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This 33 km route runs from Yuzawa to Misato within Akita. In the past 30 days, 57 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them. The latest sighting was reported 17 hours ago near Yuzawa 成沢, Akita.
This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
A bear emerged from the brush on the right but quickly became out of sight.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
A single bear about 1 m in length was sighted near the gazebo on the north side of Hiruzomonuma. Direction of departure unknown. Approximately 170 m from the nearest house.
Yokote 金沢中野, Akita
Spotted a bear moving north. Body length unknown.
Yokote 金沢中野, 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
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
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
[Post] (Posted May 19, 16:57; no description of situation)
Misato 境田, Akita
A witness looked east from their home toward the cemetery and saw a bear eating something. The bear then went off into the woods to the east. Body length approximately 60 cm. About 20 m from a residence.
Misato 六郷東根, Akita
[Post] [No description of the situation]
Yokote Yanagida, Akita
[Report] While resting in the car, I spotted a bear heading toward the municipal baseball stadium. [Yokote City Agriculture and Forestry Maintenance Division note] The location information is clearly incorrect, so the point on the map is provisional. It is unknown whether this is the old Yokote Municipal Stadium in Yokote Park or another municipal stadium.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
Around 09:30 on May 14, 2026, a bear about 50 cm long was sighted on a town road in Suginomiya-Shuku, Ugo Town, Akita Prefecture. The nearest house was about 20 meters away, and Yuzawa police have warned residents to be cautious.
Ugo, Akita
A juvenile bear was observed walking on the grounds of a private residence.
Ugo, Akita
A city employee on patrol spotted the bear. The bear was wandering on a road in the park and noticed the employee about 60 meters away, but remained standing facing them for a while without moving, so the employee got into a vehicle and approached the bear, at which point it entered the woods in the park. Body length about 1 meter.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
A police officer on patrol spotted a bear near the restrooms in Ōtori Park. The bear went down the slope once but then returned and entered the woods inside Ōtori Park. Its body length is about 1 meter.
Yokote Shinzaka-cho, Akita
Sighted a bear crossing the Ōtorii Bridge near Asakura Elementary School. Body length about 1 m.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
A single bear about 1 m in body length was sighted in the rice field north of the Seven-Eleven Yokote Hachiman store. The distance to the nearest house is about 60 m.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
At around 07:30 on the 14th, an approximately 1-meter-long bear was sighted in a rice field in 横手市八幡字十二柳, Akita Prefecture by an elderly man in his 80s who was walking nearby. According to the Yokote Police, the sighting location is about 100 meters from the nearest house, and the police are urging residents to be cautious.
Yokote Shizuka-machi, Akita
It moved from the river area toward the urban area.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Observed a bear crossing National Route 13 from east to west. The bear then entered the woods on the west side. Distance to the nearest house was about 10 meters. The bear's body length was 1 to 1.5 meters.
Yokote 杉目, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was seen moving through the rice fields, heading toward the Yasuragi-en area. The distance to the nearest house was approximately 50 meters.
Yokote 金沢中野, Akita
[Report] A cub about 60 centimeters long. According to a neighbor, it has been appearing since yesterday. It was eating something like grass for a while, but disappeared when I looked away for a moment.
Misato 六郷東根, Akita
[Post] Found droppings after a bear had rubbed against the wall during pesticide spraying in the apple orchard
Yokote 安本, Akita
Spotted an Asian black bear (tsukinowaguma) in the bushes. By the time police arrived after the report, it had already left. Approximately 20 meters from the residence.
Ugo 字門向, Akita
Ran behind the house
Yuzawa 字田中, Akita
After receiving a report, the Yokote City Office Forestry and Agricultural Maintenance Division conducted an on-site inspection. They confirmed multiple footprints in the field measuring at least 15 cm in length. From the footprints, the animal is believed to be an adult bear with a body length of 1.0 to 1.5 meters. During a surrounding patrol they found several locations where apples had been discarded, confirming signs that bears had been attracted to the area.
Yokote 安本, Akita
Bear tracks believed to be from an adult were found in a field within the settlement. The tracks were heading north through the field, but their path beyond that point could not be confirmed.
Yokote 十文字町仁井田, Akita
Crossed the road and left toward the south-side parking lot. Body length approximately 1 m.
Daisen Higashikawa, Akita
[Post] Footprints found in the field.
Misato 金沢西根, Akita
A bear was sighted near the scene. The bear crossed the river and entered the mountains toward the west side of Inagawa Ski Area. Body length approximately 0.8–1.0 m. Police were notified; they patrolled and kept watch at the scene. No damage reported in the surrounding area. The sighting location was about 250 meters from a residence.
Yuzawa 字取上石山, Akita
[Post] (No details provided)
Yokote 増田町戸波, Akita
[Post] (No description of the situation)
Yokote Yokote-machi, Akita
Witnessed a bear about 1.5 m in body length at the guardrail. Direction of departure unknown.
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita
Sighted a bear crossing the Yuzawa-Yokote Road eastbound near Yokote JCT (about 500 meters southwest of the tollbooth). Body length approximately 1 m.
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita
Spotted a bear crossing the road. It moved south along the side of Takubo Marsh. Body length about 1.5 m.
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita
Spotted a bear about 1 meter long. It ran off to the west.
Yokote Yasuda, Akita
[Post] (No situation described)
Yokote Ekimae-cho, Akita
An animal believed to be a bear about 1.5 m in length was observed moving around along a route through the drugstore, Komyoji Park, and Yurinoki Street.
Yokote Tanaka-machi, Akita
On the morning of May 3 in Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, a bear about 1.2 m long was seen crossing a prefectural road at 04:10, and other bears about 1.5 m long were reported at multiple locations later in the morning. The police are patrolling the area and warning residents to be cautious.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
A creature believed to be a bear about 1.2 m in length was sighted near the Minami (South) Government Building of Yokote City Hall. The animal crossed the road heading east.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
On the morning of the 3rd at around 04:10, a single bear was seen crossing a road near the Yokote City Office Jouri South Branch in Jouri, Yokote City, and about 20 minutes later a bear was also seen at an intersection in Kotobuki-cho. Further sightings occurred near JR Yokote Station, and the last sighting before 07:00 was near a marsh by Fukeodai, after which the bear's whereabouts are unknown; police and the city have issued warnings.
Yokote 1-chome, Akita
[Post] Feces
Yuzawa, Akita
Was wandering around near the embankment of the marsh.
Yokote, Akita
Loitering near the banks of the marsh.
Yokote, Akita
[Post] (No description of situation) *The accuracy of information from 'Kumadas' is unknown, but because this is a high-risk area we are issuing this alert.
Yokote 2-chome, Akita
[Report] While driving on Route 13, an adult bear crossed the road.
Misato 金沢, Akita
A worker spotted a bear moving westward in the mountains north of the town road / body length about 1.0 m / approximately 230 m to Rokugo Onsen Attaka-yama
Misato 六郷東根, Akita
One bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted near the south side of Takubono Swamp. The bear then ran west. The distance to the nearest house is about 200 m.
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita
A large black animal emerged from the irrigation canal. At first I thought it was a person working in the fields, but then a bear about 1 meter long ran at high speed toward Yakushijinsha Shrine. (Because the lot number information was missing, I added the town-area and smaller division.)
Misato 金沢, Akita
Climbed the steps of Karasumatsu-yama Shrine toward Atago-yama. An adult bear about 1.5 m in length. Approximately 20 m from a house.
Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita
At around 17:35 on April 27, 2026, a man in his 50s at home spotted a bear approximately 1 meter long on the road in Kaminai-machi, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture. The nearest house was about 20 meters away and Yokote Minami Elementary School about 500 meters; the police notified related agencies, patrolled the area by cruiser, and warned residents.
Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita
At around 10:25 a.m. on April 27, 2026, a bear about 70 cm long was seen crossing a town road in Hakusan, Rokugo, Misato Town, Akita Prefecture, witnessed by a man from Yokote City driving a car. The site was about 250 meters from Rokugo Elementary School; the Daisen police station notified relevant agencies and is patrolling the area with police cars and warning residents.
Misato 六郷, Akita
While driving north on a municipal road, witnessed a bear crossing from the east side of the road to the west / body length about 80 cm / about 10 m from a residence
Misato 六郷, Akita
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In the past 30 days, 57 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them.
The latest sighting was reported 17 hours ago near Yuzawa 成沢, Akita.
Recent sightings on this route peak around 4:00. Bears are generally most active at dawn and dusk.
This 33 km route runs from Yuzawa to Misato within Akita. In the past 30 days, 57 bear sightings were reported within 5 km of the route. The past 7 days account for 9 of them. The latest sighting was reported 17 hours ago near Yuzawa 成沢, Akita. This is an active bear corridor. Drive through with full caution, but rerouting is the safer choice.
