히로사키성~Morioka 드라이브 루트

Signs of a bear were found at the apiary near the home.

Morioka Ueda, Iwate

One bear was sighted near a private residence in Ikadakariyakitsu, Hirakawa City.

Hirakawa, Aomori

One bear sighted near a private residence (reported by Hirakawa City)

Hirakawa, Aomori

I saw a young bear near the roadside station construction site, not far from Shibutami Nursery School.

Morioka Shimoyonai, Iwate

Bear traces were found in Hanawa Hirachuu, Kazuno City, Akita, and peaches were damaged.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

(Report) Emerged from bamboo grass on the east side of the town road. Noticing a car, it fled back into the bamboo grass.

Kosaka, Akita

Apple crop damage, tree trunk damage, feces confirmed (reported from Hirakawa City)

Hirakawa, Aomori

(From Ōwani Town) There was a sighting that a bear had climbed a cherry tree near Yamaguchi Oil, then climbed down, crossed the embankment and fled upstream.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

At around 7:00 a.m. on August 4, one bear was seen climbing a cherry tree in Nijigai, Owani Town.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

It crossed the road from the Nishimachi side and climbed the slope toward the east side.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

[Report] While traveling on the Jukai Line from Towada Lake toward Kosaka city, encountered a bear about 80 cm long on the road at the junction with the Sunagosawa Line. When I braked to stop, the bear slowly entered the brush.

Kosaka, Akita

During farm work, peaches were damaged by a bear. Damage: about 80 fruits and 4 broken branches. An animal trail believed to be the entry route was confirmed on the east side of the orchard.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

At around 6:45 on August 3, traces suggesting a bear presence were found in Hanawa-Hiranaka, Kazuno City, Akita, and crops were damaged.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

At around 7:30 PM on 2026-08-03, one bear was seen moving in Hanawa Nyugyudaira, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

Highway / body length 1 m / 800 m from houses, etc. / distance to witness 50 m. While driving on the highway, a bear crossed the highway from west to east and left the area.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Hachimantai-Yuze, Kazuno City, Akita, and was seen moving.

Kazuno, Akita

On private residential property / body length 1 m / 5 m from the house / 5 m from the witness. From inside the residence, the witness saw the bear enter the brush on the east side of the house.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

[Post] One bear cub in the rice-husks

Kosaka Daichi, Akita

A bear was sighted in Otarube, Kosakamoyama, Kosaka Town.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

Three bears sighted (one adult, two cubs)

Morioka, Iwate

One bear was sighted on a municipal road in Noda 9-chome, Hachimantai City.

Hachimantai 野駄, Iwate

A single juvenile bear was sighted near a private residence.

Morioka, Iwate

While driving, (the bear) crossed the road in front of me from the south to the north and left.

Hirakawa Tateyama, Aomori

Rice field / body length 80 cm / 50 m from a house / 20 m from the witness While patrolling the rice fields by vehicle, we discovered a small bear wandering around. The bear entered the grassy area of the rice field.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Asagishi 3-chome, Morioka City.

Morioka Kagano, Iwate

Around 13:50 on July 29, a bear was sighted moving in Hanawa Suwano, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

Heard a bear vocalizing near the baseball field.

Morioka Kagano, Iwate

It ran off in the direction of Hirakawa.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

Around 3:15 p.m. on July 28, one bear was spotted moving in Kuradate Kawarada, Owani Town.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

[Post] A cub was at the roadside

Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kosaka-Kōzan Sugisawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture, around 3:35 PM on July 27.

Kosaka, Akita

[Report] Following last week, three bears (a mother and two cubs) were sighted.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

During farm work, damage to peaches by a bear was confirmed. Extent of damage: about 100 fruits, 2 small broken branches. Estimated time of damage: around daytime on July 26–27.

Kazuno, Akita

While working in the fields, damage to peaches by a bear was observed. Damage amount: approximately 100 fruits eaten, 2 small broken branches. Estimated time of damage: around daytime of July 26–27.

Kazuno, Akita

Around 6:30 PM on July 26, a bear was sighted in Towada-Kemanai Kashiwano, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

On residential property / body length 1 m / 3 m from house / 3 m from witness. Witness observed a bear crossing the property, walking from north to south, from inside the residence.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

[Report] It walked right beside the car in my yard and then headed toward the weeds next door.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

A bear was sighted on the premises of a farming man’s home in Tokusagawa, Takizawa City, and damage occurred to about 10 corn plants and one beehive, with honey eaten.

Takizawa 木賊川, Iwate

A bear, likely an adult, appeared on a residential property in Kizukawa, Takizawa City, damaging about 10 corn plants and honey in a beehive box.

Takizawa 木賊川, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Hanawaanna, Kazuno City.

Kazuno, Akita

While driving from the west to the east, I witnessed one bear about 50 centimeters long walking into the brush on the north side.

Kazuno, Akita

[Report] A single bear about 1.2 meters long was at the roadside of the town road on the west side of the rice fields and entered the forest west of the town road. In this area, encounters and sightings have been occurring in succession: an encounter in a paddy field on May 24, a sighting of one bear on May 31, a sighting of one bear on June 30, and a sighting of two bears—believed to be a parent and offspring—on July 1. It appears to use routes that include the south side of the Sunagosawa settlement and crossing the Sunagosawa River.

Kosaka, Akita

Municipal road / body length 1 m / 600 m from a house / 20 m from the witness While traveling on the municipal road by vehicle, a bear emerged from a rice field, crossed the municipal road from east to west, and left toward the forested area. A search by car was conducted but the bear was not found.

Kazuno, Akita

In a household property field / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m distance from the witness While in the field, I saw a bear pass through the field heading east.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

Around 6:20 AM on July 25, a bear was seen moving in Towada-Oyu Sekigami, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

Around 4:10 PM on July 25, a bear was seen moving in Kosaka Sanezawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

Municipal road / body length 1 m / 20 m from residence / 20 m from witness While riding a motorcycle on the municipal road, I observed a bear crossing the road from east to west and entering the grass.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

Rice field / body length 70 cm / 30 m from houses, etc. / 1 m from witness While driving a vehicle on a municipal road and preparing to turn at an intersection, the witness saw a bear poke its head out of the grass and then return into the grass.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Hanawa Furudate, Kazuno City.

Kazuno, Akita

Posted: A postal worker witnessed it while making deliveries.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

An 84-year-old man was attacked by a bear while working in the fields in Magata, Hachimantai City, and suffered injuries to his jaw and left arm.

Hachimantai 越戸, Iwate

Was eating a watermelon.

Owani Hachimandate, Aomori

A cub was sighted on the road near the parking lot of Oirino Wetland Botanical Garden in Goshoko Wide-Area Park.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

[Report] On the town road there was one young bear about 40 centimeters in body length. When it noticed the car, it looked at us once, then changed direction and went into the bushes of Yunotani-chi toward the Sunagosawa River, where it appears to have come from. No adult bear was seen. The cub was about the size expected for one born this year and jet black and clean, looking almost like a stuffed animal. The thought that the mother might be nearby was frightening.

Kosaka, Akita

On private residential property / body length 1 m / distance to witness 2 m / 2 m from the house. While watching TV inside the residence, the witness heard a rustling sound and a bear emerged from the brush. The bear rambled across the property from east to west, passing very close to the house as it moved, and then entered the forest.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

(From Ōwani town report) There was a report that it ran off toward the river.

Owani Komaki, Aomori

A branch of the apple tree had been broken. In addition to several claw marks on the tree, footprints and droppings were found nearby. [Issued by Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

While passing by, I witnessed a bear about 1.2 m in body length cross the municipal road from east to west approximately 100 m ahead, then move into the riverbank area.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

Municipal road / body length 80 cm / 200 m from a residence / 10 m from the witness While driving a vehicle on the municipal road, the witness saw a bear crossing the road from south to north and entering the forest.

Kazuno, Akita

(From Ōwani town post) Ran across and fled through the area near Ameike Community Center (ski resort slope).

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

Around 10:00 on 2026-07-23, traces suggesting a bear appearance were found in Ikariseki Hisayoshi Shitaichitsu, Hirakawa City, Aomori, and apples were damaged.

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

At around 8:30 AM on July 23, a bear was seen moving in Hanawa Sekinegawara, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

While driving, a single bear approximately 1 m in length was observed on a city road. Subsequent direction of movement and other details are unknown.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

Witnessed one bear approximately 1 m in body length crossing the municipal road heading north and moving down to the riverbed. Its subsequent direction of movement is unknown.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Hanawa Shibanai Otagaya, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, around 13:35 on July 22.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Hanawa Takichimukai, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, around 07:20 on 2026-07-22.

Kazuno, Akita

Crossed from the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway to the northbound lanes.

Kosaka, Akita

On 2026-07-21 around 16:45, a bear was sighted moving in Kosaka Kogyo, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

One bear (just under 1 m in body length) was observed walking from the road in front of Ōwani Town School Lunch Center toward the mountain behind the lunch center.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

[Post] I was standing on the left bank setting a hook to start fishing for sweetfish when a friend downstream shouted something. Looking around, I saw a bear cub about 10 meters upstream swimming from the left bank to the right bank. I was on alert, thinking the mother might be nearby, but it was the only one.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Towada Suehiro Kamiyabu, Kazuno City.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

The place where a culled sika deer had been buried was dug up and the carcass was taken away. Nearby there are drag marks, bear footprints, and droppings.

Morioka Kamiyonai, Iwate

I didn’t actually see the bear, but when I went to check during the peach harvest period I found damage from feeding, and discovered a small amount of droppings that appear to be from a bear.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Spotted one bear about 1 m in body length in front of an agricultural greenhouse. The bear then crossed the road to the west and was observed moving north.

Kazuno, Akita

Empty honey boxes and the place where brood frames were stored were disturbed.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

Ran off toward the mountain to the north.

Hirakawa, Aomori

One bear spotted near the garage of a residence

Morioka Shimoyonai, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Ikarigaseki Funaoka, Hirakawa City, Aomori, around 4 PM on July 17.

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Shimoyonai Ichimatsubashi, Morioka City.

Morioka Shimoyonai, Iwate

It poked its head out of the bushes on the left side facing the Kosaka direction, but it immediately withdrew when startled by the car.

Odate, Akita

While working in the apple pre-cooling shed inside the apple orchard, a bear was sighted. Apple crates outside the shed and the refrigerator drain pipe were damaged.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

Observed one bear crossing the road.

Morioka, Iwate

A single bear about 80 cm in body length crossed the farm road and headed west.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Footprints believed to be from a bear were found on residential property. No similar tracks were observed on nearby roads or elsewhere in the vicinity.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

Around 09:25 on 2026-07-15, a bear was sighted in Ato, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture.

Takizawa 後, Iwate

A neighbor spotted one bear (body length approximately 1.0 m) / direction of travel: east / about 10 m from the nearest house

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A bear was sighted in Nagahayashi Jinba, Odate City, around 08:07 on July 15.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Bear droppings are on the roadway. There are also bear tracks nearby.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

Sighted one adult (bear). It was caught in a foothold trap set for deer; while we were requesting permission to capture it, it escaped and went toward the mountains.

Morioka Shimoyonai, Iwate

A driver who visited JR Jinba Station sighted one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) near the tracks / direction of travel: east / about 20 m from the above station

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

It crossed the tracks in front of the platform and walked toward the mountains.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Yakushido Minami Kumazawa, Hirosaki City, Aomori on July 15 around 12:30.

Hirosaki, Aomori

[Post] In the rice field

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Hanawa-Tsuburone, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

(Posted) Emerged from the shrubs beside the intersection and fled across the rice field heading southwest.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

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Kosaka Araya, Akita

While working in the fields, footprints of a bear were found. The prints appeared to be from a single animal, moving across the field from west to east; midway it turned toward the south and the tracks continued into the brush on the south side.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Higashi-midorigaoka, Morioka City.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

A neighbor's shed had a bag of rice bran torn up by a bear.

Morioka Momijigaoka, Iwate

Numerous bear droppings were found on the premises of a work shed and other areas adjacent to the residence.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Nagahashiri Jamba, Ōdate City.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Report: A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in the rice-field ridge at 1 Murashita, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It was walking westward, eating grass along the ridge and beside irrigation channels, then climbed the west-side slope vegetation, crossed the town road, and entered the western woodland. When it spotted a light truck on the town road, it turned back into the vegetation and crossed the road at a distance to avoid it.

Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Towada-Nishiki Murota, Kazuno City, and was seen moving.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

A single bear about 70 cm in body length was crossing the old national road from south to north.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

Parking lot / body length 70 cm / 10 m from dwellings / 20 m distance from witness A bear appeared on the security camera. The bear moved from east toward the west.

Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted on camera in Hachimantai Yuze, Kazuno City.

Kazuno, Akita

It was crossing the prefectural road from west to east.

Kosaka, Akita

One bear spotted in the hot spring facility parking lot

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

Calm bear sitting next to the road, vanished into the bushes after a few seconds.

Kazuno, Akita

Around 2:30 PM on 2026-07-10, one bear was sighted in Higashi-Kuroishino 3, Morioka City.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate