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This 195 km route runs from Tendo to Semboku, passing through Yamagata and Akita. In the past 30 days, 230 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 24 of them. The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Yokote Maego, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
A single bear, over 1 meter in body length, was seen climbing a tree. The bear later came down from the tree, but because there were thickets beneath the tree it walked into, its direction of departure is unknown.
Yokote Maego, 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
A bear jumped out from the mountain area and ran off toward the river to the south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 350 m from residences.
Yuzawa 相川, Akita
One bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed in farmland. The bear then left toward the forested mountains to the south.
Yokote Maego, Akita
On the way back to the second parking lot from Kaiko Falls, near the parking area.
Senboku, Akita
(Post) Crossed the road and went into the stream.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
[Report] Crossed the area near the Lower House inner IC entrance from right to left as seen by a witness, which on the map is from north to south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 200 m to a private house.
Yuzawa Shimo-Innai, Akita
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
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
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
[Post] Sighted when getting out of the car
Yuzawa, Akita
After being seen in the watermelon field, it ran off toward the northwest hills. / Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Terauchi, Yamagata
It crossed from Ōse Kurano Bridge heading toward the mountains.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
After 12:00, it was seen on the road in front of Bōchū Community Hall. Startled by the sound of a tractor, it ran off toward the mountain. Body length about 1 m. About 1 m from a private house.
Yuzawa, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Yasuzawa, Yamagata
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
Captured / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Shimoogino Kamimura, Daisen City, Akita, around 6:00 AM on June 10.
Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Matsuokabochu, Yuzawa City.
Yuzawa, Akita
One bear about 1 meter long. Approximately 5 meters from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Posted: It was in the river under the bridge. Appeared to be an adult. It was large.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
One bear approximately 0.6 m in body length. About 50 m from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita
A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa, Akita
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Nozoki, Yamagata
A bear about 1 meter long ate cherries just before harvest at a cherry orchard in Shiratori, Murayama City.
Murayama 大字白鳥, Yamagata
Witnessed one bear believed to be the mother and two cubs; sizes unknown. Direction in which they left is unknown.
Yokote 睦成, Akita
A bear was sighted in Jonancho, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, around 14:35 on 2026-06-07.
Yokote Shirominami-machi, Akita
A member of the public spotted one bear about 1.5 m long in a rice paddy while doing farm work. The bear left heading north toward the embankment.
Daisen, Akita
Moved through the rice fields and entered the grounds of a vacant house.
Yokote 十文字町腕越, Akita
A bear that had been missing since the morning was seen emerging from nearby woods. The bear moved toward the Chūō housing complex and the Jūmonji Nursery School area. Its whereabouts after that are unknown.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Report] While working in the fields, an almost 1-meter-long young bear ran off toward Yamada Elementary School.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
[Report] Moved along a farm road and into the woods
Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita
Crossed the road about 500 m before the Jūmonji Interchange tollbooth toward the Yokote side.
Yokote 十文字町, Akita
[Report] While traveling on the Tohoku-Chuo Expressway from Yokote toward Yuzawa, an adult bear crossed from the west to the east (toward National Route 13). (Posting may be delayed due to heavy traffic to the site.)
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Post] (No description of circumstances)
Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita
Witnessed entering the brush (woods) on a highway embankment. Body length 70–80 cm.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
Moved to the cherry orchard on the west side / Environment: farmland / Size: unknown
Higashine 大字島大堀, Yamagata
While driving from the Nashinoki three-way junction toward Nishihara, I saw someone walking.
Yokote 十文字町西原二番町, Akita
A woman driving on National Route 13 in Nashi, Jūmonji-machi, Yokote City, spotted one bear crossing the road westward.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Report] While thinning apple trees, a bear about 1 meter long ran toward the railroad (west) about 10 meters in front of me. It quickly crossed the tracks and disappeared.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
A farmer working in an apple orchard spotted a single bear about 1 m in body length at a distance of roughly 20 m. The bear then went off toward the woods to the east.
Yokote Sotonome, 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
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 bear was sighted walking on a city road in Kamicho, Yokote City, around 4:45 p.m.
Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita
Post: About 1 meter long, it headed toward the Mizuho Road direction.
Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita
On 2026-06-05 around 16:30, one bear was seen moving in Yamada Yūgaoka, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
A bear approximately 60 cm in body length, appearing to have just finished climbing up a slope on the road in front of the dispensing pharmacy, was observed. When it made eye contact with the observer, it descended the slope and fled eastward into a rice field. The distance to the nearest house is about 200 meters.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
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
One bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted on the embankment of the Yokote River. The bear departed to the north.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Around 17:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Mutsunari Otoriyama Shita, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, and it was seen moving.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Observed a bear slowly walking north along the river-management road (the road on top of the embankment). The bear noticed a small pickup truck that came from the south and slowly entered the riverside brush. The river area is unmanaged and the brush is thick, so it was impossible to determine how the bear moved after that. The bear’s body length appeared to be about 1.4 m.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Report: I was walking along the embankment road behind the house toward the downstream side of the Yokote River when a small pickup truck approached from behind, so I went down into the brush on the embankment; after that I could not confirm (the animal/thing).
Yokote Yawata, Akita
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
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Sakegawa, Yamagata
Spotted a bear about 1 m in size in the riverside brush on the right bank of the Kawaguchi River. It moved eastward along the river.
Daisen Itaminai, Akita
[Report] A 1.2 m long bear left the embankment tail at the Ushirokawa drainage sluice and departed toward the Omono River.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Posted: It was located between the forest and the embankment.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Post: About 1 m in body length — ran off into the bushes toward Miiri nursery school
Yokote 杉目, Akita
A bear over 1.2 m in body length was seen entering the thicket north of Miiri Nursery School by a patrolling police officer. (Spotted while driving on the prefectural road. The bear was moving from east to west.)
Yokote 杉目, Akita
Crossing the road from the side opposite Yokote High School and entering the bushes
Yokote 杉目, Akita
A young bear about 30 centimeters long went from the river toward the grounds of Omagari Agricultural High School.
Daisen Onukitakabatake, 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
Several children (multiple) on their way home from school sighted an animal believed to be a bear and reported it fled eastward. City officials patrolled the area but did not find it. Body length unknown.
Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita
Sighted in a rice field.
Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita
Witnessed a bear moving eastward through the rice field west of Maruho Construction. Body length approximately 1.5 m.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
On the evening of 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted on a city road in Omagari Kanaya-cho, Daisen City.
Daisen Iida, Akita
A bear was sighted in Ota-machi Kunimizakuraushi, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita
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
Crossing the Akita Expressway
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
While traveling on the highway from Akita toward Omagari, I spotted a bear about 1 meter long in the forested area to the east, but it left immediately.
Daisen Nangai, 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
[Report] Observed one Asiatic black bear (approx. 1.2 m in body length) walking along the riverbank. The bear crossed the river and then left into the brush to the north.
Yuzawa, 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
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
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
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Yuzawa 字角間沢, Akita
A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa 字稲荷山, 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
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Gobono, Yamagata
Sighted at the railroad crossing near Kurata Factory. It ran away toward Yuzawa Station, parallel to the tracks. About 10 meters from a house.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
Two bears were sighted crossing a road in Koganehara, Yuzawa City, Akita.
Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita
A bear was sighted in Sugasawa-shinjo Sunada, Yuzawa City, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
[Report] Appeared near the Shinjo railroad crossing in Yuzawa City, headed along the farm road toward Yuzawa Station, crossed the tracks, and entered the Ugo Transportation parking lot. The bear believed to be the adult female is about 1.0–1.1 m in height; the bear believed to be a cub is about 0.7–0.8 m in height.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
[Report] Witnessed on the opposite side of the national highway from Yuzawa-kita police box. The witness was driving and passed by quickly, so the body length, number of bears, and movements are unknown. Estimated to be within 10 meters of a house.
Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita
One bear was sighted at Sugisawa Mori Michiue in Yuzawa City, Akita.
Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita
Crossed the road from the IC side
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
[Report] When I drove home, it ran away from in front of my house toward the grassy area. It looked small, so it appeared to be a cub. It was dark, so I couldn’t take a photo.
Yokote Akasaka, Akita
Observed a bear about 1 m tall crossing the highway. The bear left toward the eastern woodland.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
Observed a bear about 1 m in size crossing the highway. The bear departed toward the eastern woodlands.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
[Report] On the highway (Akita Expressway) near Daisen City Nangai, it was crossing the road from the west side toward the east side.
Daisen, Akita
A bear about 60 cm long was sighted near the Yuzawa High School ski jump. The bear went into the mountain. Distance to the nearest houses is about 100 meters.
Yuzawa 字東松沢, Akita
When I drove by, it stuck only its face out of the snow-melting ditch, then quickly pulled back in. At first I thought it was a raccoon dog, but its face (head) was completely black, so I posted because it might be a bear cub.
Yuzawa, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
An animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Iwasaki Mori-ai, Yuzawa City.
Yuzawa, Akita
In the afternoon of 2026-05-31, a bear was sighted in Shinmachi, Yuzawa City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 松岡, 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
[Report] (No description of the situation) The map point was in a different area, so the map point has been corrected based on the entered address and lot number.
Yokote 2-chome, 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
[Post]
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
[Post]
Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
Environment: Public facility / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama, Yamagata
[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
Two bears were sighted near the mountainside on the east side of the batting center. Their subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Distance to the nearest house: approximately 5 meters.
Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita
Around 7:40 on May 30, a bear was sighted in Nagano, Daisen City.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
A bear crossed the road. Body length unknown. It departed heading east. Approximately 30 meters from nearby houses.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita
Environment: golf course, hot spring facility / Size: young cub
Funagata, Yamagata
[Post] Under the bridge
Daisen Nagano, Akita
A surveillance camera at the Asakura water level observation station near Otorii Bridge captured one bear of unknown length moving downstream along the Yokote River.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Witnessed crossing the road from brush near Yokote High School and entering brush on the east side. Body length approximately 1 m.
Yokote 杉目, Akita
[Report] There were footprints in the field on the property of my home.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
There were footprints in the garden on the property.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
Sighted one bear approximately 1 meter in body length. The bear left heading east.
Yokote Myoei-cho, Akita
Witnessed a bear between the tennis courts and the field at Ootori Park. The bear went into the northwest brush. Body length approximately 1 m.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Otori-cho, Yokote City, Akita, around 8:05 a.m. on May 29.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Around 7:35 on May 29, a bear was sighted in Futsuyu Nakaodo, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
Spotted a bear about 1.5 m in body length.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long ran east through the rice fields.
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
Around 6:01 on 2026-05-29, a bear was sighted at Shingayachi Mizunomiba in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
[Post]
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
Captured / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Yasuzawa, Yamagata
Around 9:00 on May 29, a bear was sighted in Akinagicho, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote Myoei-cho, Akita
A bear was sighted in Mutsunari Hachimandada, Yokote City, Akita on May 29 around 12:50 PM.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Around 12:20 on May 29, a bear was seen moving in Mutsunari Yoshizawa Kamidai, Yokote City.
Yokote 杉目, Akita
Multiple people saw a bear from the Yokote High School side enter the brush on the south side. About 1 m in length.
Yokote 杉目, Akita
At around 3:50 PM on May 28, a bear moving was sighted in Mutsunari-Tsuruyachi, Yokote City.
Yokote 杉目, Akita
[Post] Walking along the embankment
Daisen Nagatoro, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Funagata, Yamagata
While doing farm work, I sighted a single bear about 1 meter tall in a rice field. It was approximately 100 meters from a residence.
Daisen Yotsuya, 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
One bear was sighted on a road at Higashizawa Reservoir in Murayama City and moved into the forested area.
Murayama 楯岡東沢, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on the road near Higashizawa Reservoir. It moved into the forest. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Murayama Shieldhill East Marsh, Yamagata
Two bears (a parent and a cub) were sighted on a city road near 10 Narusawa, Narusawa, Yuzawa City. The bears fled toward the mountain to the southeast. The adult measured 1.0 m in body length; the cub measured 0.6 m. The sighting occurred about 10 m from a residential area.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
A driver traveling on a prefectural road sighted a single bear about 1.2 m long crossing the road. The bear left and headed into the mountains to the south.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Kaneyama Yamazaki, Yamagata
[Post] There were footprints in the field, so I sent the photos to an acquaintance in the hunters' association to check. He said they were bear footprints and seemed fairly fresh.
Yokote, Akita
Bear-like animal tracks were found in Dai-Ichinoseki, Yokote City.
Yokote, 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
A bear was sighted moving in Nangai Oohata Kawazawa, Daisen City, Akita around 17:12 on May 27.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
[Report] Two bears in front of a house's garage
Yuzawa 岩崎, 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
[Post]
Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
A bear emerged from the brush on the right but quickly became out of sight.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
Around 08:40 on May 26, a bear was sighted in Narusawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
A bear was seen crossing a road in Kamabuchi, Mamurogawa Town.
Mamurogawa Kamabuchi, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Iwasaki Chitose, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, around 8:00 PM on 2026-05-26.
Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita
On 2026-05-26 afternoon, one bear was seen moving in Naganoarai, Daisen City, Akita.
Daisen 新下川原, Akita
Posted: Three bears (a parent and two cubs) were on the road; when a car approached they escaped into the bushes.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
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
At around 3:55 PM on May 25, a bear was sighted in Yasumoto Shimogoshono, Yokote City.
Yokote 安本, Akita
A bear was sighted in the parking lot of Astimo Co., Ltd. Body length unknown.
Yokote 安本, Akita
I witnessed an adult bear about 1 meter long crossing the front of my house through the former orchard and entering the snowbreak (windbreak) trees alongside the JR East railway tracks.
Yokote 安本, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Yasumoto Minaminihe, Yokote City.
Yokote 安本, Akita
[Correction] One bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted moving eastward in the order of Shimosaichūmura, Tarogoya, and Hyūga. *Multiple sightings reported. Incorrect: westward Correct: eastward
Yokote 下境, Akita
Around 11:40 on May 25, one bear was sighted moving in Shimokagari-Hinata, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote 下境, Akita
Observed a bear crossing Prefectural Route Nozaki-Jumonji and entering the grove of Yotsuya Rural Park. Body length approximately 1 m.
Yokote, Akita
Witnessed one bear entering the woods from near a cemetery. Body length unknown because the sighting was from a distance.
Yokote, Akita
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
[Post] Witnessed it leaving from a nearby farm road and going into the cemetery.
Yokote, Akita
According to Akita Prefecture, around 04:18 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Taiyū Tamura, Yokote City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
While traveling on the prefectural road, a single bear approximately 1.5 m in length was observed in the parking lot of Taiyū Nursery School. It then departed to the west. The distance to the nearest residence was about 10 m.
Yokote, Akita
A bear was sighted in Taiyū Shinmachi, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long crossed the road in front of the Oasis Hall in Kurokawa heading south and ran off toward the rice fields.
Yokote 黒川, Akita
[Post] A bear cub was running through the rice field. Diagonally across from the fire station.
Senboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita
[Post] This morning, when I went to the field, there were footprints.
Daisen Hanadate, 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
While driving, a bear emerged from the brush and ran off toward the Tamagawa area.
Daisen Yariminai, Akita
Size: Adult
Funagata, Yamagata
According to the tracks, it headed north from the sighting location / Size: adult
Shinjo, Yamagata
Report from a passing woman / Size: Unknown
Mamurogawa Hiraoka, Yamagata
Size: Adult
Higashine, Yamagata
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
Observed a bear moving from north to south along the Oodangawa River near Hibashi Bridge / Size: juvenile
Murayama 大字林崎, Yamagata
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
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Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Observed one cub crossing the road from south to north / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Odashima, Yamagata
[Post] There is one adult bear in the forest
Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
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Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Around 6:50 on 2026-05-20, a bear was sighted in Shimonobaru Kakekakida, Kakunodatemachi, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字羽入, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult and cub
Obanazawa Nyu, Yamagata
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
Size: cub/juvenile
Oishida Tazawa, Yamagata
It was wandering near a prefectural road. Body length approximately 1 m, direction of departure unknown, distance to buildings 10 m.
Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Yokote construction firm Hasshin Kensetsu used a drone equipped with an infrared camera to survey bear habitat and captured footage this spring of three bears believed to be a parent and two cubs. The drone detects heat signatures and is used for locating bears in forests and investigating sites of human-bear incidents.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
Size: Unknown
Higashine, Yamagata
Size: Unknown
Funagata Tomita, Yamagata
[Report] One cub-like bear sighted on the riverbank embankment. Several police cars are on the scene.
Daisen Otacho-Komaba, Akita
[Post] Walking inside the park
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Daisen Takazekikamigo, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter in body length crossed Route 105 from east to west.
Daisen Takazekikamigo, Akita
Spotted one bear approximately 80 cm in body length in farmland.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
One bear spotted walking on farmland. Body length about 1 m. Distance to the nearest house about 30 m.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
One Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) was sighted near YUZAWA Clean Center Co., Ltd., and the police were notified. The bear ran off to the east. Police are patrolling the area. The sighting location was about 300 m from residences; the bear’s body length was 1.0 m.
Yuzawa 下関, Akita
Posted: It was sitting on the mountainside facing the road. When a car passed, it returned up the slope. Body length about 1 meter.
Yuzawa 酒蒔, Akita
[Post] (Posted May 19, 16:57; no description of situation)
Misato 境田, Akita
Was roaming near Sankōen
Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata
Just after 04:00 on May 18, 2026, one bear was sighted near Sankouen in Chuo, Murayama City, Yamagata Prefecture. The city warned of the possibility of further sightings and urged residents and passersby to carry noise-making devices like bells or radios and to secure their homes.
Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata
Sighted a bear moving on National Route 13 from east to west (on the grounds of Sankōen). / Size: adult
Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata
I spotted a small bear about 50 cm long in the bushes, but it soon disappeared from the area. The direction it went is unknown.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
A single Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) was sighted within a residential property in the village and reported to the police. The bear ran east from the area. Police patrolled the vicinity but did not locate it and there were no nearby damages. The sighting occurred a few meters from a house; the bear’s body length was about 1.0 m.
Yuzawa 松岡, Akita
Was seen entering the mountain / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Motoaikai, Yamagata
Around 11:00 on May 17, one bear was seen entering the mountain in Fukudayama, Shinjō City, Yamagata Prefecture. Based on its size, the bear is believed to be a juvenile.
Shinjo Fukuda, Yamagata
Size: Adult
Shinjo Tsunozawa, Yamagata
Footprints believed to be from a bear were found in the field.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Discovered what appears to be bear tracks in the field.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Peak activity at 6:00 with 21 incidents
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
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In the past 30 days, 230 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 24 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Yokote Maego, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 6:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 195 km route runs from Tendo to Semboku, passing through Yamagata and Akita. In the past 30 days, 230 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 24 of them. The latest sighting was reported 7 hours ago near Yokote Maego, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
