เส้นทางเดินป่า Daisen-Aomori

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

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 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

Bear sighted near the parking lot. Body length approximately 1 m. Direction of departure and distance to nearby houses unknown.

Senboku, 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

There were footprints in the field.

Daisen Yariminai, Akita

Walking along the riverbank, body length about 1 m, moving downstream (south) along the river, approximately 100 m from the nearest house

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

Walking near the bridge, body length approx. 0.9 m, direction of departure unknown, distance to the nearest house approx. 40 m

Senboku, Akita

There was a bear in Kojōyama. Body length approximately 0.6 m. Direction it left is unknown. About 200 m from nearby houses.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

[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

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

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

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

Was crossing the road.

Aomori, Aomori

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

Passed around the house from the Hinokinai River, body length about 1 m, departed heading east, distance to the house about 5 m

Senboku Nishikicho-Kadoya, Akita

At around 14:40 on July 20, a bear was sighted moving in Kawaharahagurodo, Kakunodate-machi, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

A bear was on the prefectural road. Body length about 1 m. Left heading northwest. About 10 m from nearby houses.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

[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

On 2026-07-20 around 18:25, one bear was sighted moving in Nishikimachi Monoya Shimokawara, Semboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku Nishikicho-Kadoya, Akita

Appeared to be eating near the sign. Destination unknown because it left by car.

Kazuno, Akita

A cub about 50 cm long was in the roadside grass in the park; when a car drove by it ran off into the bushes.

Senboku, Akita

On July 19 around 9:10 a.m., a bear was sighted in Shimoshinokawara, Kakunodate-machi, Semboku City, and was seen moving.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Was up in a tree. Body length approximately 1 m. Departed toward the mountains to the east. Distance to nearest houses about 20 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

A bear was eating something near the river. Body length about 1 m. It departed to the north. Approximately 30 m from nearby houses.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita

A single bear about 1 m tall was seen passing by beside a house and walking south. Distance from the house: 5 m.

Daisen Nagano, Akita

Observed while driving. It was walking along the road, but when the car approached it slowly moved into the roadside brush.

Kuroishi, Aomori

Witnessed from a car while driving. A bear was walking along the roadside but slowly entered the brush at the side.

Kuroishi, 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

A bear about 1 m long crossed the road from west to east. Footprints on the road.

Aomori, Aomori

Two bear cubs (about 60 cm in body length) crossed the national highway and headed toward the mountains, leaving in the direction of the north-side mountain. Distance to the nearest house: about 10 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita

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Kazuno, Akita

Around 2:36 PM on 2026-07-17, a bear was sighted in Hachimantai-Kamihei, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.

Kazuno, Akita

Crossed National Route 341 from the east side to the west side, ran through the rice field, and disappeared into the bushes.

Kazuno Hachimantai, Akita

There was a bear in the undergrowth. Body length, direction of departure, and distance to nearby buildings are unknown.

Senboku, Akita

On a tree along the national highway: adult approx. 1 m in body length, cub approx. 70 cm, moving away toward the north-side mountain. Distance to the nearest house: about 20 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita

A bear was sighted in Nishinagano Kumado, Kakunodate-machi, Semboku City.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita

A bear was sighted in Aouchigata, Hinokina, Nishiki-machi, Semboku City.

Senboku, Akita

One bear was seen moving in Kamito-gawa, Kuroishi City.

Kuroishi, Aomori

Was eating plums that had fallen near a plum tree. Body length about 0.5 m. Moved off into the mountains to the north. Approximately 10 m from nearby houses.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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Daisen Niiyaji, Akita

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 driving, it crossed the road and ran toward the mountains. Body length about 1.2 m. Direction of departure: west. Distance to nearest house: about 50 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita

A bear was sighted in Nishinagano Kumando, Kakunodate-machi, Semboku City.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita

Sighted a cub on the road

Hirakawa, 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

One bear was observed entering the brush. Footprints indicate it walked east. Distance to the nearest house: 10 m.

Daisen Kami-Uguisuno, Akita

A nearby resident witnessed a single bear about 1 m tall entering the premises. Its subsequent movements are unknown. Distance to the house: 5 m.

Daisen Toyooka, Akita

A bear over 1 m crossed the road, moving from the stream up toward the mountain.

Aomori, Aomori

Around 18:08 on 2026-07-14, a bear was sighted in Akita Prefecture's Kazuno City, Hachimantai Akahira, and was seen moving.

Kazuno, Akita

Crossed the road, went under the guardrail, and ran toward the riverbank.

Kazuno, Akita

[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

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

(No information)

Aomori, Aomori

Sighted while passing by in a vehicle

Aomori, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Arakawa, Aomori City, on 2026-07-12 around noon.

Aomori, Aomori

It was crossing the prefectural road from west to east.

Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kamisou, Kosaka Town, Akita, and was seen moving.

Kosaka, Akita

City road / body length 80 cm / 30 m from residences / 50 m distance from witness. From inside a building, the witness saw a small bear poke its head out of shrubs on the north side of the city road, then return back into the north side.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

The mulch laid out in the field had been torn, and footprints were left behind.

Kuroishi 大字温湯, Aomori

It passed through the rice fields, swam across the Matsukura irrigation canal, and entered the mountains.

Daisen Matsukura, Akita

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Daisen, Akita

A mother bear with two cubs ran from the road toward the mountain path/area leading to the waterfall. Nearby there was a dropping that looked like it belonged to a bear.

Kosaka, Akita

Two young bears about 70 centimeters long were in a cleared lot beside a rice field. They were wandering around a cleared area adjacent to a crushed-stone storage site, then went into the woodland to the east. The mother bear was not seen. There are mulberry trees along the mountainside near here, and bears are sighted almost every year.

Kosaka, Akita

Municipal road / body length 1 m / 20 m from a private house / approximately 20 m from the witness. Saw a bear crossing the municipal road and moving north.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

On private residential property / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness. A bear was in the garden on the property. The bear wandered around while moving from west to east, then headed south.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

While driving on the northbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway, a witness saw a single bear about 50 centimeters long cross the expressway from east to west and then move into the brush on the west side.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

One bear sighted in a rice field

Daisen Niiyaji, Akita

A bear about 1.5 m long was sighted along the Tamagawa riverbank.

Daisen Matsukura, Akita

Found in the rice field. It ran into the nearby woods.

Daisen Matsukura, Akita

While driving across a bridge, I saw a bear walking on the riverside sports field.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Encountered while driving. Two cubs and one mother bear. The cubs crossed the road while the mother hid in the roadside brush.

Senboku, Akita

While driving on the northbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway near Hanawa Service Area, a vehicle occupant witnessed a bear about 50 centimeters in body length crossing from the northbound side over the center divider into the southbound lanes.

Kazuno, Akita

Municipal road / body length 70 cm / 5 m from a house / 10 m from the observer While driving on a municipal road, a bear emerged from the west side of the road. When the vehicle stopped and the observer watched, the bear returned to the west side.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

One bear (about 1 m in body length) was seen running off toward the Yamate area (north).

Kuroishi, Aomori

One bear is captured on a surveillance camera. [From Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa, Aomori

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Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kosaka-zawa, Kosaka Town.

Kosaka, Akita

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Kosaka Daichi, Akita

It appeared from the residential side, crossed the road, and headed into the mountains.

Aomori, Aomori

One bear approximately 60 cm in body length. It emerged from the brush, crossed the road, and departed into the eastern mountain. The distance to the nearest residence was about 10 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

Yoneshiro River riverbed / body length 1 m / 150 m from a residence / 50 m distance from witness While driving on a municipal road, the witness spotted a bear on the far bank of the river. The bear entered the brush.

Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

On highway premises / body length 50 cm / 50 m from houses, 30 m from witness. While walking through the highway management property, the witness discovered a bear on the premises. The bear entered the brush from the property.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

Was walking on the property grounds when attacked and injured by a bear.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

A 28-year-old man was attacked by one bear while working in a field in Yamaya, Kakunodatemachi, Senboku City, and suffered injuries from bites to his jaw and limbs.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Yamayakawasaki, Akita

While working in the field, the person was attacked and injured by a bear.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

Prefectural road / body length 50 cm / 140 m from houses / 20 m from witness While driving on a prefectural road, I noticed a small bear walking along the edge of a field. The bear crossed the prefectural road from west to east and entered the brush on the east side.

Kazuno, Akita

A 28-year-old man working in a field in Yamanakakawasaki, Kakunodatemachi, Semboku, was attacked by one bear and injured, suffering bites to the jaw and limbs.

Senboku, Akita

On the evening of 2026-07-03, a 28-year-old man was attacked by a bear in Kakunodate, Senboku City, Akita, and suffered injuries to his face and other areas.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Municipal road / body length 70 cm / 5 m from a residence / 15 m distance from the observer While driving a vehicle on a municipal road within the settlement, the observer sighted a bear running west.

Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita

City road / body length 1 m / 5 m from a house / 5 m from the witness. While driving on a city road, the driver saw a bear running west across the road.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

[Aomori City report] A single bear about 70 cm long was seen crossing the road and heading north.

Aomori, Aomori

[Aomori City report] A single bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed crossing the road and moving north.

Aomori, Aomori

Prefectural road / Body length 70 cm / 5 m from a private house / 5 m distance from the witness While driving a vehicle on the prefectural road, a bear ran out in front of the car. When the horn was sounded, the bear went into the brush to the east.

Kazuno, Akita

Field / Body length 70 cm / Distance from witness 30 m / 50 m from residences. While driving on a municipal road, the driver spotted a bear in the field.

Kazuno, Akita

Rice field / body length 1 m / 100 m from residence / 50 m from witness. While driving on the prefectural road in a vehicle, I spotted a bear in a rice field. The bear moved toward the river, so I chased it by vehicle while calling to fishermen to take refuge. After wandering along the river, the bear entered the forested hills to the west. I pursued it up to the edge of the forest.

Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita

Report: On the town road west of the rice field at Kosaka 38, Kosaka-machi, a female/male adult bear about 1.2 meters long and one cub about 70 centimeters long were sighted. After that, the adult and cub entered the forested mountain area west of the town road. They are believed to have come up from the field road near Kosaka 38, climbed the roadside embankment below the town road, and emerged onto the town road. Sightings of bears are reported in this area, which is just south of the village cemetery, every year; this is the second sighting already this year. It is thought to be one of the travel routes used when moving between the forest on the east side of the Sunagosawa River and the forest on the west side.

Kosaka, Akita

[Report] Moved from the rice field into the mountain. A few minutes later, possibly the same individual, it went down toward the Hinokinai River on the side opposite the mountain. It is unclear whether it crossed the river.

Senboku, Akita

While driving, I saw a bear up in a tree. Body length approx. 1.2 m. Direction of departure unknown. About 300 m from the nearest house.

Senboku, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kosaka Nigawa, Kosaka Town, Akita, around 11:15 on July 1.

Kosaka, Akita

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Kosaka, Akita

A bear about 1 m tall was sighted on the road. It then ran off toward the mountains. [Reported by Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa, Aomori

(Reference information) On private residential property / body length 80 cm / distance from witness 30 m / 10 m from house and other buildings. Reported to the city by e-mail. Situation unknown.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita