Semboku 하이킹 루트

At around 12:55 PM on May 11, 2026, a woman in her 40s driving in Tazawako Komatsu Aza Jomawari, Semboku City, Akita Prefecture, spotted a bear about 1.2 meters long on a municipal road.

Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita

Sighted near the area where the bypass to National Route 46 (toward Akita) ascends. Body length about 1 m. Direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita

Observed two bears about 0.5 m in length and one bear about 1 m in length. Direction of departure unknown. Approximately 100 m from nearby houses.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

Observed one cub climbing a tree in the northeastern parking lot on the premises of Aeon Nakasen store. It is still in the tree.

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

On May 8, 2026, from around 07:30 for about 1.5 hours, a bear approximately 1.2 meters long stayed in a tree in the parking lot of the Aeon Nakasen store in Kita-Nagano Hakamada, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture. After police officers spotted the bear, it wandered through nearby rice fields and then left toward the west (Tamagawa); police patrolled by patrol car and warned residents.

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

Posted: I was walking in the woods on the premises. Body length about 1 m.

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

A bear about 0.5 m in body length was attempting to climb from a rice field up the slope of the bypass. Distance to nearby buildings approximately 60 m. Direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita

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Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

Witnessed one bear about 1 m (at shoulder or body height) crossing the road from south to north. Distance to nearby house: 20 m.

Daisen Toyooka, Akita

It ran across the road from the field on the south side and dashed into the woods behind the houses on the north side.

Daisen Toyooka, Akita

A bear about 0.5 m in body length was in the rice field. Distance to the nearest house was about 20 m. It left heading north.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita