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This 63 km route runs from Morioka Castle to Semboku, passing through Iwate and Akita. In the past 30 days, 91 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 12 of them. The latest sighting was reported 23 hours ago near Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
I was walking beside the rice field.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita
Observed one bear crossing the road.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
On the way back to the second parking lot from Kaiko Falls, near the parking area.
Senboku, Akita
One bear sighted in the hot spring facility's parking lot
Morioka Kagano, Iwate
In the rice field, about 1 m in body length, moving away toward the south (where houses are located). Approximately 20 m from the nearest home.
Senboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Tazawako Obonai-machi Tada, Senboku City, around 8:45 a.m.
Senboku, Akita
Around 4:00 PM on 2026-06-12, a bear was sighted in Myojin, Shizukuishi Town, Iwate Prefecture.
Shizukuishi, Iwate
A bear about 1 m in size was sighted near Nakasen Community Center Uginono Branch. Direction it ran is unknown. Distance to the nearest house: 30 m.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Shimoogino Kamimura, Daisen City, Akita, around 6:00 AM on June 10.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
One bear about 1 meter long. Approximately 5 meters from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
While working in a rice field, the reporter spotted one medium-sized bear on the lower slope of the nearby mountain. They scared it off with a rocket firework, and it fled up the mountain.
Morioka Kagano, Iwate
Observed two bear cubs on a farm road. Each about 0.5 m in body length. They departed heading north. Approximately 100 m from nearby houses.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Yamayakawasaki, Akita
One bear approximately 0.6 m in body length. About 50 m from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita
[Report] A bear about 1 meter in body length crossed the municipal road from the farm road toward the woods to the east.
Senboku, Akita
A bear was sighted in Nishianiwa 26 District, Shizukuishi Town, around 04:30 on June 8.
Shizukuishi 下長根, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.
Morioka, Iwate
[Report] Moved along a farm road and into the woods
Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita
There are signs that the bear is fixating on the feed.
Morioka, Iwate
One bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. Direction it left is unknown. Approximately 5 m from a nearby house.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Ogata, Akita
A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted and moved off to the south. It was about 50 m from a nearby building.
Senboku, Akita
A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Tazawako-Umezawaofu, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture, around 8:30 AM on June 5, and it was seen moving.
Senboku Tazawako-Umezawa, Akita
One bear approximately 1.5 m in body length. It departed toward the northern mountain area. Distance: 10 m.
Senboku Tazawako-Umezawa, Akita
On the evening of 2026-06-05, a bear was sighted moving in Tazawako Sotsuda Shibakura, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture.
Senboku, Akita
A bear-like animal was sighted in Sanbonyanagi 4-chiwari, Morioka City.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
A single bear about 1 meter long was sighted and walked off to the east. It was approximately 20 meters from nearby houses.
Senboku Tazawako-Okazaki, Akita
Posted: Found along the riverbank; whereabouts since then unknown.
Senboku Nishikicho-Kobuchino, Akita
One animal believed to be the size of a large dog plus a bit larger, thought to be a bear, was sighted moving toward the Kitakami River.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
Walked on the residential property and entered toward the mountain. Body length approximately 1.3 m. Departed heading east toward the mountain. Distance to nearest house approximately 3 m.
Senboku Tazawako-Okazaki, Akita
Sighted in the river channel, body length approximately 0.8 m, direction when leaving unknown, approximately 200 m from a residence
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita
One approximately 1-meter-tall bear was sighted. It ran east and entered the brush. Distance to the nearest residence: 100 meters.
Daisen Toyokawa, Akita
An adult bear was behind the garbage collection point near the caller’s home; afterward it ran off toward the forest.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
At the Takahora Mountain trailhead, five hikers sighted a mother bear with her cub.
Shizukuishi 下長根, Iwate
There are bear tracks at the hands-on farm located on the south side of the elementary school.
Morioka Kagano, Iwate
A passerby spotted two bears — a mother and her cub — and they ran off into the woods on the north side.
Morioka, Iwate
Witnessed one bear running eastward toward the cemetery from the tea field intersection.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 10:35 on May 30, a bear was seen moving in Kakunodatemachi Iwaseshitano, Senboku City, Akita.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
[Report] A friend contacted me saying there appeared to be a bear on the riverbank behind my house. I looked from a second-floor window and saw a bear walking along the bank from downstream toward the iron bridge. When I shouted loudly, it hurriedly went down the embankment toward the river, and its whereabouts after that are unknown. There happened to be an angler under the iron bridge about 100 meters away; the police arrived, issued a warning, and the angler left. It was a large bear for an adult. It was within 10 meters of a house.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Walked within the property toward the river; body length approximately 1 m; direction of departure west (toward Hinokinai River); distance to the nearest house about 1 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
[Report] From the area near Kawahara Hall, the bear crossed the rice fields from around the Wabisakura signboard, headed toward the fields, and is wandering near houses.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
A bear crossed the road. Body length unknown. It departed heading east. Approximately 30 meters from nearby houses.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita
Spotted one juvenile near a house.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
Passed through the residential property and disappeared toward the forested mountains to the north.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
Three bears (one adult, two cubs) sighted
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
Around 9:40 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Sumiyoshi-cho, Morioka City.
Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate
A bear about 60–70 cm was seen walking near a house. It was observed walking toward the west (river). Afterwards it was reported to have climbed up the levee. Distance to the residence: 20 m.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Furukawabata, Shimogungo, Daisen City, and was seen moving.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
Around 5:30 PM on 2026-05-27, a bear was sighted in Omyojin, Shizukuishi Town, Iwate Prefecture.
Shizukuishi, Iwate
Was walking about 500 meters north.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
Saw what appeared to be a bear and its cub at night.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
Saw what appeared to be a mother bear and her cub at night.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
One bear was sighted running away toward Lake Gosho near the Sakura Garden area of Gosho Lake Regional Park.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
Observed one bear approximately 1 meter in length. Direction it left is unknown. About 10 meters from a nearby residence.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
I heard that a resident witnessed it.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
An adult bear was spotted near the Tsunagi multipurpose sports field. It moved toward Lake Goshō.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
An adult bear was sighted near the Tsunagi multipurpose sports field. It moved toward Goshoko (Gosho Lake).
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
Witnessed a bear (might be a serow) moving toward Kotorisawa (northbound) near the intersection of Taiyo Street and Iwatesan Street.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
Around 4 PM on 2026-05-26, one bear was sighted in Tsunagi, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
There were what appeared to be droppings from a young animal on the road.
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
One bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted and left heading north. Distance to the residence was about 10 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Around 16:20 on 2026-05-25, one bear crossing a prefectural road was sighted by a woman in her 70s in Mizunomezawa, Kakunodatemachi, Senboku, Akita.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Tsunagi-... area of Morioka City around 16:20 on May 25.
Morioka, Iwate
There are bear tracks in the vegetable garden behind the house.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 8:30 on May 25, a bear was seen moving in Ueno, Kakunodate-machi, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
(Posted) It ran along the side of the building toward the back.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
[Report] One bear sighted; body length unknown
Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita
[Post] One bear of unknown body length sighted
Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita
Around 06:50 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Tazawako Kataichinowatari, Semboku City, Akita Prefecture.
Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita
An approximately 50 cm-long animal was rummaging through the garbage at the trash collection point. Direction of departure unknown. Approximately 3 m from a residence.
Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita
A single young bear was sighted near the road by the parking area of the Oirino Wetland Plant Garden in Goshoko Wide-area Park.
Morioka, Iwate
[Post] A bear cub was running through the rice field. Diagonally across from the fire station.
Senboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kakunodate-machi Yamatani Kawasaki Ueno, Senboku City, Akita, around 18:50 on May 23.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
[Post] Spotted while farming
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
An adult bear was sighted wandering in Shimomachi, Shizukuishi Town.
Shizukuishi 町裏, Iwate
A single bear about 60 cm crossed the prefectural road and ran off to the west. Distance to the nearest house: 50 m.
Daisen Toyooka, Akita
Around 07:30 on 2026-05-21, one bear was sighted in Natsusumori, Shizukuishi Town, Iwate Prefecture.
Shizukuishi 七ツ森, Iwate
A bear was loitering in front of a house entrance. Body length approximately 1.5 m. Direction of departure unknown. Distance to the house about 1 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kakunodatemachi Kawaranakakawara, Senboku City, around 6:00 AM on 2026-05-21.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
One adult bear (suspected) sighted
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.
Morioka, Iwate
[Post] There is one adult bear in the forest
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
An elementary school student on the way to school witnessed something that appeared to be a bear running from the Takenoko Square area of Koshika Park into the woods.
Morioka, Iwate
A bear was spotted near the facility. Police patrolled but could not find it, and announcements were made advising people to be cautious in the area.
Morioka Higashinakano, 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
A bear was in a farm field. Body length unknown. It departed toward the southeast. It was about 100 meters from nearby buildings.
Senboku, Akita
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
A large tree has been knocked down. I think it was a bear.
Morioka Higashinakano, 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
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In the past 30 days, 91 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 12 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 23 hours ago near Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 8:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 63 km route runs from Morioka Castle to Semboku, passing through Iwate and Akita. In the past 30 days, 91 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 12 of them. The latest sighting was reported 23 hours ago near Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
