the staff parking lot of the Handmade Village.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
An adult bear was sighted in the woods across from the house. It ran off toward the mountains.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
Sighted one bear crossing the roadway.
Morioka Higashimirumae, Iwate
A single juvenile bear was sighted near the staff-only parking lot at Tezukuri Village.
Morioka Higashimirumae, Iwate
An adult bear was sighted near the garbage collection point.
Morioka Tsuchibuchi, Iwate
One bear sighted in the hot spring facility parking lot
Morioka, Iwate
Witnessed one young bear running away on the roadway.
Morioka, Iwate
Rice bran had been placed beside the field the reporter rents; two bags were torn into, and bear droppings and footprints on the mulch were found.
Morioka, Iwate
A pedestrian on a walk sighted one adult bear in Nishimatsuzono 2-chome, Morioka City. The bear left the scene heading south and no damage has been reported.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
An adult bear was behind the garbage collection point near the caller’s residence; it then ran off toward the forested area.
Morioka, Iwate
A black bear (about 1 m) was rummaging through apple crates looking for apples.
Morioka Kado, Iwate
The field plastic mulch was torn, and there were footprints. The compost was disturbed.
Morioka, Iwate
On May 1, 2026, sightings of a presumed adult bear were reported multiple times in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. The bear was seen at 10:50 near the FamilyMart Shibutami store in Shimoda, at 13:50 wandering on the road in Tsukigaoka 2-chome, and at 18:37 knocking over apple boxes in front of a shed in Mon/Suma; no human or property damage was reported.
Morioka Hirakashinden, Iwate
According to Morioka West Police, at around 13:50 on May 1, 2026, a passerby sighted one bear-like animal wandering near the municipal road east of Morioka Juvenile Prison at 15-1 Tsukigaoka 2-chome, Morioka City. The direction it went is unknown, and no human or property damage has been confirmed.
Morioka Hirakashinden, Iwate
At the Kōdōyama trailhead, five hikers sighted a mother and cub bear.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 10:50 on May 1, a single young bear was seen walking near the FamilyMart Shibutami store in Shimoda, Morioka City, and walked toward Shibutami Station. No injuries or damage were reported, and police have warned local residents to be cautious.
Morioka, Iwate
Sighted one medium-sized bear in an apple orchard
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
There are round footprints on the ridges I made. About 15 centimeters in diameter. Could it be a bear?
Morioka, Iwate
There are bear footprints in the experiential farm located on the south side of the elementary school.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
Bear sighted near the hot spring facility.
Takizawa 大沢舛村, Iwate
Around 17:20 on April 27, 2026, a passerby sighted one adult bear near the north-side waterway of Takizawa Minami Junior High in Ukai, Takizawa City. According to the Morioka West Police Station, no damage was confirmed. There were also daytime sightings in the surrounding area.
Takizawa 鵜飼滝向, Iwate
Around 14:00 on April 27, one bear was sighted near Mantoku, Dobuchi, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. The city has urged nearby residents to be cautious.
Morioka Hirakashinden, Iwate
Around 7:30 a.m. on the 27th, one bear was sighted in Matsukidaira, Kamiyonai, Morioka City. The city has issued a warning asking people to be cautious.
Morioka Yamagishi, Iwate
One adult bear (suspected) sighted
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 05:45 on May 20, 2026, an adult bear was sighted near Enkoji temple in Sannocho, Morioka City, and a passerby called emergency services. According to local residents the bear moved from a parking lot near the temple toward Shiekamachi; sightings have continued in the area, prompting notifications to a school and the postponement of a planned road race.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
At around 19:55 on May 19, 2026, one adult bear was sighted near Hokunichi Saishaku Kogyo in Kurokawa, Morioka City. The bear ran south into the bushes; no injuries or damage were reported, and police patrolled the area and urged residents to be cautious.
Morioka Teshiromori, Iwate
The place where a culled sika deer was buried has been dug up and the carcass taken. There are drag marks, bear footprints, and droppings in the surrounding area.
Morioka Teshiromori, Iwate
I found large bear footprints.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
Empty honey boxes and frames were disturbed; the place where frames are stored was ransacked.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
One bear sighted near the garage of a private residence
Morioka, Iwate
Around 08:00 on May 17, a single bear was seen walking in an irrigation canal near Ota 6-chome, Morioka City. No damage from the bear has been confirmed, and the Morioka East Police Station has urged nearby residents to be cautious.
Morioka Shimoota-Sawada, Iwate
At around 03:30 on May 17, 2026, one bear was sighted near Tegake no Matsu green space at 2-19 Takamatsu, Morioka, Iwate. No human or property damage was reported.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 22:10 on the 16th, a caller driving in Higashimimae 4-chiwari 10-banchi area, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, spotted a bear under 1 meter long walking east along the road. The bear was reported to be about 50 meters ahead when observed.
Morioka Higashimirumae, Iwate
One bear was sighted on the opposite side across the Nedagawa (Nedagawa River).
Morioka Higashimirumae, Iwate
One beehive box at the apiary beside the house was missing. Bear footprints and paw prints were found nearby.
Morioka Shimoyonai, Iwate
One bear sighted in an apple orchard.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
Around 23:55 on May 14, an adult bear was sighted on a road east of Motomiya Children's Park in Motomiya 2-chome, Morioka. Police patrolled the area by patrol car and spotted the bear near the west side of Motomiya Elementary School, but it entered a residential area and its whereabouts became unknown; no damage has been reported.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
Observed one bear crossing the road.
Morioka, Iwate
While gathering bracken, I saw the rear of a bear cub a few dozen meters ahead. Startled, I called out and it disappeared into the underbrush.
Morioka Kitamatsuzono 2-chome, Iwate
On the morning of May 14, 2026, one adult bear was sighted on the campus of Iwate University in Morioka, near the gymnasium. The university canceled all classes for the day and urged people to remain inside buildings.
Morioka, Iwate
On the morning of May 14, 2026, an apparently adult bear was sighted on the grounds of Iwate University in Morioka. The university urged people to stay inside buildings and canceled all classes for the day.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 07:40 on the 14th, a police officer spotted one adult bear near the Dōhō dormitory at Iwate University in Ueda, Morioka. The city ordered an emergency shooting operation and restricted passage within a 200-meter radius northwest of the university, but the bear hid in undergrowth and was lost so it could not be culled; the shooting operation was lifted around 17:00 and authorities switched to box traps and conducted night patrols. The university canceled classes from the second period onward that day and suspended in-person classes on the 15th, asking dormitory residents to stay indoors.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 07:30 on May 14, 2026, one bear was sighted on the campus of Iwate University in Morioka (near the dormitory), and it remains on the grounds. Police and city officials are using drones to monitor the situation; some morning classes were canceled, no injuries or property damage have been reported, and the city is considering capture by tranquilizer or emergency culling.
Morioka Shimoota-Shinden, Iwate
An adult bear was sighted in the woodland across from the house. It ran up the mountain.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
At around 06:30 on May 14, an adult bear was sighted near the First Gymnasium on the Iwate University campus, and about an hour later another adult bear was seen near a university dormitory. The university canceled all classes for May 14, asked dorm residents to refrain from going out and warned students to stay inside, while police and prefectural staff continued to monitor the campus. Separately, at around 05:30 the same day an adult bear was also sighted near Iwate Junior & Senior High School in Nagatacho, Morioka.
Morioka, Iwate
On May 14, 2026 at around 06:30, a bear was sighted near the First Gymnasium of Iwate University Ueda Campus in Morioka City, and at about 07:50 another sighting was reported near the Dohou student dormitory. Morioka city and the Iwate prefectural police responded, and the university canceled classes from the second period onward and urged students to go home safely.
Morioka, Iwate
Bear sightings were reported in Morioka between the 13th and the morning of the 14th; around 05:30 a bear was seen near Iwate Junior/Senior High School in Nagatacho, and around 07:40 one was seen near a dormitory on Iwate University's Ueda campus. Police officers confirmed one adult bear on the university grounds but its subsequent whereabouts are unknown; Iwate University canceled the second-period classes and urged students to stay inside.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
Around 05:30 on May 14, 2026, a bear was sighted near Iwate High School in Nagata-cho, Morioka. On the same day, bears were also reported on the Iwate University campus, and the university canceled some classes.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
On May 14, 2026, one bear appeared at Iwate University in Morioka City and remained on the campus. Morioka City decided to carry out an emergency culling and canceled classes, but the shooting was called off due to sunset.
Morioka, Iwate
There were what appeared to be droppings of a young animal on the road.
Morioka, Iwate
Heard a bear vocalizing near the baseball field.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
While working in an apple pre-cooling shed in an apple orchard, a bear was sighted. Outside the shed, apple boxes and the refrigerator drain pipe were damaged.
Morioka, Iwate
Saw what appeared to be a mother bear and cub at night.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
On the evening of May 13 a single bear was filmed running north across the lawn of Takamatsu Park in Morioka City. According to the city, there were six sightings around Takamatsu Park between the 13th and the morning of the 14th, and the city and police have increased patrols and warnings.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
Around 16:30 on May 13, an adult bear was sighted near the Takamatsu Park rose garden in Ueda Kogamori, Morioka; it moved north toward Uedazutsumi. Police warned nearby schools and residents and patrolled the area by patrol car; no bear-related damage has been confirmed.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
Observed one bear running away toward Lake Gosho near the Sakura Garden in Gosho-ko Regional Park.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
An adult bear was sighted near the Tsunagi multipurpose sports ground. It moved toward the Goshoko (Gosho Lake) area.
Morioka, Iwate
One medium-sized bear sighted in an apple orchard
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
One bear (size unknown) was observed moving into the northern woodland.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
One adult was sighted. It was caught in a deer snare and escaped while permission to capture it was being sought, heading into the mountains.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
A bag of rice bran at a nearby shed has been raided by a bear.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
One young bear was sighted near the road by the parking area of Oirino Wetland Botanical Garden in Gosho Lake Regional Park.
Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate
Numerous bear droppings were found on the property of a work shed adjacent to the residence.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
Bear sighted near hot spring facility.
Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate
Observed one presumed adult bear
Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate
The site where a culled sika deer had been buried was dug up and the carcass taken. There are drag marks nearby, as well as bear tracks and scat.
Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate
Observed one adult bear and two cubs on the riverbed of the Otobe River.
Morioka Kamiyonai, Iwate
A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.
Morioka Kamiyonai, Iwate
Apples stored in a combined farm-work and storage shed had been eaten/trashed. There were also numerous droppings believed to be from a bear both inside and outside the shed.
Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate
I found large bear footprints.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
One bear sighted near the garage of a residence.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
While working in a rice field, the reporter spotted one medium-sized bear on the lower slope of the mountain behind them. They fired a rocket firework to scare it off, and the bear fled up into the mountain.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
At around 08:25 on May 10, a passerby reported seeing an adult bear swimming north to south across the Kitakami River near Higashi-An'niwa 2-chome in Morioka City. Police issued local warnings and no damage from the bear has been confirmed.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
At around 08:25 on May 10 a single adult bear was reported swimming north to south in the Kitakami River west of 1-30 Higashi-An'niwa 2-chome in Morioka. At about 08:50 the same bear was also seen in an apartment parking lot in the same area; police issued warnings and no injuries were reported.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
A single medium-sized bear was observed moving toward Iwayama near the Iwayama entrance on National Route 4.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
Empty honey boxes with the honey removed and the place where the frames were kept were ransacked.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the staff parking lot of the Handmade Village.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
An adult bear was sighted in the woods across from the house. It ran off toward the mountains.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
Sighted one bear crossing the roadway.
Morioka Higashimirumae, Iwate
A single juvenile bear was sighted near the staff-only parking lot at Tezukuri Village.
Morioka Higashimirumae, Iwate
Witnessed one young bear running away on the roadway.
Morioka, Iwate
Rice bran had been placed beside the field the reporter rents; two bags were torn into, and bear droppings and footprints on the mulch were found.
Morioka, Iwate
A pedestrian on a walk sighted one adult bear in Nishimatsuzono 2-chome, Morioka City. The bear left the scene heading south and no damage has been reported.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
A black bear (about 1 m) was rummaging through apple crates looking for apples.
Morioka Kado, Iwate
Sighted one medium-sized bear in an apple orchard
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
There are bear footprints in the experiential farm located on the south side of the elementary school.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
Observed a bear near the Route 4 Nakano intersection moving from west to east (toward Nakano Elementary School).
Morioka Shimoyonai, Iwate
Around 7:30 a.m. on the 27th, one bear was sighted in Matsukidaira, Kamiyonai, Morioka City. The city has issued a warning asking people to be cautious.
Morioka Yamagishi, Iwate
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
On my way home, I confirmed a small bear (about 60 cm) heading from the Santetsu Shrine trailhead toward the Bessho River.
Odate, Akita
Witnessed it crossing the road and entering the thicket of the forest on the east side.
Kazuno, Akita
(Report) While driving down the road, I saw a bear on the roadway. When it saw the car, it crossed toward the facility side. It seemed to stop once in the facility’s plaza, and after seeing the car it entered the woods.
Odate, Akita
Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / direction of travel: southwest / approximately 20 m to the nearest facility
Odate Ikenai, Akita
On my way to work I witnessed an Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma) crossing the road and running up the embankment.
Kazuno, Akita
One bear sighted in the hot spring facility's parking lot
Morioka Terabayashi, Iwate
The field's mulch was torn, and there were footprints. The compost was disturbed.
Morioka Terabayashi, Iwate
Rice bran had been placed beside the field the reporter was renting, but two bags were ransacked; bear droppings and footprints were left on the mulch.
Morioka Terabayashi, Iwate
There are round footprints in the ridges I made. About 15 centimeters in diameter. Could it be a bear?
Morioka Koma, Iwate
A passerby sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) crossing the road from east to west and leaving the area.
Odate Yachimachi-ushiro, Akita
A neighboring resident sighted one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) / direction of travel unknown / about 20 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita
[Post] Ran from the residential area toward the rice field
Odate Negeto, Akita
Driver sighted one bear (body length about 1.0 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 300 m west of Odate Police Station
Odate, Akita
One bear was sighted on the opposite side of the Neda Shigekawa River.
Morioka Tamayama-Nagai, Iwate
Bear in the trail on return to resort. Waited 10-15 minutes for it to leave and continued past
Hachimantai, Iwate
There are signs that the bear is fixated on the feed.
Morioka Tamayama-Nagai, Iwate
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Odate Katayama, Akita
Odate, Akita
Around 15:50 on May 8, a passerby sighted one adult bear in a grassy area near a house in Kami-yama, Koma, Morioka City. No damage from the bear has been confirmed, and the Morioka East Police Station has urged nearby residents to be cautious.
Morioka Koma, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the staff-only parking lot of the Handmade Village.
Morioka Koma, Iwate
At around 05:30 on May 8, a resident saw one adult bear crossing a prefectural road about 500 meters south of Nishine Daiichi Junior High School in Horikiri, Hachimantai City. Police have urged local residents to be cautious, and no bear-related damage has been reported.
Hachimantai 上関, Iwate
One bee box from the apiary beside the house was missing. Bear footprints and paw prints were found nearby.
Morioka Koma, Iwate
Saw it in the grass
Odate Negeto, Akita
A local resident sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / moving south / approximately 150 m from the nearest elementary school
Odate Negeto, Akita
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Odate Negeto, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / moving north / approximately 30 m from the nearest house
Odate Ikenai-michiue, Akita
Walked through the premises
Odate Ikenai-michiue, Akita
Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.5 m) moving west; approximately 10 m from Ken-ei Hagino-dai housing complex.
Odate Ikenai-michiue, Akita
[Report] Crossed national highway — over 1 meter
Odate, Akita
Local resident sighted one bear (body length 1.5 m) / moving west / approximately 80 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita
Posted: Moving west along the irrigation channel beside the rice fields. Witnessed while driving, so subsequent actions are unknown.
Odate, Akita
On a municipal road in Ikeuchi, Odate City, a woman in her 40s driving a car spotted a bear.
Odate Ikenai, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 1.2 m). Direction of travel: west. Bear departed toward the nearby cemetery. Approximately 10 m from the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
At around 19:15 on the 6th, a man in his 40s driving by spotted a bear about 1.2 meters long on the grounds of a house in Yamadate Aza-Ueno, Odate City, Akita Prefecture. The Odate Police contacted related agencies and are patrolling the area in police cars, issuing warnings to residents.
Odate, Akita
Hachimantai 安比高原, Iwate
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Kazuno 長牛, Akita
While a vehicle was in motion, one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) was sighted / Direction of travel: east / Approximately 50 m to the nearest residence
Odate, Akita
At around 16:50 on April 27, 2026, a man in his 30s driving in Odate City, Karasawa Inariyama-shimo, spotted one bear about 1 meter long on the road. The nearest house is about 50 meters away and there is a hospital in the area; the police are patrolling the vicinity and urging residents to be cautious.
Odate Karasawa, Akita
A single bear (body length 1.0 m) was sighted by nearby residents / moving east / approximately 100 m from the nearest house
Odate Niida, Akita
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In the past 30 days, 123 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Kazuno, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 16:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 229 km route runs from Iwate to Odate, passing through Iwate and Akita. In the past 30 days, 123 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 5 of them. The latest sighting was reported 3 days ago near Kazuno, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
