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This 33 km route runs from Wakimoto Castle to Kubota Castle within Akita. In the past 30 days, 121 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 15 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Akita, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
One bear about 90 cm long was sighted from a car in a mixed woods in Terauchi-Kizakura 3-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Ran off south while driving. Body length 1 m. 10 m to building. 5 m from car.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
(Post) A cub ran off and entered the mountain from behind a convex traffic mirror.
Akita Terauchi, Akita
It ran out from the rear grounds of Koshio Shrine onto the road and then went back into the woods. Body length about 1.2 m.
Akita Terauchi, Akita
Bear sighted from inside the house. Body length 0.7 m. Left toward the southern mountain. 10 m from the building.
Akita Terauchi, Akita
Posted: Entered the grounds of Seirei Junior College
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
While passing along the road, I discovered bear droppings.
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Around 06:45 on June 21, bear-like traces were found in Sakura-gaoka 4-chome, Akita City, Akita Prefecture; animal droppings resembling bear droppings were discovered.
Akita Kamikitate-Odo, Akita
[Post] There was feces on the road. When I had a hunter check it, he said it was from a cub and that cherry pits were mixed in it.
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Witnessed a bear leaving to the west. Body length 1 m. 10 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
Spotted a bear about 1.0 m long in the rice field behind the FamilyMart Tennō Deto store. It moved toward Detohama.
Katagami, Akita
Two bears were sighted on the premises. Both are approximately 0.5 m in body length. They departed to the east. They got within 5 m of a residence.
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Crossed in front of me while I was driving
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Appeared from the bushes and went back into the bushes.
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While driving from Soekawa toward Akita Station, an apparently adult large bear was sitting in the middle of the road. I stopped and watched, but since it showed no sign of moving and was looking at us, I honked the horn, and it ran off into the mountain to the east.
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A bear was sighted moving at Soegawa Keidaigawara in Akita City around 4:15 a.m. on June 16.
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Crossing the road. Large individual.
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A bear was sighted in Soegawa Chinochi, Akita City.
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Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain
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(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
(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange
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[Post] While driving toward the Yokoyama-Kanaashi Line, I saw it in the bushes beside a field. Body length about 1 m.
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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.
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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.
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Posted: Walking right beside the river and wading in it. Body length about 1.6 m.
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I sighted one bear approximately 1 m in size. It moved southeast. It was 5 m from nearby buildings.
Akita Narayama-Furukawashinmachi, Akita
Posted: It went down the road toward the houses.
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On the night of 2026-06-11, one bear was sighted on a city road in Narayama-Atagoshita, Akita City.
Akita Narayama-Atagoshita, 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.
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[Report] An animal believed to be a bear ran off
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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.
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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.
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One bear about 1 m in body length walked southeast along the lakeshore of the western irrigation canal. Approximately 25 m from the nearest building.
Oga Futto, Akita
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Oga Funagawaminato-Funagawa, Akita
[Post] While driving from Unosaki to Funakawa, a black shape appeared in the car headlights. When I checked, it was a bear.
Oga Funagawaminato-Minamihirasawa, 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.
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[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.
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[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.
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Was walking like a dog. About 7 meters from a house. Believed to be the same individual as the nearby bear.
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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.
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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.
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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
A bear was sighted moving in Tsuchizakiminato-kita 6-chome, Akita City.
Akita Kohoku-shincho, Akita
While aboard a fishing boat navigating the Akita Canal, a bear about 1.5 m long was sighted at a lumber yard. It departed toward the Sea of Japan (west). The distance to the nearest building was 100 m.
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Post: While passing by on my bicycle I smelled a wild animal. When I looked to the side there was a bear about 1.5 m long.
Katagami Tenno, Akita
Around 10:15 on June 7, a bear was sighted moving in Yanagita-Otomosawa, Akita City.
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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.
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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.
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While driving on the road, one bear was sighted near the grove at the back of a rice field. (Size unknown) The bear left heading south. 150 m from the nearest building.
Oga Funagawaminato-Niiyama, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kanada, Kanazawa Horinai, Akita City, and was seen moving.
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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.
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It (the bear) walked leisurely from the rice paddy toward the mountains.
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One bear was seen moving in Kanaashi-Iwase-Oomote, Akita City.
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One bear was sighted in Taihei Hatahata, Akita City.
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[Report] A bear about 80 cm in size was found in front of a house entrance. It then headed toward the stream and left.
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A bear about 80 cm in body length crossed the road to the north. Distance from the building: 10 m.
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Report: An adult bear was spotted on the roadside.
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Witnessed a bear leaving eastward from the parking lot. Body length approximately 1 m. 5 m from the building.
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[Post] Body length approximately 1 m
Ogata, Akita
There was a bear about 50 cm tall.
Akita Hodono-Kanasamachi, Akita
Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Kanadashi-Horiuchi, Akita City. It was seen moving.
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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.
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Around 4:20 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagida-Otomozawa, Akita City, and was seen moving.
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It ran out onto the highway. It ran across to the opposite lane and fled.
Akita Yanagida, 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.
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[Report] Crossed the road
Ogata, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Funakoshi Hachiroyachi, Oga City, Akita Prefecture.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
While driving on the road, I sighted one bear. It departed heading northwest.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
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Oga Funakoshi, Akita
[Report] While heading from the Hachiryū Bridge direction toward Funakoshi Station, it appeared from the left side of the road.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
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Oga Funakoshi, Akita
Observed one bear approximately 50 cm in body length. It left heading northwest.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
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Oga Funakoshi, Akita
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Oga Funakoshi, Akita
While traveling on the road, I sighted one bear.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
[Post] Went out onto the national highway
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
[Report] At around 3:30 AM, a black animal about 50 cm ran off to the east.
Akita Izumiichinotsubo, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Kamishinjo Nakasodegawa, Akita City.
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Around 6:00 on 2026-06-03, a bear was sighted in Funakoshi-Ikkou, Oga City, Akita Prefecture.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
Around 2:40 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagita Ishigami, Akita City.
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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
One bear approximately 70–80 cm in body length was sighted on top of a grassy area. The direction the bear was moving is unknown. It is 80 meters from the nearest building.
Oga Wakimoto-Wakimoto, Akita
A single bear about 60 cm in body length was sighted near a nursery school. The bear moved off to the northeast. Distance from the nearest building: 10 m.
Oga Wakimoto-Wakimoto, Akita
(Posted) It was at the bus stop.
Oga Wakimoto-Wakimoto, Akita
One bear approximately 60 cm in body length was sighted on the road. The bear's direction of travel is unknown. It was 10 meters from the nearest building.
Oga Wakimoto-Wakimoto, Akita
A bear over 1.5 m long ran at high speed, crossed the road, and went down toward the Red Cross Hospital side.
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One bear approximately 1.0–1.5 m in body length was sighted in a rice field. The bear crossed the road and departed to the southeast. 80 m from the nearest building.
Oga Wakimoto-Tayazawa, Akita
One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted 100 meters north of the residence. The bear walked off continuing north.
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A single bear approximately 80 cm in body length was observed crossing the road. The bear went from east to west. 400 m from the nearest building.
Oga Wakimoto-Tominaga, Akita
Around 7:00 on June 2, a bear was seen moving in Wakimoto-Tominaga Enmyōjidai, Oga City, Akita Prefecture.
Oga Wakimoto-Tominaga, Akita
Crossing in front of a car
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Posted: It ran off immediately. I only saw one, but there are fields and such nearby.
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[Post] Two cubs with their mother bear
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Two bears about 1.0 m and 0.5 m in body length crossed the road heading west.
Katagami, 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
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.
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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
On 2026-05-28 morning, a bear was seen moving in Kanazawa Kata, Akita City.
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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.
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[Report] While driving on the road between rice paddies, a bear about 1 meter long was running. There are houses nearby.
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A bear was sighted in Kanazotakaoka Inaribayashi, Akita City, around 08:30 on May 28.
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As I was about to get out of the car, I noticed it walking past alongside the driver's door.
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A fairly large bear. It was fat. There is also a school for students with disabilities nearby.
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[Report] R7, from the highway side toward Motokiyama Park
Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita
Report: While driving north after turning from Kappei Street, I saw a black animal heading west from the direction of Kappei Hiyoshi Shrine. It was a moon bear about 60 cm tall with thick four legs.
Akita Arayakotobukimachi, Akita
A bear about the size of a cub was seen walking.
Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, 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.
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Ran from the road to the back of the house and headed into the mountains.
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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.
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A bear was sighted in Kanazawa-Takaoka Inari Hayashi, Akita City.
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In the past 30 days, 121 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 15 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Akita, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 16:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 33 km route runs from Wakimoto Castle to Kubota Castle within Akita. In the past 30 days, 121 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 15 of them. The latest sighting was reported 1 day ago near Akita, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
