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This 182 km route runs from Sakata to Noshiro, passing through Yamagata and Akita. In the past 30 days, 567 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 80 of them. The latest sighting was reported 5 hours ago near Akita, 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 Yamagata, Akita.
【投稿】田んぼ脇の橋を渡り、ゆっくりと茂みの中に歩いていった。
Akita, Akita
小熊(50cm)を路側帯で目撃した。民家まで300m
Akita, Akita
【投稿】道路を横断して山を登っていった
Akita, Akita
環境: 工業地帯 / 大きさ: 成獣
Sakata 宮海, Yamagata
Two bears were sighted near Senaga-jima in the Kujukushima area. Each was about 1 meter in body length.
Nikaho 田の神, Akita
Around 7:00 on 2026-06-14, a bear was sighted in Ōshima, Kisakata-machi, Nikaho City.
Nikaho 田の神, Akita
(Posted) Crossed while driving—went toward the side with the pond.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
A bear was sighted in Terauchi-Ko, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
A black bear, about one meter tall, appeared to head toward the cemetery.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
On my way by car toward Iwami Sannai, I discovered a bear on the road to the left.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 60 cm in body length hid in the bushes beside the road.
Nikaho Kisakatamachi-Nishinakanosawa, Akita
When the brake lights of the car in front turned on, I saw a cub run from the road into the brush. As I drove past that spot, the cub was looking toward the road.
Noshiro Gongendai, Akita
On the way back from the airport, it was in the back of the field. It was looking toward the road. I don't think it was a cub.
Yurihonjō 岩城君ヶ野, Akita
(Posted) It was in the parking lot.
Yurihonjō, Akita
I saw a 1-meter-tall bear on the premises. It left in the direction of the Chuo Interchange. It was very close to the building.
Akita, Akita
Posted: In front of a private home's entrance. Police have been notified.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Near a private residence
Yurihonjō, Akita
(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange
Akita, Akita
Around 6:30 PM on June 13, a bear was seen moving in Asanai Kaminoyama, Noshiro City.
Noshiro Gongendai, Akita
A bear moving was sighted in Hatanosawa, Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City, around 10:03 on June 13.
Akita, Akita
When I was about to go to the convenience store, it ran across the parking lot.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
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Akita, Akita
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Akita, Akita
[Report] While walking my dog, I heard rustling in the bushes; when I looked, a bear stuck its head out. I heard it prowling in the undergrowth for a while.
Akita, Akita
I sighted one 1‑m bear that came out of the woods on the west side of the house and was walking on the road. It then returned to the woods to the southwest. Distance from the nearest building: 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Posted: Heading toward Akita City, it came out from the left, crossed the road, and crossed to the right.
Ikawa 赤沢, Akita
[Post] While driving toward the Yokoyama-Kanaashi Line, I saw it in the bushes beside a field. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
The bear crossed the slope near yesterday’s sighting, passed through residences, and left eastward along the drainage channel. Body length 1.2 m. One individual. Distance from building: 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Spotted a bear about 1 meter long in the brush beside the prefectural road. It fled into the brush on the south side.
Nikaho 鳥屋森, Akita
While driving, I sighted one bear approximately 1.0 m in body length. It departed into brush to the north. Nearest residence is 300 m away.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Near human residences / Size: Adult
Yuza 青塚, Yamagata
An adult bear was sighted in Hikoshi, Yuza Town, and tracks believed to be from the bear were also found in a field.
Yuza 青塚, Yamagata
Posted: Walking right beside the river and wading in it. Body length about 1.6 m.
Akita, Akita
Crossed in front of the car and went into the brush
Noshiro, Akita
There was one by the side of the road. About 80 cm. It didn't run away even when cars passed.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving through, an adult bear about 1–1.5 m long crossed (in front of me) from the forest.
Akita, Akita
Bear tracks from one bear were found on the coast. The tracks go from north to south through the brush for about 380 m. Track width approx. 10 cm, length approx. 15 cm.
Nikaho Ryozenji, Akita
Posted: It went down the road toward the houses.
Akita, Akita
An adult bear was sighted in a field in Sakanobe-Shinden, Sakata City, and the field owner reported it to police.
Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata
One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted within the facility grounds. Direction of departure is unknown. Approximately 10 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted by a man on a facility premises in Goshono-Shimoshutsutsumi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving toward Izumi, I thought something was in front of me — it was a bear. It ran off toward the funeral hall area.
Akita, Akita
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Yurihonjō, Akita
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Yurihonjō, Akita
A bear about 1.5 m tall walked north along the road in front of the shipping company.
Nikaho Konoura, Akita
[Report] It appeared to be a cub, as it was relatively small. It crossed the limited-access road and entered the brush toward the parking lot of Akita Prefectural Central Park.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A large, solid adult (bear); showed no sign of trying to run away.
Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Sakata 黒森, Yamagata
Body length about 1 m; distance to houses about 140 m; headed east
Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita
Encountered a bear about 1 meter tall while walking. It went off to the south.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
(Report) It was on the road ahead while I was driving. When it noticed the approaching car, it immediately ran into the bushes.
Mitane Amasegawa, Akita
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Akita, Akita
Sighted one bear eating cherry fruits. Body length approximately 1 meter.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
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Yurihonjō 古川端, Akita
On the night of June 10, one bear was spotted on a sidewalk in Kinoura Toranagane, Nikaho City.
Nikaho Konoura, Akita
Bear sighted on the road. Went east. Body length about 1 m.
Nikaho 三丁目塩越, Akita
Spotted a bear on the road. Body length about 1 m. It walked from north to south.
Nikaho Hirasawa, Akita
[Post] While driving from the Kawabe area toward Akita Chuo IC, a cub about 50 cm long was walking on the sidewalk.
Akita, Akita
Bear droppings believed to be from a bear were discovered on the path between the park and the daycare center.
Akita, Akita
[Report] An animal believed to be a bear ran off
Akita, Akita
Distance to house: 10 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m.
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
Distance to houses: 300 m. Bear length: 1.5 m. Found under the highway. Moved toward the mountain side.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Distance to house: 100 m; Bear body length: 1.0 m
Yurihonjō 浜ノ町, Akita
One bear was seen swimming in the Koyoshi River in Idodori, Yurihonjo City, from a riverside parking area.
Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita
While driving, I spotted a bear about 1 m in length in a rice field. It left toward the forest to the east. There are no buildings nearby, but there is a building approximately 400 m to the west.
Akita, Akita
Encountered a bear about 100 meters before the traffic signal heading from the golf practice range toward Yokogane Line. The bear was approximately 60–80 cm and climbed over the fence from the road into the thicket.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A bear appeared on campus
Yurihonjō 梵天谷地, Akita
Distance to houses: 500 m Height: about 1 m
Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita
[Report] One cub approximately 50 cm long. Spotted emerging from the road shoulder while driving on the Akita Expressway toward Noshiro. Turned back and left.
Akita, Akita
Body length: 1 m; distance to human residence: approximately 10 m; departed toward the forest to the north.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Bear sighted on middle school grounds: one bear, approximately 50 cm; left the area and went into the forest about 20 m east of nearby residences.
Akita, Akita
60 cm, one bear, left toward the forested mountain area 10 m west of nearby building
Akita, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m; Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō 観音町, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 400 m
Yurihonjō 北裏地, Akita
In Yurihonjo City Tsurunuma, a woman fell and injured her arm after being startled by a bear on her home premises.
Yurihonjō Tsurunuma, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m
Yurihonjō 和泉町, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m; Distance to houses: approximately 10 m
Yurihonjō 和泉町, Akita
Distance to houses: 5 m; body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Around 13:30 on 2026-06-09, a bear was sighted in Matsugasaki-Miyanogo, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita
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Yurihonjō, Akita
Distance to nearest house: 5 m; Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō, Akita
[Post] A bear about 1 m (tall)
Akita, Akita
(Post) Walked slowly eastward through the grassy area.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m; Bear body length: 1.0 m; Moved north
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Distance from houses: 10 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m. Departed traveling from east to west.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
It ran along the farm road. It wasn't that big.
Akita, Akita
[Post] It was walking right next to the railroad tracks. I couldn't tell whether it was a cub about 1 meter long or a full-grown bear.
Akita, Akita
Body length about 1.2 m. Distance to the house about 5 m. Headed onto the grounds of a nearby residence.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Was running eastward in front of Yasuragi-en
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
[Report] Spotted while driving. Its fur was shining black from the rain. I don’t think it was a meter tall. It was walking eastward through a residential property.
Akita, Akita
One bear cub ran across the rice paddy toward the mountain.
Nikaho Innai, Akita
Body length approximately 1 m. Distance to houses approximately 10 m. Headed toward the north-side road.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
[Report] Was climbing a tree at a private house. Came down from there and ran west, destination unknown. Body length about 1 m. Distance to house: 0 m.
Akita, Akita
Was walking like a dog. About 7 meters from a house. Believed to be the same individual as the nearby bear.
Akita, Akita
Distance to houses: 30 m. Body length: about 1 m. Entered the bamboo grove on the south side.
Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita
At around 10:00 on 2026-06-08, a bear was seen moving at Ishiwaki Benkeigawa in Yurihonjo, Akita.
Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita
At a chicken coop in Kawabe Moriyama-ne, Akita City, a bear ate 9 of 20 chickens. The about-1m bear stayed at the scene and was culled as a nuisance animal.
Akita, Akita
Sighted within residential property. Bear approximately 1 m in size.
Akita, Akita
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Akita Shogunno-aoyamacho, Akita
A man spotted one bear about 1 meter long crossing a city road from east to west in Tsuchizakiminato-kita 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the premises of Akita Bank Kōhoku Branch. The distance to the building was about 5 meters. It left toward the residential area to the west.
Akita, Akita
An elderly man saw one bear about 1 meter long crossing the road on a city road in Tsuchizakiminato-kita, Akita City.
Akita Iijima-Naganonakacho, Akita
[Post] I thought I saw something move in my car mirror, and when I looked closely there was a bear.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ishiwaki Yamanokami, Yurihonjo City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Tsuchizakiminato-kita 6-chome, Akita City.
Akita Kohoku-shincho, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m; body length: about 1 m; headed in the direction of National Route 7.
Yurihonjō 片町, Akita
Distance from houses: 0 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m. Fled toward the mountain forest to the north.
Yurihonjō 葛法, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.5 m Distance to houses: approximately 5 m Crossed the road and left to the south
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m Departed to the east
Yurihonjō 南福田, Akita
[Report] While doing farm work, I witnessed a bear that crossed the Kawarashi Bridge from the village side, crossed the prefectural road, and moved toward the rice fields. One bear about 1 m (in size).
Akita, Akita
Observed one bear moving toward the woods to the north. Body length approximately 1 m.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
Sighted while driving. It was running along the road next to the rice fields. It appeared to be an adult, over 1 meter in length.
Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m. Distance to houses: approximately 10 m. Departed toward the woods to the south.
Yurihonjō 南福田, Akita
A bear was sighted on the premises of a special nursing home in Harabutazawa, Noshiro City.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 70 m Direction of movement: unknown
Yurihonjō 南福田, Akita
Around 10:15 on June 7, a bear was sighted moving in Yanagita-Otomosawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Observation: A bear ran across the road from the western grassy area toward the eastern hillside on the route from Taihei Hatta to Soegawa, crossing at a distance of about 1 meter from me. An elderly man was working in the nearby western grasses, so I immediately called out and warned him.
Akita, Akita
Near the 129 km marker on the Akita Expressway, outbound lane: a collision between a bear and a vehicle. The bear was crossing from left to right (west to east) and the vehicle could not avoid it, with the rear of the vehicle striking the bear. Direction the bear went after the incident is unknown.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Body condition: 1 m. While heading from Gojome toward Kami-Iwakawa, (the bear) was 1 m beside a house. It ran from along the road toward the mountains.
Mitane Kamiiwakawa, Akita
[Report] While driving from Kyowa toward Akita City, I sighted an individual approximately 1 meter in body length.
Akita, Akita
Around 06:17 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Yuwa-Tsubakigawa Komasakadai, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Posted] Encountered it as I left the workplace to go home.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
Witnessed a bear walking on the road from south to north. Body length approximately 1 m.
Nikaho Hata, Akita
While riding my motorcycle, a bear about 1 meter tall ran alongside me as if fleeing — I panicked.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Sighted while driving
Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita
Distance to houses: 700 m. Body length: approximately 1 m.
Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita
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Akita, Akita
A juvenile bear about 40 centimeters long suddenly crossed the road at speed from the farm side.
Noshiro Makabechi, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.5 m Distance to houses etc.: approximately 20 m Left from the north side toward the south
Yurihonjō 荒町, Akita
[Post] Near Koto Oka General Gymnasium — Road leading to Kinbutsubai Park
Mitane, Akita
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Mitane, Akita
[Report] A bear that came from the direction of the town office left heading toward the mountain.
Gojome 川崎, Akita
[Report] While traveling from Akita Minami IC toward Akita Chuo IC, a bear crossed from the left to the right. Adult bear, 1.5 m — size comparable to bears at Kuma-Kuma Park.
Akita, Akita
[Report] In front of Kawabe Junior High School gate: a cub about 80 cm ran from the Raikochi apartment complex toward the grove of mixed woods.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya Raiguchi, Akita City, around 08:40 on 2026-06-06.
Akita, Akita
I spotted a bear about 50 cm at the shoulder on the ground. It ran south toward the shrine. It was close to the building.
Akita, Akita
While driving on a municipal road toward Yurihonjo City, I observed one bear walking across a rice field from east to west. Estimated body length about 1 meter.
Nikaho Serida, Akita
Around 8:10 a.m. on June 6, a bear was seen moving in Serita Shin-Suwanomae, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture.
Nikaho Serida, Akita
Distance to residence: 50 m. Body length: 1.0 m. Witnessed walking from west toward the mountains to the east.
Yurihonjō, Akita
[Report] While attempting to cross the road along Route 13, it noticed a car and descended the slope.
Akita, Akita
While driving on National Route 13 from Akita toward Omagari, a bear entered the highway from the shrubs on the small hill on the left, tried to cross the road to head toward Wada Station, but was blocked by the central divider fence. It attempted two or three times to ram through the fence to get out but couldn’t, and then fled back into the shrubs on the hill it had come from.
Akita, Akita
It crossed in front of my car, almost colliding with it. Its body length is unknown.
Hachirogata Masaka, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kanada, Kanazawa Horinai, Akita City, and was seen moving.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1.0 m in body length was sighted on the premises. It left toward the forest to the north. It was 50 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
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Yurihonjō, Akita
It (the bear) walked leisurely from the rice paddy toward the mountains.
Akita, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Kanaashi-Iwase-Oomote, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Iwaki-Niko, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yurihonjō 岩城二古, Akita
Distance to houses: 140 m; Bear body length: 1.0 m; Escaped toward the western forest
Yurihonjō, Akita
It ran from the direction of the river, crossed the road, and headed toward the parking lot behind the facility.
Yurihonjō Higashi-Ayukawa, Akita
[Report] While driving, observed a creature that appeared to be a bear cub walking on the road; it moved toward the mountains and disappeared.
Akita, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m. Body length: about 1 m. Moved eastward along the railroad tracks.
Yurihonjō 薬師堂, Akita
(Post) One adult female bear and two cubs were running toward the national highway.
Yurihonjō Higashi-Ayukawa, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.0 m Distance to houses: approximately 20 m Crossed the highway from the seaside and left eastward.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Report: Encountered a bear about 1 m in body length while walking in a park. Distance approximately 50 m. It left heading southeast.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted in a park in Goshosodai 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
While waiting at a traffic light, it crossed from the bushes on the right to the bushes on the left. The right side is the national highway side.
Akita, Akita
Around 6:24 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted moving in Shimohama Nagasawa Urata, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.
Akita, Akita
A bear approximately 1.2 m long was in the rice field to the east across from the house. After heading north, it left toward the river to the east. Distance from the building: 30 m.
Akita, Akita
A black bear about 1 meter long crossed a field from the mountain behind a house and moved back toward the mountain.
Akita, Akita
I was walking when I spotted one in the bushes. When I made a noise, it ran off toward the north (the prefectural road side).
Akita, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Taihei Hatta Fuzunosaki, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] A single Asiatic black bear (about 70 cm) entered the forest.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was on the front porch. Startled, I went into the house and watched; it then entered the neighbor’s property. It was about 10 meters from the building.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in Taihei Hatahata, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] A bear about 80 cm in size was found in front of a house entrance. It then headed toward the stream and left.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 80 cm in body length crossed the road to the north. Distance from the building: 10 m.
Akita, Akita
Body length about 1.2 m. Distance to the nearest house about 1,500 m. Headed from the rice field toward the forested mountains to the north.
Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita
[Report] A single bear cub suddenly appeared from the bushes as it joined National Route 13 from the Amano side.
Akita, Akita
Report: An adult bear was spotted on the roadside.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed a bear leaving eastward from the parking lot. Body length approximately 1 m. 5 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving, there was only a small bear cub wandering around the center of the road.
Akita, Akita
Around 10:00 on 2026-06-04, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A 50 cm-long cub was walking along the road. It ran off toward a forestry road.
Akita, Akita
Around 08:55 on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted in Fujisaki Ebigasawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita
Body length approximately 0.5 m. Distance to houses approximately 150 m. Situation: Witnessed on the slope on the east side.
Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita
[Post] Was walking
Yurihonjō 小防ヶ沢, Akita
Around 6:50 a.m. on June 4, a bear was seen moving in Okawa-cho, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō Okuwamachi, Akita
There was a bear about 50 cm tall.
Akita Hodono-Kanasamachi, Akita
[Report] Kumano Shrine, Iwaki-Kameda, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture
Yurihonjō Iwaki Kameda Kamedamachi, Akita
Around 00:15 on June 4, a bear was sighted in Iwaki Kameda Atagomachi Takajocho, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō Iwaki Kameda Kamedamachi, Akita
Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Kanadashi-Horiuchi, Akita City. It was seen moving.
Akita, Akita
Around 11:00 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was seen moving in Yakushido Dounoshita, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 薬師堂, Akita
Around 13:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Goshono Tsutsumidai 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
(Posted) Ran away
Akita, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m. Bear body length: 1.5 m. Fled toward the cemetery on the north side.
Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita
Posted: Came out from the brush trying to cross the road. When the car horn was sounded, it went back into the brush. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
Body length: about 1.0 m Distance to residence: about 20 m Departed toward the sea
Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita
While patrolling rice fields by car on a farm road, I encountered a bear that had come down from the mountain on the west side onto the road. It noticed me and climbed back up the west-side mountain. Body length just under 1.0 m.
Akita, Akita
[Report] After finishing work, while driving as usual, I saw a bear crossing the roadway.
Akita, Akita
Moved from the grassy area in the center of the neighborhood toward the Inari shrine on the mountain side. Nearby is the Kitanoda Park Arena tennis courts.
Akita, Akita
Was walking in the middle of a rice paddy. When I honked the horn, it ran away behind a shrine. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
Around 5:25 PM on 2026-06-03, a bear was sighted in Kawabe-Kitanoda-Takaya-Odaka, Akita City, and it was seen moving.
Akita, Akita
[Report] I was running near a place with a firefighter’s shed, then it went into a private house.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Around 4:20 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagida-Otomozawa, Akita City, and was seen moving.
Akita, Akita
It ran out onto the highway. It ran across to the opposite lane and fled.
Akita Yanagida, Akita
[Post] A bear about the size of a small cub was sniffing the grass on the sidewalk. I didn't see any sign of its parent.
Akita, Akita
On 2026-06-03 around 15:40, a bear was sighted in Owamihiratootorimaki, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.
Akita, Akita
Two bears sighted in a vacant lot beside the regional farm road. Two bears, each about 1.2 m in body length. Direction of departure unknown. 10 m from a building.
Akita, Akita
While driving on Route 13, I saw the face of one bear in the bushes directly across from Boatpia Kawabe.
Akita, Akita
Around 1:45 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Maeda, Kawabe-Kitanoda Takaya, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
One bear was spotted moving in Ashikawa Kubogawahara, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Body length approximately 1 m; distance to houses approximately 10 m; Situation: headed toward the mountains to the south.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Witnessed from inside a car. It slowly moved toward the north embankment.
Akita, Akita
Body length approximately 1.0 m. Was climbing a tree near Tsurumai Stadium.
Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long fled east through the rice fields near Mimori railroad crossing.
Nikaho Mitsumori, Akita
Crossing the road
Mitane, Akita
Body length approximately 1 m. Distance to houses approximately 10 m. Situation: Headed east toward the mountain.
Yurihonjō 親川, Akita
Number of animals unknown
Yurihonjō 親川, Akita
[Post] About 80 cm in length — a small bear cub was walking through the brush between houses.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Near Kotomozawa Bridge, a black bear cub was standing on the sidewalk. It ran into the woods just before a vehicle passed by.
Akita, Akita
I witnessed a cub walking away in the direction of the community center. It was 30 meters from a private house.
Akita, Akita
Body length about 1.0 m. Headed north from the Otaki (Co., Ltd.) parking lot.
Yurihonjō 浜三川, Akita
According to Akita Prefecture, a bear was sighted in Kawaguchi Shobosaki, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō Akanumashita, Akita
[Post]
Yurihonjō 八幡下, Akita
Distance to residence: 5 m; Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita
Around 5:50 AM on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoyamaeda, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
I spotted a bear on the Akita Road. It walked off to the north. One bear about 1 m (tall). Approximately 1 km to the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
[Report] At around 3:30 AM, a black animal about 50 cm ran off to the east.
Akita Izumiichinotsubo, Akita
At around 1:20 PM on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Kitanodakoya Kuronuma Shimotsutsumishita, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 11:00 on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Wada Shikida, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Kamishinjo Nakasodegawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ogawa-Oigata, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 親川, Akita
Around 11:00 on June 3, in Oshikawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture, a man in his 90s was bitten on the hand and shoulder by a bear while working in a field and suffered minor injuries.
Yurihonjō 親川, Akita
Around 11:00 on 2026-06-03, a bear appeared in Oikawa Miyano-shita, Yurihonjo City, Akita, and attacked a person.
Yurihonjō 親川, Akita
Around 2:40 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagita Ishigami, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 10:55 on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Yamagomori, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A creature that looked like a bear cub was near the Welfare Hall of Akita National College of Technology.
Akita Iijima-Naganonakacho, Akita
A bear cub about one to two times larger than a cat walked toward the community center.
Akita Kohoku-matsunocho, Akita
(Post) Was running in the parking lot within the Silver Area (near the tree). Went off somewhere immediately.
Akita, Akita
An ALSOK patrol officer sighted a bear approximately 1.5 meters long in the parking lot northeast of the Cosmo Koki factory. The bear left heading toward the mountain to the north. It was 150 meters from the factory.
Akita, Akita
An ALSOK patrol spotted a 1.5-meter-long bear in the parking lot northeast of the Cosmo Koki factory. The bear left heading toward the mountain to the north. It was 150 meters from the factory.
Akita, Akita
An ALSOK patrol spotted a bear about 1.5 meters long in the parking lot northeast of the Cosmo Koki factory. The bear left heading toward the mountain to the north. It was 150 meters from the factory.
Akita, Akita
[Report] On campus
Yurihonjō 梵天谷地, Akita
[Post]
Yurihonjō 鮎瀬, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to residences: approximately 500 m
Yurihonjō 荒町, Akita
Distance from houses: 10 m, Bear body length: 1.5 m
Yurihonjō 浜ノ町, Akita
A woman in her 70s spotted one bear on a city road in Idori, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita
Posted: In front of Tersa. The same bear is in the same spot. It’s been watching constantly.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A bear and her cub were along National Route 13.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Location: between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 m from the main entrance of Tersa. Observed one adult Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma). Bear size about 1.0 to 1.2 m. Probably the same individual seen on May 29. Weather: clear. Temperature: 24°C.
Akita, Akita
Distance from houses: 100 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m. Fled from west to east into the mountains.
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
Approximately 1.0 m in body length. Sighted at Mitsukimori Park.
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
[Post] My daughter said she saw it while coming home from school. Near the entrance to Pinocchio Park.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1.0 m long that was swimming in the Koyoshikawa River was sighted coming ashore near Honjo Port.
Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita
Body length about 1.0 m. A bear was sighted swimming in the Koyoshi River southwest of Sugawara Hospital.
Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita
A bear over 1.5 m long ran at high speed, crossed the road, and went down toward the Red Cross Hospital side.
Akita, Akita
Crossing the road near the wind turbine
Noshiro 字塞ノ神, Akita
Observed one approximately 1-meter-tall bear. It fled to the east.
Noshiro Makabechi, Akita
[Post]
Yurihonjō Sakanamachi, Akita
A badly damaged unidentified body was found on a hillside behind a residential area in Kawabe-Wada, Akita City.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted 100 meters north of the residence. The bear walked off continuing north.
Akita, Akita
In Kawabe-Wada, Akita City, a 73-year-old woman was attacked by a bear and died while mowing grass.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
While weeding on the property, I was attacked.
Akita, Akita
A woman was found dead in a mountain forest near her home in Kawabe-Wada, Akita City, and investigators considered that she may have been attacked by a bear.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
[Post]
Yurihonjō, Akita
Spotted a bear from the kitchen. Direction when it left unknown. The screen door was torn. One bear about 1 m (long/tall).
Akita, Akita
Saw a bear from the kitchen. It left and its whereabouts are unknown. The screen door was torn. About 1 m (away/long).
Akita, Akita
Observed one bear. Body length unknown. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
Around 4:00 AM on June 2, a bear was sighted in Kawabe Moroi Nakamichi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Crossing in front of a car
Akita, Akita
A young bear poked its head out from the woods, then disappeared back into the trees.
Akita, Akita
I went outside and it walked past the front of the entrance.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed on the slope near Honjō Park
Yurihonjō 尾崎, Akita
Approximately 1.5 m long. Headed from Ozaki Ground toward Honjō Park.
Yurihonjō, Akita
At around 1:50 on the 1st, a bear sighting was reported in Omote-Ozaki Town, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita
Body length approximately 1.5 m; distance to houses 30 m; situation: headed toward Kadare
Yurihonjō, Akita
Inside Honjo Park, climbed up toward the Shushinkan direction
Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita
Posted: It ran off immediately. I only saw one, but there are fields and such nearby.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Around the 77.3 km marker on the Akita Expressway, moving from the road into the mountains
Akita, Akita
Distance from houses: 10 m. Bear body length: 1 m. It ran off toward the mountain behind.
Yurihonjō 小防ヶ沢, Akita
A woman in her 50s driving a car spotted a bear about 1 meter long at Honjo Park in Osaki, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō 切通, Akita
A bear was sighted in Osaki, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita
[Post] Two cubs with their mother bear
Akita, Akita
While driving, a single bear about 60 cm crossed the road from north to south and then left into the woods on the south side. There are no buildings nearby.
Akita, Akita
Two bears about 1.0 m and 0.5 m in body length crossed the road heading west.
Katagami, Akita
A bear was sighted in Nisimemecho Amashibaki Kitazawa, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
Bear body length: 1.0 m Distance to residences: 20 m
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
A man in his 40s preparing for grass-cutting saw one bear sitting inside a shrine grounds in Nishime-cho Amihashi, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Shimokitate Hotokawa Ubagasawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Tenno Kitano, Katagami, Akita, around 06:30 on May 31.
Katagami, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kamishinjo Gojuttō Kobayashi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
It was on the road, so I honked the horn and it ran off into the woods on the Sky Dome side.
Akita Yuwa-Tsubakikawa, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m; Distance to houses: approximately 300 m; Crossed the road from the mountain/forest side toward the seaside
Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita
Sighted on the road from Shiki no Machi toward Motokiyama. Near a bamboo grove. It ran off when a car approached.
Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Motokiyama-ne, Showa Okubo, Katagami City, and was seen moving.
Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita
[Report] One bear sighted. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
[Post]
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
Distance to houses: 250 m Body length: approximately 0.6 m
Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita
Distance to the house: 1 m Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
It came out of the grassy thicket, noticed the car, and turned back.
Akita, Akita
[Post]
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
[Report] One bear sighted. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
Was attempting to cross the road. Noticed a car and went into the brush on the north side.
Ikawa 赤沢, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Sakamoto-Onoji, Ikawa Town, Akita Prefecture, around 6:18 a.m. on May 30.
Ikawa 坂本, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Yuwatsubakigawa Okutsubakidai, Akita City, around 03:51 on May 30.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Saw a bear crossing the prefectural road from north to south. Size about 80 cm. Moved into the woods on the east side.
Akita, Akita
While driving, after passing the entrance to Motokiyama Park — I spotted a bear in the brush on the left between there and the point where the road begins to descend toward the traffic light.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita
I spotted it in the grassy area near where I passed Motokiyama Park. It was about the size of an adult, not a cub.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita
[Report] The location was between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 meters from the main entrance of Tersa. I sighted one adult Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma). The bear’s size was about 1.0–1.2 meters. The bear entered the park-side thicket once, but then returned to the same spot. After that it repeated disappearing into and reappearing from the thicket three times, and finally disappeared into the thicket. At that time, there were only a few cars in the parking lot. Also, traffic between Tersa and Aeon was not heavy. Weather: clear. Temperature: 18°C.
Akita, Akita
Posted: Parking space for Kuroneko Yamato truck
Akita, Akita
A family of Asian black bears (Tsukinowaguma) was wandering around a Yamato Transport truck. The adult was about 120 cm and the cub about 60 cm. The bears wandered for about five minutes before leaving to the south.
Akita, Akita
Around 13:30 on 2026-05-29, a bear was sighted in Nishimecho Deto Hamayama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Bear approximately 1 m in length, about 1 m from a residence — one bear spotted in front of a house entrance.
Yurihonjō, Akita
[Report] A single bear ran from the rice field toward the mountain on the road between Toyoiwa Rice Center and Hihaisto.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A giant bear
Akita, Akita
Distance to houses: 200 m; Bear body length: 1 m
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
Body length approximately 1.5 m; distance to houses approximately 10 m.
Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita
Body length approximately 1.5 m; distance to residence approximately 50 m.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Body length approximately 1.5 m. Sighted on the sandy beach on the west side of the gas station. Direction of departure unknown.
Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita
On 2026-05-28 morning, a bear was seen moving in Kanazawa Kata, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
One bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was observed crossing Akita Showa Line from the rice paddy on the southwest side of the sighting location and leaving toward the rice paddies to the northeast. Distance from the nearest building: 50 m.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While driving on the road between rice paddies, a bear about 1 meter long was running. There are houses nearby.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kanazotakaoka Inaribayashi, Akita City, around 08:30 on May 28.
Akita, Akita
As I was about to get out of the car, I noticed it walking past alongside the driver's door.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Nishimemachi Numata Shindo-shita, Yurihonjo City, Akita, around 5:00 PM on May 28.
Yurihonjō, Akita
On 2026-05-28 at night, a bear was sighted in Goshono Jizodai 4-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] One cub about 60 cm
Akita, Akita
At around 21:53 on 2026-05-27, a bear was sighted in Shimokitate Tomogawa Urugasaki, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Distance to nearest house: 1,000 m. Body length: 1 m. Collided with a moving vehicle and then departed.
Yurihonjō 西目町出戸, Akita
Around 19:35 on 2026-05-27, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kamikita-Saruta Futatsudera, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving, a black animal that appeared to be a bear was moving in the woods. Body length over 1 m.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Spotted a bear from inside a car near the river. It seemed agitated, swinging its head back and forth. Size was under 1 meter, thin build.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kamikita-te Funo-Wakinoda, Akita City, around 18:45 on May 27.
Akita, Akita
A fairly large bear. It was fat. There is also a school for students with disabilities nearby.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata
Saw it while driving; when I honked the horn it ran away.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Sakata 十里塚, Yamagata
Distance to houses: 10 m. Condition of the bear: one individual. Crossed the national road from south to north and moved toward the subdivision area.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Staff at a geriatric health care facility for the elderly sighted a 1.5-meter bear on a path south of the facility, about 50 meters from the facility. The bear left heading toward the southern mountains.
Akita, Akita
[Report] R7, from the highway side toward Motokiyama Park
Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita
A bear was sighted in Goshono-Motomachi 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While taking an early-morning walk, I spotted one bear. It's on an elementary school student’s route to school, so I think it's dangerous.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:40 PM on 2026-05-27, a bear appeared in Nishimemachi Degosaruta, Yurihonjo City, Akita, and collided with a car.
Yurihonjō 西目町出戸, Akita
A bear was sighted in Minamigaoka 2-chome, Akita City, on 2026-05-27 afternoon.
Akita, Akita
One bear walked along the boardwalk at Takeshimagata and fled north into the rice fields.
Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita
A bear about the size of a cub was seen walking.
Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Shikado, Mitane Town.
Mitane Kado, Akita
(Report) Crossing the prefectural road from south to north while running. Body length 1.0 m–1.2 m. No houses nearby.
Mitane Kamiiwakawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kuromori, Sakata City.
Sakata 黒森, Yamagata
Size: Adult
Sakata 黒森, Yamagata
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
Around 8:20 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Nishimecho Dedomahama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to dwelling: approximately 500 m
Yurihonjō, Akita
Near the intersection in front of Kinpo Junior High School — sighted a bear walking toward the sea along the road.
Nikaho Konoura, Akita
On 2026-05-26 around 06:50, one bear was seen moving in Konoura Korota, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture.
Nikaho Konoura, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kurokawa Iwataka, Nikaho City, Akita, around 17:30 on May 26.
Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakōya-Kanda, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Post: Nights of May 25–26 — At Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine honeybees built a nest, and a bear that targeted them appeared over two nights. There were multiple bear claw marks on the shrine’s lower wall panels.
Akita, Akita
There's a big bear outside the house.
Akita, Akita
Around 20:25 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Goshono-Jizoden 4-chome, Akita City.
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
Ran from the road to the back of the house and headed into the mountains.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Moon-ringed bear droppings. Two round pieces.
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.
Akita, Akita
On a private road, one bear about 60 cm was sighted. It left toward the mountains to the east, 20 m from a house.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A bear cub was running along the farm road.
Yurihonjō 陳ケ森, Akita
Around 5:05 PM on 2026-05-25, one bear was seen moving in Magarisawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō 曲沢, Akita
A 1.0‑m bear was sighted on the roadway. It then moved away into the woods to the west. It was 400 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
In Maekawa-Sakaida, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture, one bear was seen moving around.
Nikaho Maesawa, Akita
One bear crossed the highway from west to east.
Nikaho Otake, Akita
Post: One newborn bear emerges from the bushes but soon returns
Akita, Akita
While mowing, I spotted one bear about 1.0 m in body length. It moved northwest.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita
One bear approximately 1.0 m in length sighted; moving south.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawafunabashi, Akita
One bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was sighted. It was reported to have moved north.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita
Two bears approximately 0.8 m and 0.5 m in length were sighted on a farm road near Kusaochi Shrine.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita
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
One bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Aikawa, Akita City.
Akita Yuwa-Aikawa, Akita
[Report] Was walking on the municipal road in front of a house. Destination unknown.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1.5 meters long was running. It went into the forested mountain area.
Akita, Akita
Around 8:00 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted moving in Yuwa-Aikawa Mukaidai, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kanazawa-Takaoka Inari Hayashi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:00 on May 25, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Chibarayama, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 12:35 on 2026-05-25, a bear was seen moving in Showa Toyokawa Tsukinoki Omiya, Katagami City, Akita Prefecture.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawafunabashi, Akita
Around 8:00 on May 25, a bear was sighted in Fukuyama-Yokoyama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.
Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita
On the morning of 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Showa Toyokawa Tsukinokizawa, Katagami, Akita.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita
[Report] While driving on National Route 285 toward Kamikoani, I almost ran over a bear near the center line but was able to avoid it.
Gojome 富津内富田, Akita
[Post]
Yurihonjō 北ノ股, 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.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Observed two individual bears remaining on the roadway at the rear of a line of vehicles stopped at a traffic signal.
Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita
Post: An adult (over 1 m) crossed the road.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed a mother and cub bear east of the municipal road
Nikaho, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long crossed the Akita Expressway northbound.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Attempting to cross a highway
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.
Akita, Akita
[Posted]
Akita, Akita
Sighted one bear swimming across Kurogata and walking toward the eastern mountains. About 1 m in length. Near Kunpu-en.
Nikaho Innai, Akita
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.
Akita, Akita
A bear (1 m) crossed the road in front of Wannam Pier and departed to the southeast. It was 10 m from nearby buildings.
Akita, Akita
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
Report: One bear sighted. Size and direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
Distance to houses: 100 m; Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita
[Post] The moment the carcass of a wild boar that had been floating in the pond washed up on the shore, a bear emerged from the undergrowth and was devouring it.
Akita, Akita
One bear sighted on the west side grounds of Meio High School. Body length 1.0 m. Departed into the southern thicket. Distance from school building: 30 m.
Akita, 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
700 meters from a private residence
Nikaho Kisakatamachi-Hongo, Akita
Body length 1.2 m. Was in the field; later left the area.
Mitane Ukawa, Akita
[Report] One approximately 1-meter bear sighted. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kaminotegofuruno Fukadazawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Traveled from north to south through the T-shaped intersection at Otake Hall. Body length approximately 50 cm.
Nikaho Otake, Akita
A passerby sighted one bear, approximately 70 cm. It was 10 m from Nissan Motor Company. The bear departed toward the Terauchi direction.
Akita Yabase-Miwacho, Akita
(Posted) Appears to be a cub; ran off toward the New National Highway direction.
Akita Yabase-Shinkawamukai, Akita
Distance to houses: 50 m. Body length: 1 m. Fled westward.
Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita
While traveling from Toraike Katagami toward Prefectural Route Oga-Shōwa Iidagawa, one bear about 0.7 m in body length was observed. It moved in the direction of the western woodland.
Katagami Iitagawa-Shimoabukawa, Akita
Bear body length: 1.0 m. Distance to residences: 50 m. It walked away toward the mountain.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Likely passed by a house and headed toward the mountains.
Nikaho 鳥の海, Akita
One bear moved from in front of Shisumiike Hall toward the pond. Body length approximately 1 m.
Nikaho 鳥屋森, Akita
Bear body length: 0.8 m Distance to homes/buildings: 50 m
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Observed while driving. Spotted one bear approximately 50 cm in body length crossing a T-intersection from north to south. It left heading into the woods to the south. Nearest building: 300 meters away.
Akita, Akita
Report: Found an adult bear in the field. When I honked the horn it ran off toward the north.
Mitane Ukawa, Akita
While eating, believed to be a parent and child.
Akita, Akita
Around 4:00 PM on 2026-05-22, a bear was seen moving in Kisakata-machi Yotsumii, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture.
Nikaho 鳥屋森, Akita
Around 11:00 on May 22, a bear was sighted in Ukawa-Nakadate, Mitane Town, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Mitane Ukawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ishiwaki Yamanokami, Yurihonjo City.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Around 8:00 PM on 2026-05-22, a man walking on the Akita Tenno Line (Shin-kokudo) in Yabase, Akita City, spotted a bear about 70 cm long. The bear went north.
Akita Yabase-Dojonumamachi, Akita
Around 18:40 on May 21, a woman in her 60s at home spotted a bear about 1 meter long in a field in Takasaki, Gojome-machi, Akita Prefecture (Takasaki aza Suzumedate Shimokawara). According to the Gojome police, the bear was about 10 meters from a nearby house, and the police have warned residents to be cautious.
Gojome 字上町, Akita
A bear was sighted in Takasaki Tanaka, Gojome Town.
Gojome 字上町, Akita
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Gojome 字上町, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m; Body length: about 1 m
Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita
[Post] Running along the rice paddy ridge
Akita Yotsugoya-Koaji, Akita
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Akita, Akita
A cub went from my yard into the bushes to the east. Body length about 50 cm.
Nikaho 上狐森, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kogamori, Kisakata-machi, Nikaho City.
Nikaho 上狐森, Akita
A single bear cub was seen in the woods beside the road. Its body length was about 50 cm.
Nikaho 上狐森, Akita
Around 15:00 on May 21, 2026, a bear about 60 cm long was sighted in a rice field in Matsuba, Kisakatacho, Nikaho City by a woman in her 50s driving a car. According to the Yurihonjo Police, the site is about 140 meters from the nearest building, and other sightings have been reported nearby; the police are urging residents to be cautious.
Nikaho 上狐森, Akita
Observed a large bear in a field. One bear. Direction of departure unknown. Distance from building: 50 m.
Akita, Akita
A facility user sighted a bear on the perimeter road. Body length 60 cm. Appeared small. Left heading south. Distance from the building 50 m.
Akita, Akita
Officer on patrol sighted it. Body length about 1.0 m. One individual. Departed toward the northwest.
Akita, Akita
A police officer on patrol sighted a bear. Approximately 1.0 m in body length. One individual. It left heading west.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Ran along a path and entered a private home's yard.
Akita, Akita
Spotted a bear walking from my property to the neighboring lot. Body length 1.0 m. One bear. Moved east and left. Distance from the building: 5 m.
Akita, Akita
One bear sighted on the premises. Body length 1.0 m. Left heading east. Distance from buildings: 2 m.
Akita, Akita
While driving, I sighted one bear. Body length 1.0 m. It departed to the south. Distance from the building: 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Left south along the city road adjacent to Gosho-no Third District Park. Body length 1.0 m. One individual. Distance from the building: 10 m.
Akita, Akita
Body length: approximately 1.0 m Distance from houses: approximately 10 m Left heading toward Ishiwaki Ground
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Spotted a bear while driving. Body length 1.0 m. It departed to the west. 10 m from the building.
Akita, 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
After running along the road, it went into the yard of a private residence.
Akita, 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
While on duty, one bear was sighted on a municipal road. It was wandering around the area. Body length approximately 1.0 m. Direction in which it left unknown. Distance from buildings: 5 m.
Akita, Akita
At around 10:50 on the 21st, a man in his 50s working nearby spotted a single bear about 1 meter long in Goshono Jizoida 2-chome, Akita City. The Akita East Police warned residents and patrolled the area by patrol car, noting that a junior high school and high school are approximately 300 meters away.
Akita, Akita
At about 10:35 a.m. on May 21, a bear approximately 1.2 meters in length was sighted by a man in his 70s at a park in Nyudojima, Kisakata-cho, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture. According to the Yurihonjo police, the bear was about 10 meters from a nearby house, and the police have warned residents to be cautious.
Nikaho 象潟島, Akita
Witnessed one bear running inside Nyudojima Children's Park. Body length approximately 1 m.
Nikaho 象潟島, 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
It was crossing the road from under the elevated highway and eating grass in the woods.
Ikawa 坂本, Akita
Distance to houses: 10 m; Body length: approx. 1 m
Yurihonjō, 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
A bear about 1 meter tall was walking on the road. Startled by a car, it ran off toward the railroad tracks.
Katagami Showa-Okubo, 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 the house: 10 m; Body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō, Akita
Distance to houses: 50 m; body length: approximately 1 m
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, 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.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Adult bear. Went in the direction of Hoshitsuji Shrine.
Akita Hodono-Torimachi, Akita
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Akita, Akita
[Post] Bear.
Akita, Akita
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.
Akita, Akita
Report: While I was walking, there was a bear about 140 cm tall in the forest underbrush.
Akita Senshu-meitokumachi, Akita
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.
Akita, Akita
[Post] In the bushes beside the cafe
Akita Omachi, Akita
Moved through the back of the residential property toward Izu Shrine, then relocated to the forested hills to the north.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawakamiabukawa, Akita
Crossed the road and headed south.
Noshiro, Akita
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Akita Izumi, Akita
[Report] While commuting from the Sanno direction toward Akita Station, I saw a bear in a parking lot. It was a single cub, about 70 cm long.
Akita Omachi, Akita
Was trying to cross the road. When a car came, it went back into the bushes.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted on company premises. Body length: 1.0 m. It departed southward. Distance from the building: 10 m.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Oomachi 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita
Report: After getting off at Izumi-Sotokawashi Station and exiting toward the Sotokawashi side, there was a bear in the park on the left. Its eyes were shining in the dark. Body length unknown.
Akita, Akita
[Post] I was running along the riverbank.
Ikawa 葹田, 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
Size: Adult
Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata
Witnessed while walking along the embankment on the Uchinokoshi side of Imogawa. Afterwards swam across Imogawa to the opposite side.
Yurihonjō Utetsu, Akita
Sighted near Mutsumi Landscaping and Civil Engineering
Katagami, Akita
Distance to houses: 5 m. Body length: about 1 m. Moved toward the mountains.
Yurihonjō, Akita
[Post] It was on the road while heading from Sannō toward the station. It was near a daycare center.
Akita Hodono-Torimachi, Akita
[Report] Was running in the direction of travel on the highway, then made a U‑turn and started running off again.
Gojome 浦横町, Akita
It was a cub about 5–60 cm. It was walking along, but when I rang the bear bell I had, it ran off toward the station.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A limping bear climbed up the hill behind the houses.
Akita Izumikamanomachi, Akita
[Post] Spotted walking on the expressway
Gojome 大川西野, Akita
[Post] A young bear about 50 cm crossed the road.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita
One bear (1.5 m) sighted near the highway interchange
Hachirogata Kawasaki, Akita
I saw a black object larger than a dog. It went into the trees near a house. Its movements were fairly slow, and it appeared to have a problem with its right leg.
Akita, Akita
[Report] A young bear was in the rental parking lot next to the 7-Eleven.
Akita Hodono-Torimachi, Akita
Sighted behind a shop on Torimachi Street.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita
A cub was on the riverbank's edge.
Akita Omachi, Akita
[Post] There was something like a bear in the company's grove. I was too scared to look properly, but it was not a dog. Bigger than a dog, about just under 1 meter.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita
[Post] I went to clean the trash area and saw something like a bear in the park at the back, got scared and ran away. It climbed over the fence toward the Leopalace side and disappeared. It had an injured leg.
Akita, Akita
[Report] During pick-up/drop-off, it was at the corner of the house. It looked like a bear with bad legs. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
A single juvenile bear was in the shrine grounds. About 70–90 cm tall. Not as tall as 1 m. It was in the shrubbery at the edge of the wooded area, then walked eastward.
Akita Omachi, Akita
[Post] While riding on the bicycle path I saw a black object at the roadside. It was limping on its right leg. A bear from the day before yesterday?
Akita, Akita
Observed one bear. Body length approximately 1.0 m. It went toward the mountains to the south.
Nikaho Hirasawa, Akita
Around 11:00 on May 19, 2026, a teenage man riding a bicycle spotted a bear about 1 meter long on the premises of a business in Hirasawa Sakaida, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture. According to the Yurihonjo Police, the nearest house is about 150 meters away and the police have warned residents to be cautious.
Nikaho Hirasawa, Akita
[Report] A bear cub was walking along the river. It walked in the direction of Chiaki (Senkyu) Park.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita
Posting: Eating something in the same spot. I’ve seen it every time I go for the past two or three days.
Akita, Akita
[Post] On the way back from fishing I found something like a bear in the grass. I think its body length was about 70 cm. When I honked the horn it ran away.
Akita Omachi, Akita
Body length: approx. 0.7 m. Distance to dwelling: approx. 1.0 m. Went away toward the mountains.
Yurihonjō 岩城下蛇田, 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
Size: Adult
Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata
One bear was sighted in a rice paddy 50 m south of Takara (Tamakawa?) Community Center. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
On the way back from the Kawabata area, I saw one young bear. Its body length was about 70–80 centimeters. It was alone in an open space that looked like a parking lot.
Akita Omachi, Akita
In the early morning of May 19, 2026, a roughly 70-cm bear was sighted in front of Neburi Nagashi-kan in Omachi, Akita City at about 02:30. At 09:50 a similarly sized bear-like animal was seen near a nearby parking lot. Subsequent sightings were reported along the river, at a shrine, and near a supermarket, and authorities say the bear may still be in the area.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita
On 2026-05-19 a bear was sighted on the Akita Expressway near Gojome Town; when a driver slowed down the bear, startled, ran alongside the car. The driver said that if it had been dark they might have collided, and prefectural police report there have been three vehicle collisions with bears this year.
Gojome Noda, Akita
There was a bear in a rice paddy. I saw it from a distance from the road; it was relatively large. It seemed to be walking slowly.
Akita, Akita
About 1 m long. It was running through a rice field. It headed toward the mountain to the south.
Mitane Sotooka, Akita
Post: A cub was wandering around. When I approached by car, it ran away.
Mitane Sotooka, Akita
Witnessed a bear running north along a path through the rice fields.
Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita
One bear about 1 m long was observed crossing a municipal road from the rice fields on the south side toward the Nikaho area.
Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita
Observed one bear approximately 1 m tall. It fled from east to west.
Noshiro 字塞ノ神, Akita
It ran from the rice-field ridge, crossed the road, and ran into the rice field on the opposite side.
Akita, Akita
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) Crossed the Nihonkai Tohoku Road heading toward the sea.
Nikaho Konoura, 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
While driving on the prefectural road toward the hospital area, I spotted one bear crossing. Body length about 1 m.
Nikaho, Akita
[Post] While walking from Izumi-Sotoasahikawa Station I saw a black moving object. Larger than a dog, about 1.2 m. It looked like its front leg was injured.
Akita, Akita
Around 04:20 on May 18, a black bear about 1.2 meters long was sighted near JR Izumigaoka-Akihikawa Station in Sotoasahikawa, Akita City; it appeared to have an injured front paw. On May 17 in the same area, a bear believed to have an injured front paw entered a private property, and police responded by setting off firecrackers.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed leaving the road heading north while in motion. Body length 1 m. 10–20 m to buildings.
Akita, Akita
Body length 1 m. Crossed from east to west.
Mitane Toyooka-kinden, Akita
Body length 1 m. Crossed from east to west.
Mitane Toyooka-kinden, Akita
[Report] While walking, I saw a bear moving from the mountain toward the Seria area. It appeared to be dragging one of its legs as if injured. It might be the same individual as the one seen around 5 p.m.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed crossing the road toward the mega-solar (solar power) site. Body length about 1 m.
Nikaho Tazukami, Akita
Around 18:10 on May 17, 2026, a man in his 30s from Noshiro City driving along National Route 7 in Noshiro-shi, Kaibuchi Aza Furuyabu, spotted one bear about 1 meter long. The bear crossed the road from south to north toward fields; the nearest building was about 10 meters away, and the police have issued a warning.
Noshiro Kairagefuchi, Akita
At around 17:45 on May 17, one bear was sighted on the grounds of a private home in Gaikasugawa, Sango-dena, Akita City. The Akita Rinko Police Station has not confirmed whether the bear left and is continuing to monitor the area, saying the bear may still be on the property.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Passing through Sotoasahikawa Anpasu. Came out in front of a car, went through the irrigation channel behind Maruhan Sotoasahikawa, crossed from Akigin Sotoasahikawa branch toward the dentist opposite, entered the grounds of the house behind the dentist, and is believed to still be on that property. Appears to have an injured right front leg and was limping while running. Body length about 1.2 m.
Akita, Akita
Crossed the road toward the north side (the wholesale market side). Body length about 1.2 meters.
Akita, Akita
Posted: Walked along what looked like a waterway/irrigation canal next to the currency exchange
Akita, Akita
Post: About 80 cm. Right front paw injured.
Akita, Akita
Crossed from the southwest to the northeast side of the intersection. Body length 1 m. 10 m from a building.
Akita, Akita
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Akita, Akita
It was limping, about 1 meter.
Akita, Akita
Observed one bear approximately 1 m tall in the field.
Nikaho Innai, Akita
[Post] A bear crossed the new national road near Kusautsugawa.
Akita, Akita
While resting at the bottom of the stairs, I spotted a bear about 1 meter tall.
Nikaho, Akita
A cub was walking
Nikaho, Akita
[Report] Crossed the road
Noshiro 字塞ノ神, 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
A police officer driving by witnessed it running across the road from west to east. Body length 1 m. 5 meters from a private house.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
[Report] Passed across the garden embankment from west to east. Body length about 1 meter from snout to tail. Caution needed as this was in a residential area.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita
Witnessed by visitors at Gokoku Shrine. Left toward the east side of the shrine. Body length 1.5 m. Distance from buildings unknown.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita
At around 13:15 on the 17th, a man visiting the prefectural Gokoku Shrine in Terauchi Ohata, Akita City, saw a bear approximately 1.5 meters long. The bear moved eastward, was about 20 meters from the nearest building, and the Akita Rinko Police are patrolling the area by patrol car and warning residents.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita
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Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita
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Akita Terauchi-Yakeyama, 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
[Report] While walking on the nature observation park’s boardwalk, I saw a bear in the brush at the forest edge about 50 meters away. It noticed me and went into the woods.
Gojome 富津内下山内, Akita
A single bear cub crossed the city road toward the mountains.
Nikaho Maesawa, Akita
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In the past 30 days, 567 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 80 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 5 hours ago near Akita, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 17:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 182 km route runs from Sakata to Noshiro, passing through Yamagata and Akita. In the past 30 days, 567 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 80 of them. The latest sighting was reported 5 hours ago near Akita, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
