
Location
Description
While driving down the Wakahata municipal road from the Wakahata settlement, I saw one bear on the road and it ran off into the mountains. Location: on the Wakahata municipal road heading from Itado toward Wakahata, past the entrance to the Okunomiya forest road, along the stream at a right-hand curve. Body length about 1 m.
Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.
Bear Type
Black Bear
Number of Bears
1
Provider Type
Official
Date & Time
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 06:15 AM
Address
Yuzawa 字内舘町, Akita
Coordinates
39.164501, 140.495939
Sources
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