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This 4.4 km route runs from Semboku to Daisen within Akita. In the past 30 days, 46 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
Crossed the prefectural road heading west and was walking on the farm road on the west side. Body length approximately 1 m. Direction of departure: south of the scene. Distance to the nearest house: about 20 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
One bear about 0.5 m in body length. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
A bear about 50 cm long was sighted in a parking lot in Nakagasawa, Kakunodatemachi, Semboku City.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
[Report] A cub about 1 meter long tried to cross the road but saw a car, made a U-turn, and went back into the mountain.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
I was walking beside the rice field.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita
(Post) Crossed the road and went into the stream.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
On the residential property; body length approximately 0.8 m; direction of departure: north; distance to the house: approximately 3 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kakunodate-machi Shimonobe Kikketanda, Semboku City.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
It crossed from Ōse Kurano Bridge heading toward the mountains.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
A single bear about 1 m tall was sighted. Direction it fled is unknown. Distance to residential house: 10 m.
Daisen Kami-Uguisuno, Akita
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
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
[Report] Moved along a farm road and into the woods
Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita
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
Posted: Found along the riverbank; whereabouts since then unknown.
Senboku Nishikicho-Kobuchino, Akita
Witnessed a cub about 70 cm long in a rice paddy. Drove it toward the river using a kei truck’s horn. Distance to the nearest house: 100 m.
Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
Sighted in a rice field.
Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ota-machi Kunimizakuraushi, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita
[Report] One bear approximately 1.2 m long sighted. Distance to the nearest house: 10 m. Direction of departure: unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, 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
Spotted a bear while driving. It appeared to be trying to enter a building. Size and direction of travel unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
A bear about 1 m in size was sighted near the Murasho plant. It ran off to the south. Distance to the building: 20 m.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
Witnessed a bear about 1 m tall running south along the prefectural road. Distance to the house: 10 m.
Daisen Nagano, Akita
[Report] Spotted a bear about 1.2 m tall. It left heading south along the riverbank.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
While driving, I saw one cub about 50 cm long. It headed toward Kakunodate along the national highway. Distance from houses: 50 m.
Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
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
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Daisen Nagano, Akita
I was standing in the river fishing and, as I was about to get out, I stopped to look at my phone for a moment when something moving caught the corner of my eye — a bear! It was about 1 meter in size. Before I noticed it, the bear was in the river about 20 meters away. When our eyes met, the bear seemed startled and raced out of the river, fleeing into the bushes. After that, the bear appeared to be panicked and was running back and forth on Nagano Bridge (when I told a local I met at the Nakasen roadside station about the bear, they said they had just seen a panicked bear on the bridge).
Daisen Nagano, Akita
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Daisen Kitanagano, 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
I didn't see the bear itself, but there were bear tracks on the rice paddy embankment and in the field next to my house. From the direction of the tracks, it likely moved from west (Tamagawa direction) to east (toward AEON Nakasen store).
Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
A bear crossed the road. Body length unknown. It departed heading east. Approximately 30 meters from nearby houses.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita
[Post] Under the bridge
Daisen Nagano, Akita
A bear was seen moving around at Kitanagano Nakagawara, Daisen City, around 7:30 a.m. on 2026-05-28.
Daisen Nagano, Akita
One bear about 1 m in size was seen coming out of the Tamagawa riverbed and entering a nearby thicket. Distance to the nearest house: 200 m.
Daisen Nagano, Akita
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
Observed one bear approximately 1 meter in length. Direction it left is unknown. About 10 meters from a nearby residence.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Witnessed moving from along the railway toward the national highway. Size unknown. Distance from residences: 200 m.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
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Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
Peak activity at 7:00 with 6 incidents
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In the past 30 days, 46 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 7:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 4.4 km route runs from Semboku to Daisen within Akita. In the past 30 days, 46 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 2 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
