Saves as a new trip plan. The original stays as-is.
This 82 km route runs from Yokote to Akita Museum of Art within Akita. In the past 30 days, 295 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 72 of them. The latest sighting was reported 11 hours ago near Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
I was walking along the embankment when a vehicle approached and it ran into the riverside brush.
Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita
[Post] While working with an agricultural cart, it suddenly appeared right in front of me. I shouted loudly and it ran away. Reported to authorities.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was wandering around in a field. The bear went into a nearby wood. People who saw the bear evacuated, so what happened afterward is unknown.
Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita
I was walking toward the marsh.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
[Report] While riding a bicycle in front of the Ohiradai neighborhood community center, I spotted a bear crossing the road.
Akita, Akita
Observed a 1.0 m bear moving across the road from east to west. 5 m from a residence.
Akita, Akita
There were two vending machines in front of the warehouse, and I sighted a bear about 1 m long at the gravesite across from them. (Reported July 1)
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
[Post] Spotted a bear crossing the road. It went into the woods. It was about 1 meter (tall).
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
[Report] While driving on the Akita Expressway, I spotted one bear crossing about 50 meters ahead.
Daisen, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter in body length ran along the service road on the west side of Kanayako overpass, went out toward the rice fields, and then disappeared into the woods under the overpass.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
A single bear about 1 m long ran along the service road on the west side of Kanaya overpass, moved out toward the rice fields, and then disappeared into the woods beneath the overpass.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
Report: Spotted a bear running along the rice fields below the levee.
Yokote 増田町八木, Akita
A citizen spotted one bear on the road, approximately 1.3 m in body length. The bear reportedly left toward the northern woods.
Daisen, 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
One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted on the road south of the daycare center. It left heading east. 5.0 m from a private residence.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
Posted: It was captured on a surveillance camera. After this, it moved west along the drainage channel. It is believed to be the same individual as the one south of Terauchi Nursery School seen at 4:09.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
Posted: About 1 meter long. Walked toward the residential area.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
A teenage female cyclist spotted one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Oodaira 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita Sakaida, Akita
One bear was sighted by multiple people in a residential area of Terauchi Aida, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
Observed two cubs in the grassy area on the east side of the building at the reported location. After the sighting, the cubs’ whereabouts were lost (they could not be located).
Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita
[Report] Two bears, believed to be a parent and cub, were seen from the balcony heading toward the mountains.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, 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
(Report) Crossing the road, running at a jogging pace toward the Terauchidō-no-sawa direction.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
A 1.0 m bear was sighted on the residential property. It then departed to the south. It came within 50 cm of the building.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
Around 6:09 on June 29, a bear was seen moving in Terauchi Aburaden 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Kyowa Funaoka Gai, Daisen City, Akita, around 11:00 on June 29.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
Around 06:09 on June 29, a bear was seen moving in Terauchi Hironone 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita Yabase-Daidohigashi, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Terauchi Takano, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, 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
A bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was sighted. It then went toward the multipurpose ground to the northeast and moved further toward the river. It was 10 m from the building.
Akita Yabase-Undokoen, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the ground at Yawata Sports Park in Akita City.
Akita, Akita
On June 28 around 1:50 PM, a bear was sighted in Sotomezakura, Yokote City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
A bear was running across the rice field toward the road, but it turned around and went back toward the mountain.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
I was walking toward the grounds of Seirei Women’s Junior College.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
Posted: Crossing the road toward the north side
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in Yuwa Tsubakikawa Yamagura, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Observed a 1.5 m bear attempting to cross the national highway. Direction of departure unknown. 200 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
Around 08:10 on 2026-06-28, a bear was sighted in Kaminote Furuno Terada, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A lone bear cub was wandering around Akitabi.
Akita, Akita
Sighted a 1.0 m bear. Direction of departure unknown. 10 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Yatsuhashihoncho 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
It ran off toward Soyu Stadium.
Akita, Akita
At around 06:45 on 2026-06-28, a bear was seen moving in Yawatahommachi 4-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
When I stepped out the front door to walk my dog, a bear came out onto the road. It was startled by my shout and ran away.
Akita, Akita
Spotted near the irrigation channel, heading west. Body length about 50 centimeters.
Akita, Akita
[Post] I was walking my dog when a bear walked along the municipal road coming from the opposite side. When we made eye contact, it went west between houses. Distance about 20 m, body length about 90 cm.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Spotted in the yard; unknown which direction it ran off
Akita, Akita
A man out walking saw one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Yabase Nodu-cho, Akita City.
Akita Yabase-Dojonumamachi, Akita
A woman saw one bear on a city road in Terauchi Aburata, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
Sighted a bear approximately 0.8 m in size on the roadway. It then moved off toward the northeast. 5 m from a house.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
A bear was sighted in Terauchiasada 3-chome, Akita City, around 4:57 AM, and it was seen moving.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
[Report] I was walking my dog when I saw it walking slowly along a city road. It noticed us and headed west through the residential area, then disappeared. Body length about 90 cm.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While walking my dog on a residential city street, it (the bear) walked toward us. When we made eye contact, it left the residential property heading west. Distance about 15 m, size about 90 cm.
Akita, Akita
Encountered a bear while on my motorcycle. Because I was equipped with a very strong bear deterrent (odor), it wouldn’t come near and ran off at full speed. It ran downhill and to the right toward the back of Koshio Shrine. Without that equipment I would definitely have been attacked. The animal was large — about 1.3 m.
Akita, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Terauchikozakura 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita
[Post] Witnessed a bear fleeing onto the Terauchi Elementary School grounds
Akita Terauchi, Akita
[Report] Encountered on the road
Akita, Akita
Sighted a bear approximately 1.0 m in size on the roadway. It then left toward the northern woods. 10 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi, Akita
A woman saw one bear in a vacant lot in Terauchi Kamiyashiki, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Kamiyashiki, Akita
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Akita, Akita
Around 09:15 on 2026-06-27, a bear was sighted in Yanagida Oginosawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Terauchi Donosawa 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Kamiyashiki, Akita
Entered huts and rummaged through leftovers
Akita Sanno, Akita
(Post) Not sure if it was a bear, but a dark-colored animal about 1 m long went into the woods.
Akita, Akita
A teenage woman spotted one bear on a city road in Terauchi Hironne 3-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Hirune, Akita
When I was about to leave the house, I saw a bear about 1.0 m in size on the road. It then went off to the north. It was 5 m from a residence.
Akita Yabase, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hiromote Higuchi, Akita City, around 5:07 a.m. on June 26.
Akita, Akita
Sighted a bear about 1 m in size. Direction of departure unknown. 5 m from a building.
Akita, Akita
Observed a bear peering through the screen door. Body length approximately 1 m.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
[Report] I was driving along a farm road from the Iwamigawa direction. It looked like a cub less than 1 meter in size. It crossed the tracks; whether it headed toward Goshono or Toyonari is unknown.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kyowa Funaoi, Daisen City, Akita on 2026-06-25 in the evening.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Hiraka-cho Asamai Kakumachi-go, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita
Sighted while driving. Body length approximately 1.5 m. The bear departed to the west (toward Kirin Pharmacy).
Yokote, Akita
Posted: Spotted on a highway slope.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
I was walking through the field and went toward the houses on the other side of the road.
Daisen Takajo, Akita
Crossed National Route 105 heading south. Distance to the workplace: approximately 50 m.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
A bear and cub(s) suspected to be a parent and offspring were sighted on the slope north of Sakura Elementary School’s pool. They moved off toward the north. Body length unknown.
Akita, Akita
A postal delivery worker sighted one bear approximately 1.5 m in body length in the eastern woodland.
Daisen, Akita
Around 1:30 PM on June 24, a bear was sighted in Uetomo Sainokami, Daisen City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
[Report] While driving, it suddenly leapt out from the bushes on the left. About 1 meter long. It didn’t hit the car, but after wandering on the road for a while, it went back into the bushes.
Akita, Akita
Spotted a bear on the roadway. It left heading east. Body length about 1 m. 1 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi, Akita
Crossed the road near Echizenya Doll Shop and ran up the back hill of Koshio (Koshiuo) Shrine.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita
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
While driving on the Akita Expressway toward Akita, I witnessed one cub crossing the road from right to left toward the service area.
Daisen Kushoda, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kogoshige Uenodai, Daisen City, Akita, around 11:20 on June 22.
Daisen Kushoda, Akita
Witnessed a bear approximately 80 cm in length
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
Bear sighted in front of Iwasaki Post Office. It was moving, so the direction it fled is unknown.
Yuzawa, 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.
Akita, Akita
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
One bear, 1 m (shoulder height), ran eastward across the prefectural road from the west. 10 m to the building.
Akita, Akita
Report: A person fishing by the Omonogawa River? Had parked their vehicle, and next to it there was a bear about 1 meter long.
Akita, Akita
Observed while driving toward Ōmagari. Appears to be a cub.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
[Post] While driving toward Akita City, I saw something running across the rice field (or maybe a field?) on the left.
Daisen Teradate, 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.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed a bear leaving to the west. Body length 1 m. 10 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
A bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted near Akita Furusato Village No. 4 parking lot. It left heading toward the former Hotel Wellness (south).
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita
A bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted near the No. 4 parking lot of Akita Furusato-mura. It walked off in the direction of the former Hotel Wellness (south).
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita
An adult bear about 1 meter in size crossed the road from the Aeon side and entered the thicket on the Furusato Village side.
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita
(Posted) Was walking along the national highway and entered the Aeon premises.
Yokote Yasuda, Akita
Observed one bear. It proceeded toward the Maxvalu (supermarket) direction. Body length unknown.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
[Post] Witnessed a roughly 1-meter bear crossing the road
Akita, Akita
[Post] (No description of circumstances)
Yokote Yasuda, Akita
Hearing a crackling/rustling sound, I looked toward the noise and saw a bear about 1–1.2 m in body length. The bear appeared twice around 10:00 and each time went back into the brush.
Yokote Maego, Akita
Observed on the uphill slope at the entrance to Nishi-Semboku High School while vehicles were passing. Body length about 1 meter. Direction in which it later fled is unknown.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Witnessed on the uphill slope at the entrance to Nishi-Semboku High School while vehicles were passing. Body length about 1 m. Direction it ran off afterward unknown.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
[Report] I found this during my commute. It is definitely animal droppings. I think it’s slightly smaller than a clenched fist. (Note from the Forestry and Agricultural Maintenance Division: The size is small for bear droppings and it looks like droppings from a small animal.)
Yokote Ekimae-cho, Akita
Multiple footprints were found in the soybean field. They appear to be coming and going from the riverside on the west side. It is believed the animal has appeared several times between Sunday the 14th and today, Thursday the 18th.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
A bear (0.5 m) was sighted on the road. The bear then departed to the south. Distance to the nearby building: 10 m.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Maegō Katsu-yama, Yokote City, around 10:00 on 2026-06-18.
Yokote Maego, Akita
Crossed in front of me while I was driving
Akita, Akita
Spotted one bear on National Route 13. It went back into the mountains. Body length about 50 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
Appeared from the bushes and went back into the bushes.
Akita, Akita
When I went to the field behind my house, the bell I was wearing seemed to startle it; it ran through the rice paddy, crossed the levee along the Omonogawa River, and fled into the woods along the river.
Daisen Teradate, Akita
[Post] (No details provided)
Yokote 増田町亀田, Akita
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Akita, Akita
A citizen discovered signs indicating that a bear had been staying/lingering while mowing grass.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
[Report] One bear cub found on the railway tracks
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
Spotted a small bear in the rice fields near the levee. Made noise to drive it toward the nearby woods, and it ran away.
Daisen Kyowa-Mineyoshikawa, Akita
One bear (approximately 1 m in length) was sighted on the Omagari Nishi Road downhill lane. It then fled toward the left side of the uphill lane.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
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.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving at Soegawa Keidaigawara in Akita City around 4:15 a.m. on June 16.
Akita, Akita
Crossing the road. Large individual.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Soegawa Chinochi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Teradate, Daisen City, Akita, on the afternoon of 2026-06-16.
Daisen Teradate, Akita
Crossing the small bridge beside the rice field, it walked slowly into the brush.
Akita, Akita
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
Spotted a young bear (50 cm) on the road shoulder. 300 m to the nearest house.
Akita, Akita
Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain
Akita, Akita
A cub came out onto the sidewalk trying to cross the road, was startled by a passing car, and returned back into the brush.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, 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
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
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
(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange
Akita, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted near the municipal road in front of the house. Afterwards, it was lost from view when attention was diverted. The distance to the residence was about 40 meters.
Yuzawa 駒形町, 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
[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
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
Posted: Walking right beside the river and wading in it. Body length about 1.6 m.
Akita, Akita
I sighted one bear approximately 1 m in size. It moved southeast. It was 5 m from nearby buildings.
Akita Narayama-Furukawashinmachi, 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
(Report dated June 16) A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. The bear ran into the woods.
Yokote Yasuda, Akita
Posted: It went down the road toward the houses.
Akita, Akita
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
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.
Akita, 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
A citizen driving on the highway toward Akita City spotted a bear approximately 1 meter in length on the west embankment.
Daisen, Akita
Encountered a bear about 1 meter tall while walking. It went off to the south.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
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Akita, Akita
Spotted one bear near Autoland Kyowa. It ran into the underbrush.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, 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
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
[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
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
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
60 cm, one bear, left toward the forested mountain area 10 m west of nearby building
Akita, Akita
[Post] A bear about 1 m (tall)
Akita, Akita
It ran along the farm road. It wasn't that big.
Akita, 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
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
Sighted within residential property. Bear approximately 1 m in size.
Akita, Akita
[Post] I thought I saw something move in my car mirror, and when I looked closely there was a bear.
Akita, Akita
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Daisen Teradate, Akita
Daisen Teradate, Akita
A bear about 1 m in size was near the south side of the Teradate Community Interaction Center. It passed by the center and ran toward the north embankment road. It descended from the embankment road toward the riverbank and was lost from sight.
Daisen Teradate, 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
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
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Daisen, Akita
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Daisen, 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
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
[Post] Did not run away
Yokote 増田町吉野, 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
While riding my motorcycle, a bear about 1 meter tall ran alongside me as if fleeing — I panicked.
Akita, 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
[Post] Crossing the road
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
A bear cub less than 1 meter long was spotted on the highway heading from the Akita area toward Yokote.
Daisen, Akita
One bear cub appeared beside the highway (heading toward Omagari). Startled by a car, it quickly hid in the bushes.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
A citizen spotted one bear less than 1 meter in length on a prefectural road. The bear left heading east into the brush.
Daisen, Akita
It ran off in the direction of the national highway.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
It ran right past in front of me. The distance was less than about 5 meters.
Daisen Kariwano, 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
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
[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
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
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
[Report] While attempting to cross the road along Route 13, it noticed a car and descended the slope.
Akita, 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
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
[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
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
A black bear about 1 meter long crossed a field from the mountain behind a house and moved back toward the mountain.
Akita, 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
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
[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
[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
[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
There was a bear about 50 cm tall.
Akita Hodono-Kanasamachi, 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
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
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
[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
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] While driving southbound on the Akita Expressway, crossed from west to east. About 2 km before Kyowa IC. Sex unknown, likely female.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, 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
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
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
Witnessed from inside a car. It slowly moved toward the north embankment.
Akita, 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
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
On the evening of 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted on a city road in Omagari Kanaya-cho, Daisen City.
Daisen Iida, Akita
Around 2:40 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagita Ishigami, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
At around 3:50 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted moving in Kyowa-Nakayodogawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
Around 10:55 on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Yamagomori, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
(Post) Was running in the parking lot within the Silver Area (near the tree). Went off somewhere immediately.
Akita, 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
[Post] My daughter said she saw it while coming home from school. Near the entrance to Pinocchio Park.
Akita, 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 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] 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
A badly damaged unidentified body was found on a hillside behind a residential area in Kawabe-Wada, Akita City.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, 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
Around 7:30 on 2026-06-02, a 73-year-old woman was attacked by a bear while weeding in Kawabe, Akita City, and died.
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
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In the past 30 days, 295 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 72 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 11 hours ago near Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 6:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 82 km route runs from Yokote to Akita Museum of Art within Akita. In the past 30 days, 295 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 72 of them. The latest sighting was reported 11 hours ago near Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
