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This 80 km route runs from Yokote to Akita within Akita. In the past 30 days, 117 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 10 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Daisen Kyowa-Funaoka, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
Was crossing the road.
Daisen Kyowa-Funaoka, Akita
Around 14:25 on July 24, a bear was seen moving in Kyowa Funaokazawa, Daisen City.
Daisen Kyowa-Funaoka, Akita
In Jinguji Kakekake, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, one bear was sighted around 16:50 on July 21, 2026, and was seen moving.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
There were eyewitness reports from residents. Someone saw it running past in front of a house. Its body length was about 1 m. Afterwards it headed toward the bypass but was startled by a car and went into a nearby thicket.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Sighted a bear on the slope east of the highway. Body length approximately 80 cm.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
[Post] [No description of situation]
Yokote Ōyashin-machi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Maego-Koyokotesawa, Yokote City.
Yokote Ōyashin-machi, Akita
Spotted a bear about 80 cm long on the property. It ran off toward the mountains to the south.
Daisen, Akita
A young bear crossed the road from the rice field toward the mountain.
Daisen Teradate, Akita
While harvesting fruit near my home, I spotted a bear about 50 cm in length. The bear left the area; its direction is unknown.
Daisen, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kokeyamaokita, Tsuchikawa, Daisen City, Akita.
Daisen, Akita
(Posted) Walking in the bushes near the slope in front of the old Otori Junior High School
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
Around 5:50 PM on July 18, a bear was seen moving in Mutsunariikari, Yokote City.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
A bear about 1.2 m long was seen wandering under a bridge near Asakura Elementary School by a local resident. It is unknown which direction it went.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
A city employee on patrol spotted it and gave chase. It entered thicket at the point and became out of sight.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
When I heard a police car on the PA, I looked outside and saw it running in the grounds beneath the apartment. It crossed the road and ran off toward the back of the houses on the north side.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
[Report] Moved from the apartment complex side toward the drainage channel
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Crossed through the yard.
Yokote 3-chome, Akita
(Post) Ran into the brush on the north side of the parking lot
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
Posted: Entered the Mounts property from National Route 13. Went into a warehouse, then headed toward the Hachiman Shrine.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter long was seen moving north toward Jouri 2-chome along a drainage channel in Jouri 1-chome, Yokote City.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
Bear sighted near the park south of the west side of the Starbucks.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
Observation: Spotted walking along the riverside in the park near Cosmos Ophthalmology. Was walking toward the South Government Building.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
One bear sighted. Size unknown. It left heading north.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
[Post] Report of a sighting of a bear entering a home's property
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
A single bear believed to be an adult was seen entering a residential property. A relatively large individual.
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
[Post] Probably a female bear was spotted at the old driving school. It was walking slowly by itself. It noticed us and slowly disappeared into the grass, but what happened afterward is unknown.
Yokote Akasaka, Akita
On July 18 around 12:13, a bear was seen moving in Akasaka Kamikirimori, Yokote City.
Yokote Akasaka, Akita
A bear was sighted in Aksakauekono, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, on 2026-07-18.
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
Observed a bear approximately 1.4 m in length. It left along the farm road heading west (toward the prefectural road).
Yokote Inooka, Akita
A city employee on patrol spotted a bear running through rice fields from the north toward the south. The bear entered a thicket and its whereabouts became unknown. It was an adult measuring over 1.2 m in body length.
Yokote Inooka, Akita
A city employee on patrol spotted a bear moving into the brush on the Asahi kindergarten side. Later, when the employee drove into the premises, they encountered the bear in the playground. The bear turned and returned to the brush as if startled. An adult measuring over 1.2 m in body length.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
Around 18:45 on July 17, a bear was seen moving in Inoka-koguchi, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote Inooka, Akita
Between about 18:30 and 18:40, multiple sightings occurred near Yokote Kita Interchange. The body length was over 1 m (there is also information that it looked about 60 cm). It ran south across the rice fields near the Lawson and then disappeared from view.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
At around 6:40 PM on July 17, a bear was seen moving in Akagawamuranomae, Yokote City.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
On 2026-07-17 evening, one bear was seen moving in Shimokyo Hinata, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote 下境, Akita
A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted near the field. The bear then departed heading southeast.
Yokote 下境, Akita
Spotted a bear about 1 meter in body length. (Because the exact sighting location is unknown, the point has been placed at an estimated location.)
Yokote 上境, Akita
One bear approximately 80 cm in body length was sighted near Senkō-ji. The bear then left heading east.
Yokote 上境, Akita
A bear approximately 80 cm in body length was sighted near the precincts of Hachiman Shrine.
Yokote 上境, Akita
A bear was sighted in Iizume Tōzaiji, Misato Town, around 3:50 PM.
Misato, Akita
A witness went outside to walk their dog and saw a bear walking on the road in front of the house. The bear then ran off to the south. / Body length about 1.2 m / Approximately 40 m from residences
Misato, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kawabe Iwami-Kaisenzawaguchi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Posted] In front of the house
Akita, Akita
Sighted a bear while driving / body length approximately 1.2 m / about 300 m to the house
Misato 境田, Akita
Spotted one cub on the slope beside the expressway. Body length approximately 50 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
A bear cub was on the road.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in Kawabe Morinoda, Akita City, around 04:45 on 2026-07-17.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in Kyowa-Nakadonagawa, Daisen City.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kamiokinada, Yokote City, Akita on 2026-07-17.
Yokote 上境, Akita
One bear was sighted in Kamiazumi Kamimataeda, Yokote City.
Yokote 上境, Akita
One bear was sighted in Tateishi, Kanazawahoncho, Yokote City.
Yokote 金沢本町, Akita
[Post] Bear cub
Yokote 金沢本町, Akita
[Report] A cub was walking upstream along the levee.
Akita, Akita
A single bear cub was on the riverbank cliff.
Akita, Akita
[Post]
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
A bear about 1.2 m long was walking on the road. When a car approached, it went into the bushes. The location is about 100 m from residences and about 250 m from an elementary/middle school students’ school bus stop.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
Around 6:10 on July 16, a bear was seen moving in Osawakyo Terashimakawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
From a distance, an animal like a bear cub was climbing the shrine steps.
Akita, Akita
One bear, 1 m. Sighted on the road while traveling; it ran to the south into the mountain. 150 m to the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Observed a young Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on a municipal road near the Nawasawa No.2 intake of Akita City Waterworks and Sewage Bureau. When I briefly stopped my car, it ran off into the forest.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Spotted a young Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma) on a city road near the Nizawa No. 2 intake station of the Akita City Water and Sewer Bureau. When I briefly stopped my car, it ran off into the forest.
Akita, Akita
I sighted a bear on the grounds. It moved off toward the cemetery on the north side.
Akita, Akita
[Post]
Akita, Akita
While driving on the road, I sighted a roughly 1-meter-tall bear moving from the Omagari River direction toward the residential area on the east side.
Daisen Kakumagawamachi, Akita
[Post]
Akita, Akita
While at home, a 0.5 m cub was sighted on the west side of the property. It ran off toward the woods on the south side. Distance to the nearest residence: 50 m.
Daisen, Akita
A bear about 1 meter in size was sighted walking on the road. It walked off toward the northwest.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Sanocho, Daisen City.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
[Post] While walking, I witnessed a bear running a few dozen meters ahead. Probably an adult.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
[Post] A black bear about 80 cm long was between Mishin no Asupu and Onodera Building Materials.
Yokote Maego, Akita
While driving from the Kawabe direction toward Akita City, I saw a bear crossing the road from right to left. It went along the rice field ridge and disappeared into the woods. One bear, body length approximately 1 meter.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Shimokitate Takaragawa Ubagasawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Sighted walking from a private property toward the national highway. It seemed startled by cars on the highway and ran into the bushes.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Kyowa-Funazawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita
[Post] On the Mizuho-no-Sato Road, a 30-cm cub crossed the road at the tunnel exit and entered the brush on the mountainside.
Yokote, Akita
One bear about 1 m in body length was observed walking in front of a private house. The bear later moved into the forested area to the north.
Yokote 山内大沢, Akita
Swimming in the Tamagawa (Tama River).
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hanadate, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Hanadate, Akita
[Post] Walking on the riverbank slope
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
One bear sighted in a rice field
Daisen Niiyaji, Akita
A bear about 1.5 m long was sighted along the Tamagawa riverbank.
Daisen Matsukura, Akita
Found in the rice field. It ran into the nearby woods.
Daisen Matsukura, Akita
Entered the woods. Body length about 1 m.
Yokote, Akita
[Post] [No description of situation] *Post information as of 7/6 19:49.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
(Posted) Ran off to the west
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
One bear of unknown body length was sighted. The bear then walked off to the west.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
A bear was sighted in Daio Shimonedayachi, Yokote City, Akita, around 8:00 a.m. on July 6.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
While driving on a regional farm road, I observed two bears. Body lengths unknown.
Daisen Kyowa-Arakawa, Akita
[Report] Crossed road from rice field and moved toward the cemetery
Yokote, Akita
A bear was sighted in Daisen Shimmachi, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita
Around 09:20 on 2026-07-05, one bear was seen moving in Taiheizan-dani, Akita City.
Akita Taiheiyamaya, Akita
Moved from the shrubbery beside the sidewalk to the shrubs on the opposite side. Body length 1 meter.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Nangaikida, Daisen City.
Daisen, Akita
A large bear over 1 meter long ran eastward through the rice fields.
Daisen, Akita
[Submission] Captured on security camera: it came from the left and wandered around for about 2 minutes; then a car arrived and it fled to the right toward the rice field.
Akita, Akita
While driving toward the Akita area, a roughly 1-meter brown bear (Tsukinowaguma) was on the left shoulder of the road; it entered the mountains as I passed by.
Daisen Kyowa-Mineyoshikawa, Akita
I was driving from Hachinohe to Lake Towada via a mountain road, and about two or three minutes after entering Akita Prefecture I saw a brown earthen embankment on the left where a bear appeared to be eating soil — I could see it moving its mouth, chewing.
Akita, Akita
Sighted on the opposite side of the road. Shortly afterward it departed heading north or northeast.
Akita, Akita
One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted. The bear then departed to the north.
Yokote 上境, Akita
A single adult bear was sighted near the Yokote Nishi police box intersection. The bear then moved north along the prefectural road and left the area.
Yokote 下境, Akita
One bear over 1 meter in body length was sighted near the entrance/exit of Yokote Kita Smart IC. The bear then crossed the prefectural road and left toward the fields to the north.
Yokote Shimohaccho, Akita
[Report] While driving on the Akita Expressway, I spotted one bear crossing about 50 meters ahead.
Daisen, Akita
Collided with a bear while driving on a national highway. The bear then left into the mountains. Body length about 50 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Arakawa, Akita
[Report] I witnessed a bear about 1.2 m long crossing the road while I was driving. When it noticed my car it went into the mountains, but after my car passed it came back onto the road.
Daisen, Akita
While driving toward Semboku City, it emerged from the brush onto the road and ran back into the opposite brush. About 1.5 m in body length.
Daisen Kyowa-Arakawa, Akita
One bear was seen leaving the Aigai housing area and heading toward the former pachinko parlor. Body length about 1 meter.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Kyowa Funaoka Gai, Daisen City, Akita, around 11:00 on June 29.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
At around 7:03 PM on June 28, a bear was seen moving in Kanazawa Kuwayachi, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote 金沢本町, Akita
[Report] While driving on Mizuho-no-Sato Road from Yokote toward Misato, a single cub crossed the road and entered the bushes.
Yokote 金沢本町, Akita
[Report] While walking downstream along the riverbank embankment, I spotted a bear moving in the same direction on the riverbed below the embankment. It ran alongside me for a short while. The bear then continued along the river and disappeared downstream.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
A single bear about 50 cm in body length was sighted on the road. The bear then walked east.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Akasakayamazaki, Yokote City, and was seen moving.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
Mount Funakata, Masuzawa route. Encountered a bear in a stream a short distance beyond the Masuzawa hut; it appeared to have come to drink. The bear noticed us and moved away.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Walking behind a private house
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
[Report] Encountered on the road
Akita, Akita
Walking on the sidewalk. Afterwards went into the grassy area on the former Hiraishi Station side.
Yokote, Akita
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In the past 30 days, 117 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 10 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Daisen Kyowa-Funaoka, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 13:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 80 km route runs from Yokote to Akita within Akita. In the past 30 days, 117 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 10 of them. The latest sighting was reported 2 days ago near Daisen Kyowa-Funaoka, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Rerouting or rescheduling your hike is strongly advised.
