Bear Garden, Bear sanctuary in Kitaakita, Japan.

Bear Garden, nicknamed Kumakuma-en, is a bear park in Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, run directly by the city since fiscal 2016. It keeps 48 Asiatic black bears and 18 brown bears in a fenced enclosure called "Kumayama". A reinforced-glass corridor lets visitors watch the animals up close.

Kitaakita's town government built the facility over three years for 180 million yen as a town-development project, and it opened in spring 1990. In 2012 the Akita Hachimantai Bear Farm closed with 27 bears, and the city prepared new housing, an exercise yard and a glass-walled viewing corridor, reopening the site as Kumakuma-en on 19 July 2014.

The nickname Kuma Kuma En and the name of the bear enclosure, "Kumayama" (bear mountain, after "saruyama", monkey mountain), come from the park's own layout. The first director was Suzuki Matsuji, known as the "last Matagi" hunter. From April to July a "cub nursery" lets visitors touch young bears, and a blueberry field is open for picking for a limited period in late summer.

The place is open to visitors from late April through early November, so plan your visit during these months. Access is straightforward, and the grounds are set up for people to walk around and view the areas easily.

The park closes for the winter, but on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in February it runs guided hibernation-viewing visits, which require a reservation in advance. The bears sleep through the coldest months, so this is the only way to see them in winter.