Akita~Mitane 드라이브 루트

One bear about 90 cm long was sighted from a car in a mixed woods in Terauchi-Kizakura 3-chome, Akita City.

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Ran off south while driving. Body length 1 m. 10 m to building. 5 m from car.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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Akita Arayamachi, 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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Body length 1 m. Sighted on a residential property; afterwards entered a forested area to the north.

Mitane Koikawa, Akita

Around 8:30 a.m. on June 19, a bear was seen moving in Korikawa-uchi Korikawa, Mitane Town, Akita Prefecture.

Mitane Koikawa, Akita

Went into the brush on the western side of the mountain.

Ikawa 坂本, Akita

[Report] While driving, three cubs were crossing the road.

Mitane Sotooka, Akita

[Report] A bear came out of the woods north of Koikawa Station, passed in front of the station, and went into the woods on the south side.

Mitane Koikawa, Akita

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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Sighted near the pachinko parlor Himawari close to Across

Noshiro Teramukai, Akita

Size 1.2 m, headed south.

Mitane Koikawa, Akita

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Mitane Koikawa, 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.

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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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A bear was sighted in Koikawa-Ofukane, Mitane Town.

Mitane Koikawa, Akita

Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain

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[Post] Feces

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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

When the brake lights of the car in front turned on, I saw a cub run from the road into the brush. As I drove past that spot, the cub was looking toward the road.

Noshiro Gongendai, Akita

(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange

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Around 6:30 PM on June 13, a bear was seen moving in Asanai Kaminoyama, Noshiro City.

Noshiro Gongendai, Akita

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Posted: Heading toward Akita City, it came out from the left, crossed the road, and crossed to the right.

Ikawa 赤沢, Akita

[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) It was on the road ahead while I was driving. When it noticed the approaching car, it immediately ran into the bushes.

Mitane Amasegawa, Akita

Sighted one bear eating cherry fruits. Body length approximately 1 meter.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

[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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[Report] Crossing Route 7 toward Ōmoriyama

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Around 8:25 a.m. on June 9, one bear was seen moving in Hamadaishiyama, Akita City.

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Spotted one bear about 60 cm in body length on the west side of the neighboring house. It came from the south and went back toward the south. The distance from the house was 10 meters.

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One adult bear moved along the south side of the house from west to east and headed toward the bypass. The distance from the house was 15 meters.

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Encountered on the way to the fishing spot. Later moved into the woods on the wind turbine side. Body length over 1.0 m.

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[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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Observed one bear moving toward the woods to the north. Body length approximately 1 m.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

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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Akita Arayamachi, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long crossed a prefectural road in Shimokawara, Araya-machi, Akita City, and was seen by a woman in her 20s driving by.

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While driving on the prefectural road, I observed one bear about 1.0 m in body length moving from east to west. It was 50 m from the nearest building.

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Akita Arayamachi, Akita

[Report] Body condition: 1 m. While heading from Gojome toward Kami-Iwakawa, (the bear) was 1 m beside a house. It ran from along the road toward the mountains.

Mitane Kamiiwakawa, Akita

[Report] Came out from the forest on the south side, crossed the road, and moved toward the plaza on the north side where machinery is on display.

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A bear was sighted moving in Hiyama-Shindenzawa, Noshiro City, around 1:30 a.m.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

[Posted] Encountered it as I left the workplace to go home.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

Observed one 1-meter bear from inside a vehicle near Momosada Kaeru. It moved south.

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A bear approximately 1 meter long was in the field behind the property. It left heading west (toward the sea). Distance to the building: 5 meters.

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[Sighting] While driving, a bear crossing the road was sighted. Body length about 1 meter. It crossed the road from east to west and entered the brush.

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[Post] Near Koto Oka General Gymnasium — Road leading to Kinbutsubai Park

Mitane, Akita

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[Report] A bear that came from the direction of the town office left heading toward the mountain.

Gojome 川崎, Akita

It crossed in front of my car, almost colliding with it. Its body length is unknown.

Hachirogata Masaka, 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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Witnessed a bear leaving eastward from the parking lot. Body length approximately 1 m. 5 m from the building.

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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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Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

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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It ran out onto the highway. It ran across to the opposite lane and fled.

Akita Yanagida, Akita

Crossing the road

Mitane, 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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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

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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Crossing the road near the wind turbine

Noshiro 字塞ノ神, 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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I was walking through the field. It ran toward the woods.

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[Post] I was driving from somewhere near Araya High School and turned left toward Shimohama when I saw a black shape climbing up toward Omoriyama. In the headlights it looked like a bear.

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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.

Akita, Akita

Was attempting to cross the road. Noticed a car and went into the brush on the north side.

Ikawa 赤沢, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Sakamoto-Onoji, Ikawa Town, Akita Prefecture, around 6:18 a.m. on May 30.

Ikawa 坂本, Akita

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

A bear was sighted moving in Shikado, Mitane Town.

Mitane Kado, Akita

(Report) Crossing the prefectural road from south to north while running. Body length 1.0 m–1.2 m. No houses nearby.

Mitane Kamiiwakawa, Akita

A bear was sighted in Tajirisawa, Araya-machi, Akita City around 08:30 on May 26.

Akita Arayatajirizawa-nakamachi, Akita

While walking my dog, a bear about 130 cm long ran into the woods near Shin'ya High School.

Akita Arayatajirizawa-nakamachi, Akita

While driving, I witnessed a bear about 1 meter tall cross the road and go into the bushes.

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