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This 129 km route runs from Kitaakita to Yurihonjo within Akita. In the past 30 days, 164 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 76 of them. The latest sighting was reported 15 hours ago near Akita, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
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While driving on Prefectural Route Akita-Kitanoda, I saw one bear about 50 cm crossing from east to west. It was 30 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
There's a big bear outside the house.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Road between Refresh Garden and Goshono Gakuin. A 50–60 cm Asian black bear (tsukinowaguma).
Akita, Akita
[Post] I think it was a female bear with cubs. It ran in front of the car for a short distance, then left the road and went into the grass.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While walking in the park, I saw a skinny adult bear and one cub. At first the adult looked like a large black dog. The adult was about 1 m and the cub about 0.5 m in size. After that the bears went into the brush on the Yayoi-kko Village side.
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Post: One newborn bear emerges from the bushes but soon returns
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Observed one bear approximately 1.0 m in size on the roadway. It then left heading toward the river to the north. 10 m from a house.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Body length approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita
[Report] While traveling on the road, it ran from a side path beside the rice field into the middle of the rice field.
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A bear about 1.5 meters long was running. It went into the forested mountain area.
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Daisen Kyowa-Kotane, Akita
Around 8:00 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted moving in Yuwa-Aikawa Mukaidai, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:00 on May 25, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Chibarayama, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 8:00 on May 25, a bear was sighted in Fukuyama-Yokoyama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita
A bear (1 m) was sighted inside the agricultural experiment station. As of 5/25, 8:20, staff are patrolling the premises. Approximately 10 m from nearby buildings.
Akita, Akita
At around 16:47 on May 24, a bear was seen moving in Kanehanyu, Kawabe Toneyoshi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A bear was walking on the sidewalk while a car was driving.
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A JR train driver spotted a bear on the platform at Ōbashino Station. It ran off to the west. One bear, about 1 m (in size).
Akita, Akita
A JR train driver spotted a bear on the platform at Ohbarano Station. It fled west. One bear, about 1 m (in size).
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Post: An adult (over 1 m) crossed the road.
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A bear about 1 meter long crossed the Akita Expressway northbound.
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[Post] Attempting to cross a highway
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A bear was sighted in Kawabe-Kamichi Oojikarazawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 20:30 on 2026-05-24, a bear was sighted in Yuwaaikawa, Akita City.
Akita Yuwa-Aikawa, Akita
A bear was sighted moving around 12:40 in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Karuizawa, Akita City.
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[Posted]
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Body length: approximately 0.8 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m Went back into the forest
Yurihonjō 内黒瀬, Akita
[Report] One bear about 1 meter. It crossed the river and entered the mountain across the way.
Akita Yuwa-Tsubakikawa, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m
Yurihonjō 内黒瀬, Akita
Crossed the roadway and entered the bushes.
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A bear (1 m) crossed the road in front of Wannam Pier and departed to the southeast. It was 10 m from nearby buildings.
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A bear (1 m) crossed the road in front of WanNyapia and left heading southeast. It was 10 m from the nearby building.
Akita, Akita
Distance to houses: 100 m; Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita
Spotted a bear (1 m) while walking. The bear then left toward the north into the brush. 30 m to the nearest house.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kaminotegofuruno Fukadazawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 17:20 on 2026-05-23, a bear was sighted in Yuwa Ikada Bontenno, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Distance to houses: 50 m. Body length: 1 m. Fled westward.
Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita
Bear body length: 1.0 m. Distance to residences: 50 m. It walked away toward the mountain.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Bear body length: 0.8 m Distance to homes/buildings: 50 m
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Standing on the edge of a rice field, appearing to be eating something.
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While eating, believed to be a parent and child.
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A bear was sighted in Ishiwaki Yamanokami, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
[Posted] Spotted in the parking lot in front of Iwami Sannai Nursery School. Headed toward the Iwami River embankment.
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[Report] A large bear over 1 meter long walked toward the mountain.
Akita, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.0 m Distance from houses: approximately 10 m Left heading toward Ishiwaki Ground
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
On 2026-05-21 around 10:55, a bear was seen moving in Ishiwaki Benkeigawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita
Spotted a bear while driving. Body length 1.0 m. One bear. Moved away to the west. 10 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
Distance to the nearest house: 10 m Body length: approximately 1 m After being sighted, fled toward the bamboo grove
Yurihonjō 巣組, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m; Body length: approx. 1 m
Yurihonjō, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Yuwa Kagasawa Tonten, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 10:10 on 2026-05-21, a bear was seen moving in Ishiwaki Shimochoro-numa, Yurihonjo City, Akita.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.2 m Distance to houses: approximately 20 m Left from north to south
Yurihonjō 今野谷地, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.0 m. Distance to houses: approximately 15 m. Departed from the north side toward the south side.
Yurihonjō 今野谷地, Akita
A bear was sighted on a city road in Idojiri, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita
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Yurihonjō 観音町, Akita
While driving, I saw a black individual trying to slip between houses. It was dark so I couldn’t see clearly, but it seemed larger than a black cat, with thicker legs and slightly longer fur.
Yurihonjō 片町, Akita
Distance to houses: 50 m; body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
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Akita Yuwa-Togazawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Yuwa Togasawa Oeda, Akita City, around 18:28 on May 20.
Akita Yuwa-Togazawa, Akita
At around 18:25 on May 20, a bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the grounds of Honjo Kita Junior High School in Ishiwaki, Yurihonjo City. Additional sightings occurred across the city overnight into the morning of May 21; no injuries were reported and police have urged caution.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Around 14:57 on 2026-05-20, a bear was sighted in Goshono Jizoden 3-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
About 1 meter. In the Refresh Garden parking lot.
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[Post] Bear.
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Sighted inside Akita Refresh Garden. Size approximately 1.0 m. The bear then moved east.
Akita, Akita
Around 14:00 on May 20, 2026, a man playing golf spotted a single bear about 1 meter long on the course of Akita Refresh Garden in Gosyono Jizoden 3-chome, Akita City. The area is a residential district with nearby junior high and high schools and a shopping mall; the police have contacted related agencies, are patrolling the site with patrol cars, and are warning residents to be cautious.
Akita, Akita
On 2026-05-20 afternoon, one bear was seen moving in Goshono Jizoden 4-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 14:00 on the 20th, a man playing golf spotted a single bear about 1 meter long on the course of Akita City Refresh Garden in Goshono Jizohta 3-chome, Akita City. The Akita East Police Station said the nearest junior and senior high schools are about 200 m away and houses about 100 m, and patrol cars are broadcasting warnings to alert people.
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A bear was sighted in Yotsugoya Suetomatsumoto Sakanoue, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While driving on the road, a bear about 1 meter long was walking in a rice field beside the road.
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Was trying to cross the road. When a car came, it went back into the bushes.
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One bear was sighted on company premises. Body length: 1.0 m. It departed southward. Distance from the building: 10 m.
Akita, Akita
Observed one bear while driving. It came onto the road from the south side, then entered the bushes on the south side again. Body length approximately 1 m. 50 m from the nearest residence.
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A bear was sighted in Kawaabe-San'nai Sobadai, Akita City, around 6:30 a.m. on May 20; it was seen moving.
Akita, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.0 m Distance to houses: approximately 20 m Sighted inside the park
Yurihonjō, Akita
Sighted on the premises from inside the residence. Walked off to the west. Body length about 1 m. Approximately 10 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
Condition: 1 m Distance from dwellings: 100 m
Yurihonjō Utetsu, Akita
Witnessed while walking along the embankment on the Uchinokoshi side of Imogawa. Afterwards swam across Imogawa to the opposite side.
Yurihonjō Utetsu, Akita
Posted: It was on the roadside along the rice fields. When I honked the car horn, it ran off toward the mountains.
Yurihonjō Ushidera, Akita
Posted: Near the university
Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita
[Report] While driving, a bear crossed over from the opposite lane
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Spotted a bear (1 m). Direction of departure unknown; 10 m from the nearest house.
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[Report] Found on the roadside while driving
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It ran from the rice-field ridge, crossed the road, and ran into the rice field on the opposite side.
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The bear was running and wandering along the sidewalk beside the airport road. It crossed from the Honda side to the Shibano side.
Akita, Akita
[Report] I was driving slowly north along the field ridge that runs parallel to the road between the airport road and two rice paddies.
Akita, Akita
Post: Body length about 1.2 m. In broad daylight on a hill area. From the south-side woods heading toward residential area. Dangerous due to school commute time.
Akita, Akita
It came out from the farm road and went down the slope toward the Omono River.
Akita, Akita
Length: Unknown Distance to nearest house: Approximately 80 m Departed toward the mountain woods to the north
Yurihonjō, Akita
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Daisen, Akita
Posted: Spotted from my house. Walked through the rice fields and disappeared into the mountains. It was some distance away, so the size was unknown.
Akita, Akita
(Posted) It was in the tall grass and ran toward the mountains.
Akita, Akita
I was looking outside from the living room when a bear passed directly in front of the house, climbed up the slope, and was eating bamboo grass.
Akita, Akita
[Report] A bear was seen from a house window. It then departed to the east. Approximately 1 m.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving toward Akita City, I spotted a bear in the rice field beside the road. It appeared to be a cub. It was running toward Route 13. Body length about 1 meter.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita
[Post] A machine-like device (a device that plays dog barks to deter bears) was making a lot of noise. When I went to check, there was a bear wandering around the area.
Akita, Akita
Observed during a walk. It went up toward the cemetery park.
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It crossed the road.
Akita, Akita
One bear approximately 1 m (shoulder height) was sighted on the roadway. It left heading east. About 30 m from nearby buildings.
Akita, Akita
It was night so I couldn't see clearly, but a large dark mass ran off toward the mountains.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
A bear about one meter long came down the mountain slope.
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A young bear was crossing the road.
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Discovered large bear tracks in the field.
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[Post] In a fallow rice field, one adult and two cubs were eating something.
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On the morning of May 14, 2026, multiple bear sightings were reported around the Nice Arena area in Ishiwaki, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture. Sightings were also reported on the 13th; a bear was seen swimming in the Koyoshi River, and the prefectural police have warned residents to be cautious.
Yurihonjō 北裏地, Akita
A bear walked past in front of the house.
Akita, Akita
Body length: about 1 m Distance to houses: about 30 m
Yurihonjō 片町, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 100 m
Yurihonjō 観音町, Akita
Distance to houses: 50 m; Body length: about 1 m
Yurihonjō 北裏地, Akita
[Post] Sighted from a distance while on a walk
Yurihonjō 北裏地, Akita
[Report] Inside Shoto Park: an adult bear about 1 m (in size)
Yurihonjō 北裏地, Akita
At around 05:15 on May 14, 2026, a man in his 30s walking in a park at Ishiwaki Aza Ishinohana, Yurihonjo City, spotted a bear about 1 meter long. There were also sighting reports in the same area on the 13th, and the prefectural police have warned residents to be cautious.
Yurihonjō 北裏地, Akita
A bear was in the parking space of a shop. After that, it went up the slope that leads to the park on top of the mountain.
Akita, Akita
One bear, about 1.0 m. Distance to residences: approximately 200 m. Sighted in Ishiwaki Park ground.
Yurihonjō 巣組, Akita
Bear body length: 1.0 m. Fled from west to east.
Yurihonjō 日役町, Akita
[Report] A bear (1 m) crossed the rice field and climbed the mountain to the north along the farm road.
Akita, Akita
While driving on the outbound lane of the expressway, it crossed from the inbound lane toward the sea side and ran up into the mountains.
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1 bear, approximately 1.0 m
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
At around 15:20 on May 13, 2026, a man in his 30s resting in his car sighted a bear about 1 meter long in Yurihonjo City, Ishiwaki, Shimo-Chōronuma. The nearest house was about 20 meters away; the Yurihonjo police patrolled the area by cruiser and warned residents.
Yurihonjō 日役町, Akita
[Post] Strolling through a fallow rice field
Akita, Akita
A bear (1 m) was sighted near a residential property. It then left toward the woods to the east. Distance to the house: 5 m.
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Was walking in front of a private house.
Akita, Akita
While managing the rice-field water, I spotted a bear about 1 meter tall climbing up the mountain side. It looked at me and ran away.
Akita, Akita
A young bear was sighted near the field. It then walked away into the woods to the east. It was 5 meters from a house.
Akita, Akita
A bear (1 m) was sighted on a residential property. Direction of departure is unknown. Distance to the house: 3 m.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Came out from behind the shed at the house, 3 meters from the house
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Heading to Akita Airport.
Akita, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.0 m; Distance to houses: approximately 30 m; Left from the northern field toward the southern mountain.
Yurihonjō 中俣, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.0 m. Distance to houses: approximately 20 m. Walked away from the residential area toward the rice fields.
Yurihonjō 及位, Akita
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While walking my dog, I saw an individual cross the ridge path and enter the forested hill.
Yurihonjō 金山, Akita
While driving near Autoland Akita, observed one bear. It left toward the mountains. Body length about 1.5 m.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita
Distance to houses: 50 m. Body length: about 1 m.
Yurihonjō 荒町, Akita
Distance to the nearest house: 100 m Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō 荒町, Akita
On May 9, 2026 at around 07:30, an woman in her 80s in Tsuchiya, Yurihonjo City, saw a bear approximately 1 meter long on private property; a woman in her 30s driving by reported a similar sighting at the same time. At about 08:30, a man in his 60s spotted a roughly 1-meter bear in a rice field in Sanjo, Yurihonjo City. Police have warned residents to be cautious.
Yurihonjō 古川端, Akita
Distance to the house: 5 m. Body length: approximately 1 m. Went toward the mountain.
Yurihonjō 古川端, Akita
Distance to houses: 30 m Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō 古川端, Akita
Bear body length: 1.0 m. Fled into the southern forest.
Yurihonjō 二十六木, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.8 m. Distance to houses: approximately 120 m. Crossed the road from the rice field and left toward the mountain side.
Yurihonjō 館前, Akita
[Post] Standing by the guardrail on the downhill side of the expressway. Body length approx. 1.0 m.
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[Report] Mother bear and cubs found in parking lot
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While driving on the highway's outbound lane about 2 km from Kawabe JCT toward Daisen City, two bears were observed from a vehicle (1.0 m and 0.7 m). They ran off toward the left embankment.
Akita, Akita
There was a bear near the rice field. Afterwards, it went into the mountains.
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It was standing by the guardrail beside the highway.
Akita, Akita
Posted: When I went down the slope in Obari-no and turned right, I saw a bear running through a rice field. There were several people working in the fields nearby. It is unclear where it went afterward. It looked like a cub.
Akita, Akita
A great-grandchild who came to visit Grandma from Sendai said there was a very dark, fluffy one. The grandchildren moved to the second floor; five grandchildren were on that floor and movement was confirmed. It was about 80 cm long. It went out through the shrine torii, passed in front of the house next to it, went around the back of the neighboring house, walked along the rice-field bund, and entered the mountain across the way. The homeowner hurried everyone inside; their throat tightened from the shock and tension.
Akita, Akita
Found in a fallow rice field. When firecrackers were set off, it stood up, looked around, and then ran straight toward the mountain.
Akita, Akita
[Report] A juvenile bear, estimated to be about 70–80 cm, was in front of my house. It went from the east side of my house toward the north, into the mountains.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Sighted running away from a field
Yurihonjō 大内三川, Akita
[Report] While driving, a bear crossed the national highway and went behind a house.
Yurihonjō 大内三川, Akita
Around 9:20 a bear about 1 m tall was sighted. It crossed the road and went off toward the mountains. It was about 3 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed the bear crossing the road from a residence and moving toward the mountains. Bear size approximately 1 m.
Akita, Akita
Report: Around 9:20, a bear about 1 m in size was sighted. It crossed the road and left toward the mountain. It was about 3 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
Before 07:00 on May 1, 2026, a roughly 1-meter bear was spotted in a residential area of Kawabe, Akita City, and Kawabe Junior High asked parents to accompany students home. On April 29, a roughly 1-meter bear was also seen on the north breakwater of Akita Port; managers plan to use firecrackers and loudspeakers as countermeasures when the breakwater is opened.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 m in size was sighted on the residential property. It left to the north. 3 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.0 m Distance to houses: approximately 40 m
Yurihonjō 松本, Akita
[Post] A bear was sitting at the side of the Akita Road. When I passed by, it ran off into the mountain on the left.
Akita, Akita
One bear (body length approx. 1–1.2 m) was sighted outside the fence on the north side of Akita Airport. Firecrackers were used and it fled toward the mountain side (Prefectural Central Park side).
Akita, Akita
Sat on the far bank across the river. It was about 30 meters to the nearby house.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1.0 m tall walked away toward the southwest.
Akita, Akita
While driving from Kyōwa toward Akita Airport, a bear crossed in front of our car and then entered the woods. A vehicle of people gathering wild plants was parked nearby.
Akita, Akita
Body length: 0.8 m Distance to residence: 100 m
Yurihonjō 薬師堂, Akita
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In the past 30 days, 164 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 76 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 15 hours ago near Akita, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 18:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 129 km route runs from Kitaakita to Yurihonjo within Akita. In the past 30 days, 164 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 76 of them. The latest sighting was reported 15 hours ago near Akita, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
