Saves as a new trip plan. The original stays as-is.
This 315 km route runs from Kitaakita to Hachimantai, passing through Akita, Aomori, and Iwate. In the past 30 days, 178 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 33 of them. The latest sighting was reported 22 hours ago near Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
1 places within 1 km of your route, passing through Akita, Aomori, Iwate.
Witnessed one bear approximately 1.6 meters in length.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
I was walking toward Ōdai when I heard a car and turned around. A bear crossed the tracks and went up toward Kashiwagidai.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
On July 17 around 4:45 PM, a bear was sighted in Gomibori, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted near the railroad tracks behind the Ani General Reception Center. It then left heading toward the river.
Kitaakita Ani-Ginzan, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Ani Ginzan Shimon-cho, Kitaakita City.
Kitaakita Ani-Ginzan, Akita
It ran off to the left, heading toward the Ani area.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ani-Maeda, Kitaakita City, and it was observed moving.
Kitaakita, Akita
[Post] A mother bear and cub were trying to cross from the left side of the road, but when a car approached they turned back.
Kitaakita Komata, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Komata-Hanekawadai, Kitaakita City, around 14:50 on July 13.
Kitaakita Komata, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter in length was sighted approximately 10 meters east of the residence. It passed in front of the house and departed toward National Route 105 to the west.
Kitaakita Ani-Arase, Akita
Spotted one adult bear on the roadway. It then departed toward the mountains to the east.
Kitaakita Ani-Arase, Akita
One bear approximately 80 centimeters in body length was sighted on the premises of Ani Gakuen.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ani Minazuwa-dai, Kitaakita City.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
One bear about 80 centimeters in body length was sighted at the signalized intersection near Uradabashi. It later departed into the brush to the south.
Kitaakita Katsurase, Akita
Spotted one bear about 80 cm in body length in my home garden. It later left toward the brush on the east side.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Aninginzan Shimoncho, Kitaakita City.
Kitaakita Ani-Ginzan, Akita
[Post] Went into the mountain
Kitaakita Nemorita, Akita
One bear was standing at the roadside. It wandered around the area for about a minute, then descended into the grass under the road.
Odate, Akita
On the morning of 2026-07-26, a bear was sighted moving in Omorino, Hanaoka-machi, Odate City.
Odate, Akita
[Report] A single bear about 1.2 meters long was at the roadside of the town road on the west side of the rice fields and entered the forest west of the town road. In this area, encounters and sightings have been occurring in succession: an encounter in a paddy field on May 24, a sighting of one bear on May 31, a sighting of one bear on June 30, and a sighting of two bears—believed to be a parent and offspring—on July 1. It appears to use routes that include the south side of the Sunagosawa settlement and crossing the Sunagosawa River.
Kosaka, Akita
Around 4:10 PM on July 25, a bear was seen moving in Kosaka Sanezawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
Nearby residents sighted two bears (each approximately 0.5 m in body length). Direction of travel: north. Approximately 10 m to the nearest facility.
Odate, Akita
[Report] While driving toward Takanosu city center, a bear appeared from bushes in the opposite lane. It crossed the road and went into the woods.
Kitaakita Nanukaichi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Shichinichidoyama, Kitaakita City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Kitaakita Nanukaichi, Akita
[Report] On the town road there was one young bear about 40 centimeters in body length. When it noticed the car, it looked at us once, then changed direction and went into the bushes of Yunotani-chi toward the Sunagosawa River, where it appears to have come from. No adult bear was seen. The cub was about the size expected for one born this year and jet black and clean, looking almost like a stuffed animal. The thought that the mother might be nearby was frightening.
Kosaka, Akita
One bear (body length unknown) in a field beside the road was sighted by a driver / direction of travel: east / approximately 300 m southwest of Shirasawa Nursery Center
Odate Hashigeta, Akita
Witnessed one bear approximately 1.6 meters in length.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
Driver sighted one bear (body length 0.5 m) / direction of travel: north / approximately 80 m to nearest residence
Odate, Akita
While driving, I observed one bear about 80 cm in body length crossing the road from the woods on the east side. It then left toward the woods on the west side.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
Crossed from the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway to the northbound lanes.
Kosaka, Akita
On 2026-07-21 around 16:45, a bear was sighted moving in Kosaka Kogyo, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
On 2026-07-21 morning, a bear was sighted moving in Wakigami, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear in a field (body length 1.0 m). Direction of travel unknown. Approximately 150 m from the nearest house.
Odate Hashigeta, Akita
A bear about 1.5 m long was sighted on the rice-field embankment.
Kitaakita Nanukaichi, Akita
Driver spotted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / heading south / approximately 20 m from the nearest house
Odate Kamidaino, Akita
[Report] Information from a neighborhood association was circulated during a police patrol. A bear crossed the roads in this area and reportedly headed toward the Suikouen direction.
Odate Kamidaino, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) / direction of travel unknown / about 10 m from the nearest facility
Odate Kamidaino, Akita
[Post] The school sent a safety alert via its app saying police spotted a bear at the Jukai Dome parking lot. The exact location within the parking lot was not specified. They moved toward the Takumi Arena side and the police will be patrolling until around 7:00. It’s not been updated on Kumadasu, so I’m posting this.
Odate Kamidaino, Akita
[Report] One 50 cm long cub sighted; direction of travel unknown. 10 meters to nearest building.
Odate Kamidaino, Akita
Sighted three bears (a mother and two cubs)
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
(Post) Two bear cubs, one mother bear
Kitaakita Bozawa, Akita
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Odate, Akita
I was walking toward Ōdai when I heard a car and turned around. A bear crossed the tracks and went up toward Kashiwagidai.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
On July 17 around 4:45 PM, a bear was sighted in Gomibori, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
Post: Footprints were left in the field.
Odate, Akita
[Post] A moving black shape in the grass. It looked about 1 meter long.
Odate, Akita
Observed one bear approximately 50 centimeters in body length.
Kitaakita Shimosugi, Akita
It poked its head out of the bushes on the left side facing the Kosaka direction, but it immediately withdrew when startled by the car.
Odate, Akita
Signs suggesting entry into the shed. Beehives were destroyed.
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Shimosugi Nakajima, Kitaakita, Akita on 2026-07-16.
Kitaakita Shimosugi, Akita
Observed one bear about 60 centimeters in body length. It then departed into the forested area to the east. Approximately 30 meters from nearby houses.
Kitaakita Shimosugi, Akita
A 50-centimeter-long bear crossing the road was hit by a moving truck. Afterwards, members of the hunter association confirmed the bear was dead.
Kitaakita Komori, Akita
A bear appeared in Komori Yotsuto, Kitaakita City, and collided with a car.
Kitaakita Komori, Akita
At around 13:00 on 2026-07-15, a bear was seen moving in Shimosugi, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture.
Kitaakita Shimosugi, Akita
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Odate Ipponsugi, Akita
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Kosaka Araya, Akita
A local resident sighted one bear (body length 0.8 m) / direction of travel: east / 500 m northwest of the nearest settlement
Odate, Akita
[Report] Walked from south to north about 100 meters away from a private house. Believed to be an adult, but body length unknown.
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hanawaoka-machi Donomeuchi, Odate City, and was seen moving.
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ipponsugi, Ōdate City, Akita on 2026-07-14 in the late afternoon.
Odate Ipponsugi, Akita
It ran off to the left, heading toward the Ani area.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ani-Maeda, Kitaakita City, and it was observed moving.
Kitaakita, Akita
Report: A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in the rice-field ridge at 1 Murashita, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It was walking westward, eating grass along the ridge and beside irrigation channels, then climbed the west-side slope vegetation, crossed the town road, and entered the western woodland. When it spotted a light truck on the town road, it turned back into the vegetation and crossed the road at a distance to avoid it.
Kosaka, Akita
[Post] A mother bear and cub were trying to cross from the left side of the road, but when a car approached they turned back.
Kitaakita Komata, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Komata-Hanekawadai, Kitaakita City, around 14:50 on July 13.
Kitaakita Komata, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hinai-cho Ogita Nakajima Saikawatsuke, Odate City.
Odate, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length about 1.0 m). Direction of travel unknown. Approximately 10 m from the nearest house.
Odate Mochita, Akita
Around 8:20 on 2026-07-12, a bear was sighted in Mochida 2-chome, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate Mochita, Akita
It was crossing the prefectural road from west to east.
Kosaka, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kamisou, Kosaka Town, Akita, and was seen moving.
Kosaka, Akita
[Report] A one-meter-tall bear was in the backyard behind a house. It ran off into the woods.
Odate, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length approx. 1.0 m) / direction of travel: east / about 10 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita
[Post] While driving to school, (a bear) was leaning out of the bushes with its upper body exposed.
Odate, Akita
[Post] Size resembling a bear cub
Odate, Akita
Driver observed one bear (body length 0.5 m) in the brush southwest of the road / heading southwest / 80 m south of the former Hanaoka Middle School
Odate, Akita
Around 1:00 PM on 2026-07-09, a bear was sighted in Toriuchishita, Hanaokamachi, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate, Akita
A mother bear with two cubs ran from the road toward the mountain path/area leading to the waterfall. Nearby there was a dropping that looked like it belonged to a bear.
Kosaka, Akita
Two young bears about 70 centimeters long were in a cleared lot beside a rice field. They were wandering around a cleared area adjacent to a crushed-stone storage site, then went into the woodland to the east. The mother bear was not seen. There are mulberry trees along the mountainside near here, and bears are sighted almost every year.
Kosaka, Akita
[Posted] Roamed around the rice field for about 15 minutes, then moved toward the Kashiwagi direction.
Odate Kodatehana, Akita
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Kosaka, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kosaka-zawa, Kosaka Town.
Kosaka, Akita
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Kosaka Daichi, Akita
Posted: Moved from the Shimouchikawa direction toward Shirasawa Shinmei Shrine, then went northeast along the base of the shrine's slope.
Odate Shirasawa, Akita
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Odate, Akita
One bear approximately 80 centimeters in body length was sighted on the premises of Ani Gakuen.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
On 2026-07-03 around 1:29 PM, a bear was sighted in Domenai, Hanaoka-machi, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ani Minazuwa-dai, Kitaakita City.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
One bear about 80 centimeters in body length was sighted at the signalized intersection near Uradabashi. It later departed into the brush to the south.
Kitaakita Katsurase, Akita
Driver spotted one bear (body length 1 m) in a rice field beside a municipal road / heading south / about 400 m south of Numadate processing plant
Odate, Akita
Observed one bear about 80 cm in body length crossing the road from east to west.
Kitaakita, Akita
Report: On the town road west of the rice field at Kosaka 38, Kosaka-machi, a female/male adult bear about 1.2 meters long and one cub about 70 centimeters long were sighted. After that, the adult and cub entered the forested mountain area west of the town road. They are believed to have come up from the field road near Kosaka 38, climbed the roadside embankment below the town road, and emerged onto the town road. Sightings of bears are reported in this area, which is just south of the village cemetery, every year; this is the second sighting already this year. It is thought to be one of the travel routes used when moving between the forest on the east side of the Sunagosawa River and the forest on the west side.
Kosaka, Akita
[Post] I posted this before but it wasn’t published, so I’m reposting. One bear on the north side of the prefectural road. Within 100 meters of nearby houses.
Odate, Akita
A group of visitors walking along the trail at Nagabashiri Fūketsu Pavilion sighted one bear (approximately 80 cm in body length). Direction of travel: north. Approximately 30 m from the above facility.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 0.5 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 10 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita
Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / direction of travel: north / approximately 200 m to the nearest house
Odate, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length unknown) / moving east / approximately 10 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kosaka Nigawa, Kosaka Town, Akita, around 11:15 on July 1.
Kosaka, Akita
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Kosaka, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 1 m) / direction of movement unknown / approximately 15 m from the nearest house
Odate Kanezaka-ushiro, Akita
[Post] One adult, two cubs
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hanakawa-cho Nanatsudate, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate, Akita
A local resident sighted one bear (body length 1 m) on the road / heading north / 120 m east of Odate Homei High School
Odate Kanezaka-ushiro, Akita
Driver sighted one bear (approx. 1 m body length) / direction of travel unknown / about 140 m from the nearest residence
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted around 5:30 AM on July 1 in Kosubogawa, Hanaoka-cho, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate Hanaokamachi, Akita
Spotted one bear about 80 cm in body length in my home garden. It later left toward the brush on the east side.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
The animal crossed directly in front of a car traveling on Route 105 from Nakamichi-dai toward the Yamazaki housing complex.
Kitaakita Yonaizawa, Akita
Driver sighted one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) crossing the road / heading south / 200 m southeast of Niiyama settlement
Odate, Akita
[Report] A single bear about 1 meter long was on the ridge of a rice paddy at 39, Kakege, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It ran toward the Suna kosawa River on the east side and went into the vegetation on the levee. It likely crossed the town road from the western forest, passed through the brush into the paddy, ran along the ridge, entered the brush on the right-bank levee of the Suna kosawa River, crossed the river, and moved from the eastern rice paddies back into the forest. The area around the sighting is one where bears and wild boars are seen crossing the stream every year, and it is also near the site of an encounter with a bear in May of this year that nearly resulted in personal injury.
Kosaka, Akita
One cub of unknown body length was sighted near the embankment road of the Matō River. It then left heading toward the mountains.
Kitaakita Isecho, Akita
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Kitaakita, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 60 cm) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 5 m from the nearest house
Odate Kanezaka-ushiro, Akita
A staff member of a nearby junior high school observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) passing in front of the school's main gate / direction of travel unknown / about 50 m from the nearby junior high school
Odate Hashigeta, Akita
Odate Naganeyamashita, Akita
A single bear cub ran off toward the Nature House.
Odate Naganeyamashita, Akita
Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m). Direction of travel unknown. Approximately 600 m to Odate Youth Nature House.
Odate Ipponsugi, Akita
[Post] Went into the mountain
Kitaakita Nemorita, Akita
[Report] A single bear about 1.2 meters long was at the roadside of the town road on the west side of the rice fields and entered the forest west of the town road. In this area, encounters and sightings have been occurring in succession: an encounter in a paddy field on May 24, a sighting of one bear on May 31, a sighting of one bear on June 30, and a sighting of two bears—believed to be a parent and offspring—on July 1. It appears to use routes that include the south side of the Sunagosawa settlement and crossing the Sunagosawa River.
Kosaka, Akita
Around 4:10 PM on July 25, a bear was seen moving in Kosaka Sanezawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
[Report] On the town road there was one young bear about 40 centimeters in body length. When it noticed the car, it looked at us once, then changed direction and went into the bushes of Yunotani-chi toward the Sunagosawa River, where it appears to have come from. No adult bear was seen. The cub was about the size expected for one born this year and jet black and clean, looking almost like a stuffed animal. The thought that the mother might be nearby was frightening.
Kosaka, Akita
Crossed from the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway to the northbound lanes.
Kosaka, Akita
On 2026-07-21 around 16:45, a bear was sighted moving in Kosaka Kogyo, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
One cub entered the mountain on the east side.
Towada, Aomori
According to Aomori Prefecture, around 9:00 on 2026-07-19, a bear was sighted moving in Okuse, Towada City.
Towada, Aomori
[Posted] While driving a car
Kazuno, Akita
At a bus stop near Kumoi Falls, tourists witnessed a young bear swimming across the river to the opposite bank.
Towada, Aomori
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Kosaka, Akita
Seems a mother bear with a little cub
Kazuno, Akita
Report: A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in the rice-field ridge at 1 Murashita, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It was walking westward, eating grass along the ridge and beside irrigation channels, then climbed the west-side slope vegetation, crossed the town road, and entered the western woodland. When it spotted a light truck on the town road, it turned back into the vegetation and crossed the road at a distance to avoid it.
Kosaka, Akita
It was crossing the prefectural road from west to east.
Kosaka, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kamisou, Kosaka Town, Akita, and was seen moving.
Kosaka, Akita
A mother bear with two cubs ran from the road toward the mountain path/area leading to the waterfall. Nearby there was a dropping that looked like it belonged to a bear.
Kosaka, Akita
Two young bears about 70 centimeters long were in a cleared lot beside a rice field. They were wandering around a cleared area adjacent to a crushed-stone storage site, then went into the woodland to the east. The mother bear was not seen. There are mulberry trees along the mountainside near here, and bears are sighted almost every year.
Kosaka, Akita
Post: A decorative ornament on the property was found broken, so I checked the security camera footage and identified the individual shown. (The ornament appears to have been gnawed or scratched and damaged.)
Kosaka Towadako, Akita
I witnessed one cub run into the brush.
Towada, Aomori
There was a one-meter-long bear in the bushes.
Towada, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Okuse, Towada City, Aomori Prefecture.
Towada, Aomori
Observed while driving. It was in the middle of the road, but when it noticed us it ran into the bushes.
Kazuno, Akita
Report: On the town road west of the rice field at Kosaka 38, Kosaka-machi, a female/male adult bear about 1.2 meters long and one cub about 70 centimeters long were sighted. After that, the adult and cub entered the forested mountain area west of the town road. They are believed to have come up from the field road near Kosaka 38, climbed the roadside embankment below the town road, and emerged onto the town road. Sightings of bears are reported in this area, which is just south of the village cemetery, every year; this is the second sighting already this year. It is thought to be one of the travel routes used when moving between the forest on the east side of the Sunagosawa River and the forest on the west side.
Kosaka, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kosaka Nigawa, Kosaka Town, Akita, around 11:15 on July 1.
Kosaka, Akita
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Kosaka, Akita
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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
[Report] A single bear about 1 meter long was on the ridge of a rice paddy at 39, Kakege, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It ran toward the Suna kosawa River on the east side and went into the vegetation on the levee. It likely crossed the town road from the western forest, passed through the brush into the paddy, ran along the ridge, entered the brush on the right-bank levee of the Suna kosawa River, crossed the river, and moved from the eastern rice paddies back into the forest. The area around the sighting is one where bears and wild boars are seen crossing the stream every year, and it is also near the site of an encounter with a bear in May of this year that nearly resulted in personal injury.
Kosaka, Akita
On residential property / body length 1 m / 3 m from house / 3 m from witness. Witness observed a bear crossing the property, walking from north to south, from inside the residence.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hanawaanna, Kazuno City.
Kazuno, Akita
While driving from the west to the east, I witnessed one bear about 50 centimeters long walking into the brush on the north side.
Kazuno, Akita
Municipal road / body length 1 m / 600 m from a house / 20 m from the witness While traveling on the municipal road by vehicle, a bear emerged from a rice field, crossed the municipal road from east to west, and left toward the forested area. A search by car was conducted but the bear was not found.
Kazuno, Akita
In a household property field / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m distance from the witness While in the field, I saw a bear pass through the field heading east.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
Around 6:20 AM on July 25, a bear was seen moving in Towada-Oyu Sekigami, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
Municipal road / body length 1 m / 20 m from residence / 20 m from witness While riding a motorcycle on the municipal road, I observed a bear crossing the road from east to west and entering the grass.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
Rice field / body length 70 cm / 30 m from houses, etc. / 1 m from witness While driving a vehicle on a municipal road and preparing to turn at an intersection, the witness saw a bear poke its head out of the grass and then return into the grass.
Kazuno, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Hanawa Furudate, Kazuno City.
Kazuno, Akita
An 84-year-old man was attacked by a bear while working in the fields in Magata, Hachimantai City, and suffered injuries to his jaw and left arm.
Hachimantai 越戸, Iwate
On private residential property / body length 1 m / distance to witness 2 m / 2 m from the house. While watching TV inside the residence, the witness heard a rustling sound and a bear emerged from the brush. The bear rambled across the property from east to west, passing very close to the house as it moved, and then entered the forest.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
While passing by, I witnessed a bear about 1.2 m in body length cross the municipal road from east to west approximately 100 m ahead, then move into the riverbank area.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
Municipal road / body length 80 cm / 200 m from a residence / 10 m from the witness While driving a vehicle on the municipal road, the witness saw a bear crossing the road from south to north and entering the forest.
Kazuno, Akita
At around 8:30 AM on July 23, a bear was seen moving in Hanawa Sekinegawara, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
While driving, a single bear approximately 1 m in length was observed on a city road. Subsequent direction of movement and other details are unknown.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
Witnessed one bear approximately 1 m in body length crossing the municipal road heading north and moving down to the riverbed. Its subsequent direction of movement is unknown.
Kazuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hanawa Shibanai Otagaya, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, around 13:35 on July 22.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Hanawa Takichimukai, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, around 07:20 on 2026-07-22.
Kazuno, Akita
[Post] I was standing on the left bank setting a hook to start fishing for sweetfish when a friend downstream shouted something. Looking around, I saw a bear cub about 10 meters upstream swimming from the left bank to the right bank. I was on alert, thinking the mother might be nearby, but it was the only one.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Towada Suehiro Kamiyabu, Kazuno City.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
One cub entered the mountain on the east side.
Towada, Aomori
According to Aomori Prefecture, around 9:00 on 2026-07-19, a bear was sighted moving in Okuse, Towada City.
Towada, Aomori
Spotted one bear about 1 m in body length in front of an agricultural greenhouse. The bear then crossed the road to the west and was observed moving north.
Kazuno, Akita
[Post] It looked like a cub was being allowed to play in the middle of the road. I couldn’t pass, so I stopped about 30 m away and honked; it then climbed up the slope at the side of the road.
Kazuno, Akita
[Posted] While driving a car
Kazuno, Akita
At a bus stop near Kumoi Falls, tourists witnessed a young bear swimming across the river to the opposite bank.
Towada, Aomori
Location: national highway / Body length: 1.0 m / 10 m from a private house / 50 m from the witness. While working outdoors, the witness saw a bear about 1.0 m long cross the national highway from north to south via a bridge, pass between a vacant house and a shop, and enter the forested hills to the southeast.
Kazuno, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Towadaoyuoyu, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.
Kazuno, Akita
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Kosaka, Akita
Seems a mother bear with a little cub
Kazuno, Akita
Footprints believed to be from a bear were found on residential property. No similar tracks were observed on nearby roads or elsewhere in the vicinity.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
[Post] In the rice field
Kazuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hanawa-Tsuburone, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
(Posted) Emerged from the shrubs beside the intersection and fled across the rice field heading southwest.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
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Kosaka Araya, Akita
While working in the fields, footprints of a bear were found. The prints appeared to be from a single animal, moving across the field from west to east; midway it turned toward the south and the tracks continued into the brush on the south side.
Kazuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Towada-Nishiki Murota, Kazuno City, and was seen moving.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
A single bear about 70 cm in body length was crossing the old national road from south to north.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Parking lot / body length 70 cm / 10 m from dwellings / 20 m distance from witness A bear appeared on the security camera. The bear moved from east toward the west.
Kazuno, Akita
A bear was sighted on camera in Hachimantai Yuze, Kazuno City.
Kazuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kamisou, Kosaka Town, Akita, and was seen moving.
Kosaka, Akita
Calm bear sitting next to the road, vanished into the bushes after a few seconds.
Kazuno, Akita
City road / body length 80 cm / 30 m from residences / 50 m distance from witness. From inside a building, the witness saw a small bear poke its head out of shrubs on the north side of the city road, then return back into the north side.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
A mother bear with two cubs ran from the road toward the mountain path/area leading to the waterfall. Nearby there was a dropping that looked like it belonged to a bear.
Kosaka, Akita
Municipal road / body length 1 m / 20 m from a private house / approximately 20 m from the witness. Saw a bear crossing the municipal road and moving north.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
On private residential property / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness. A bear was in the garden on the property. The bear wandered around while moving from west to east, then headed south.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
While driving on the northbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway, a witness saw a single bear about 50 centimeters long cross the expressway from east to west and then move into the brush on the west side.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Post: A decorative ornament on the property was found broken, so I checked the security camera footage and identified the individual shown. (The ornament appears to have been gnawed or scratched and damaged.)
Kosaka Towadako, Akita
While driving on the northbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway near Hanawa Service Area, a vehicle occupant witnessed a bear about 50 centimeters in body length crossing from the northbound side over the center divider into the southbound lanes.
Kazuno, Akita
Municipal road / body length 70 cm / 5 m from a house / 10 m from the observer While driving on a municipal road, a bear emerged from the west side of the road. When the vehicle stopped and the observer watched, the bear returned to the west side.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
I witnessed one cub run into the brush.
Towada, Aomori
Municipal road / body length 70 cm / 10 m from a house / approximately 50 m from the witness. From inside a residence, the witness observed a small bear crossing the municipal road and moving east toward the Oyukawa River.
Kazuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Towada-Ōyu Araise, Kazuno City.
Kazuno, Akita
National road / body length 1 m / 50 m from a house / 5 m from the witness While driving a vehicle on the national road toward Lake Towada, I witnessed a bear crossing the road from north to south and heading toward the river.
Kazuno, Akita
There was a one-meter-long bear in the bushes.
Towada, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Okuse, Towada City, Aomori Prefecture.
Towada, Aomori
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Kosaka Daichi, Akita
Yoneshiro River riverbed / body length 1 m / 150 m from a residence / 50 m distance from witness While driving on a municipal road, the witness spotted a bear on the far bank of the river. The bear entered the brush.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
On highway premises / body length 50 cm / 50 m from houses, 30 m from witness. While walking through the highway management property, the witness discovered a bear on the premises. The bear entered the brush from the property.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Prefectural road / body length 50 cm / 140 m from houses / 20 m from witness While driving on a prefectural road, I noticed a small bear walking along the edge of a field. The bear crossed the prefectural road from west to east and entered the brush on the east side.
Kazuno, Akita
Observed while driving. It was in the middle of the road, but when it noticed us it ran into the bushes.
Kazuno, Akita
Municipal road / body length 70 cm / 5 m from a residence / 15 m distance from the observer While driving a vehicle on a municipal road within the settlement, the observer sighted a bear running west.
Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita
City road / body length 1 m / 5 m from a house / 5 m from the witness. While driving on a city road, the driver saw a bear running west across the road.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
Prefectural road / Body length 70 cm / 5 m from a private house / 5 m distance from the witness While driving a vehicle on the prefectural road, a bear ran out in front of the car. When the horn was sounded, the bear went into the brush to the east.
Kazuno, Akita
Field / Body length 70 cm / Distance from witness 30 m / 50 m from residences. While driving on a municipal road, the driver spotted a bear in the field.
Kazuno, Akita
National highway / body length 1.5 m / distance to witness 0 m / 1 km from residences. A bear is dead on the highway and obstructing traffic.
Kazuno, Akita
Posted: Found dead (Prefectural note: Died as a result of a traffic accident)
Kazuno, Akita
Rice field / body length 1 m / 100 m from residence / 50 m from witness. While driving on the prefectural road in a vehicle, I spotted a bear in a rice field. The bear moved toward the river, so I chased it by vehicle while calling to fishermen to take refuge. After wandering along the river, the bear entered the forested hills to the west. I pursued it up to the edge of the forest.
Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita
(Reference information) On private residential property / body length 80 cm / distance from witness 30 m / 10 m from house and other buildings. Reported to the city by e-mail. Situation unknown.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
A single bear about 50 centimeters long was observed on the highway embankment from a car traveling on the Tōhoku Expressway. The bear’s subsequent direction of movement is unknown.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hanawa Shimota Nyuuu, Kazuno City.
Kazuno, Akita
[Report] It was by the roadside; when I approached, it went into the bushes.
Kazuno, Akita
Prefectural road / body length 1 m / 300 m from a private house / approximately 50 m from the observer When driving on the prefectural road, saw a bear sitting on the road
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
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Kazuno, Akita
Around 11:35 on June 28, a bear was sighted in Towada-Oyu Uenoyu, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.
Kazuno, Akita
On facility grounds / body length 1 m / 10 m from the facility, approximately 50 m from the witness: When I stepped out of my house, I saw a bear cross the main road, climb over a hedge, and enter the facility.
Kazuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Towada Oyu Oyu, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, around 4:20 PM on June 28, and was seen moving.
Kazuno, Akita
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In the past 30 days, 178 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 33 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 22 hours ago near Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 17:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 315 km route runs from Kitaakita to Hachimantai, passing through Akita, Aomori, and Iwate. In the past 30 days, 178 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 33 of them. The latest sighting was reported 22 hours ago near Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
