2,076 incidents in the last week
Distance to the house: 10 m. Length about 0.5 m. Under a chestnut tree.
Yurihonjō 八幡下, Akita
Black Bear × 1
7 hours ago
Post: Wandering around in a rice field. A patrol car is monitoring.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
7 hours ago
Two bears, about 0.4 m and 0.7 m long, were climbing a tree on the home premises. They moved off to the east.
Semboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita
Black Bear × 2
7 hours ago
A resident on a bicycle sighted a bear in a cemetery. About 1 m long; it headed northeast. The nearest house is about 20 m away.
Akita Tegata, Akita
Black Bear × 1
7 hours ago
Post: A mother bear with two cubs crossed the road. They then disappeared into the woods.
Kitaakita 田ノ沢, Akita
Black Bear × 3
7 hours ago
Sighted a bear about 1 m long near a residence. It headed north. Within 10 m of a dwelling.
Semboku Tazawako-Sashimaki, Akita
Black Bear × 1
7 hours ago
About 1 m in length; crossed the road from north to south.
Mitane Kamiiwakawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
7 hours ago
Saw a bear about 1 m long near the Tamagawa embankment. It departed to the east. Distance to nearby buildings unknown.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Hirokunai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
8 hours ago
Post: A bear in a roadside rice field. It noticed a car and fled toward the mountains. About 100 m to a house. Length about 1.3 m.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
8 hours ago
Sighting: A bear on the north side of the Akita Prefectural Rehabilitation staff parking lot. It departed toward the northeast into the woods. Length about 1 m. On the facility grounds.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
8 hours ago
On the premises, a mother bear and two cubs were eating chestnuts. They then went into the forest. Mother about 1 m; cubs' lengths unknown. Distance from the house unknown.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
Black Bear × 3
8 hours ago
Saw a bear about 0.6 m long on the embankment of the Hinoki River. It left toward the east.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
8 hours ago
Nearby residents sighted two bears (1 m and 0.5 m). Direction unknown. About 10 m to the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
8 hours ago
A driver sighted a bear about 0.5 m long. Direction unknown. On a municipal road in front of the Tashiro Community Center, Iwase Branch.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
8 hours ago
Observed one mother bear and two cubs on the road. The bears moved toward National Route 291.
Minamiuonuma Osaki, Niigata
Black Bear × 3
8 hours ago
While driving on a prefectural road, spotted a bear about 1.0 m on the road. It left toward the north into a rice field. Nearest house about 30 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
8 hours ago
Post: It crossed the road and ran into the bushes toward the river.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
8 hours ago
A driver spotted a cub about 0.5 m long in a field. Direction unknown. 300 m north of Tamo no Ki settlement.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
9 hours ago
Nearby residents sighted three bears (1 m, 0.5 m, 0.5 m) on a tree. Direction unknown. 100 m north of Akita Rosai Hospital.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 3
9 hours ago
Post: While driving toward Shiki Bi-kan, a bear about 1.5 m crossed the road.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
Black Bear × 1
9 hours ago
A mother bear and two cubs were walking through the rice field. Length unknown. Distance to the nearest house unknown.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
Black Bear × 3
9 hours ago
Observed one bear about 1.0 m on the premises. Departed toward the east into the eastern forest. 10 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
9 hours ago
Sighting: It was eating gleanings in a post-harvest rice field, then moved into the mountains. Length about 1 m. About 20 m from the nearest house.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
9 hours ago
Two bears, 1.0 m and 0.5 m, on a prefectural road. They left toward the east. Nearest building about 15 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
9 hours ago
Sighting: A bear climbing a persimmon tree behind a house in the Nagamine area.
Sanjo 長嶺, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
9 hours ago
Saw a bear about 0.6 m long 5 m south of the house. It left toward the south.
Semboku 西村, Akita
Black Bear × 1
9 hours ago
Saw a bear family in a rice field. Mother about 1 m; cub about 0.5 m. They left toward the western mountains. About 100 m from the nearest house.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Nishinagano, Akita
Black Bear × 2
9 hours ago
Post: It was eating something beside a radio tower. When the car horn sounded, it went into the woods.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
9 hours ago
Distance to the house: 80 m. Length about 0.7 m.
Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita
Black Bear × 1
9 hours ago
Observed one bear about 1.0 m on the premises. It moved to the south. Nearest building about 10 m away.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
9 hours ago
Post: Sighted behind a pharmacy, near a slope under construction. Size about 1 m. Destination unknown.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
10 hours ago
Post: While traveling between Akita North IC and Akita Central IC, spotted a bear near the median. It crossed the road and disappeared into the roadside brush.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
10 hours ago
Highway sighting: a bear about 1.2 m long. Left from west to east.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
10 hours ago
Post: While moving from Oga Village toward Hachirogata Town, the bear crossed the road from right to left.
Ogata, Akita
Black Bear × 1
10 hours ago
A bear appeared early afternoon in Tsubakigawa, Higashinaruse Village (also reported in Tagonai).
Tsubakigawa, Higashinaruse Village, Akita
Black Bear × 1
10 hours ago
Post: Found it under a chestnut tree on the left side when viewed from Ani Gakuen.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
10 hours ago
Post: It climbed up the embankment along a broad road on the Sakuradai side and then disappeared into the grass. It appeared to be a cub about 1 m tall.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
10 hours ago
Post: It climbed the concrete embankment and disappeared into the grass beyond.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
10 hours ago
Observed a mother bear about 1 m and a cub about 0.5 m near the Momokawa Dike. They left to the west. About 180 m from the nearest building.
Oga Wakimoto-Momokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 2
11 hours ago
Post: At a shrine near Meijo High School, climbed the stairs and watched the road from above.
Akita Shimokitate-Sakura, Akita
Black Bear × 1
11 hours ago
At the Iwakagami Wetlands parking lot, a mother bear and two cubs were walking.
Higashinaruse, Akita
Black Bear × 3
11 hours ago
Saw a bear about 1.0 m long in a field. It moved toward the direction of the Asahikawa region. 10 m from a house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
11 hours ago
Observed a bear about 50 cm long running toward the east side of the road's rice field. 15 m from the nearest house.
Akita Niida-Sakaecho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
11 hours ago
While driving, observed two bears crossing the road from south to north (1 m and 0.5 m). 20 m from a house.
Akita Yuwa-Mukaino, Akita
Black Bear × 2
11 hours ago
Sighted in a parking lot. It fled to the south toward the mountains. Length unknown. About 50 m to nearby buildings.
Yokote 増田町亀田, Akita
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
Post: Appeared to be foraging for food in a post-harvest rice field.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
Bear scat found near the Kanpūyama Observatory.
Oga Wakimoto-Tayazawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
Post: When honked at while crossing the road, the bear bolted through the rice fields. Length about 1.3 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
A bear appeared at Tokiwa Karibashi in Noshiro City around midday.
Tokiwa Karibashi, Noshiro City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
Post: It moved through the rice field toward the direction of the national highway.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
Saw one bear appear on the sidewalk while driving on National Route 290; the bear did not cross the road and returned to the mountains.
Kamo Shimotakayanagi, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
Saw a bear come onto the sidewalk on National Route 290; it did not cross the road and returned into the mountains.
Sado, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
Post: While driving, witnessed a bear darting into dense brush; it disappeared quickly. It appeared cub-sized.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
A witness driving east on a town road sighted a bear in Ichijōgi Park. What happened next is unknown. Length about 1.0 m. About 100 m to the nearest house.
Misato, Akita
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
Observed a bear about 70 cm in length on the road in front of a house. It then headed north. Nearest house about 5 m away.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
Post: Under the persimmon tree on the premises.
Akita Niida-Honcho 4-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
Post: While doing yard work outside, saw a bear crossing a field adjacent to a house. Length about 1.5 m. The driver who spotted it honked to warn and a blank was fired, and we hurried home.
Noshiro Towarida, Akita
Black Bear × 1
12 hours ago
Nearby resident saw a bear in a ginkgo tree. About 1 m long. Moving west. 300 m southwest of the Santetsu Shrine.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
13 hours ago
Observed a bear about 1 m long on the road. It left from the west toward the east toward the drainage. Nearest building about 250 m away.
Oga Unoki, Akita
Black Bear × 1
13 hours ago
Saw one bear (about 50–80 cm) moving from the north field to the south brush.
Murakami 中川原団地, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
13 hours ago
Post: Roaming near a fire station outbuilding.
Happou Minehama-Menagata, Akita
Black Bear × 1
13 hours ago
Post: I did not actually see it, but tracks were left.
Higashinaruse 岩井川, Akita
Black Bear × 1
13 hours ago
Saw a bear eating something in front of a home. It headed west. Length about 80 cm. About 10 m from the nearest house.
Yokote Shichikengawara, Akita
Black Bear × 1
13 hours ago
Witnesses saw a bear cross the road to the south. It moved toward the southern residential area. Nearest house about 5 m away.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
13 hours ago
Observed a mother bear about 1.5 m and two cubs about 0.6 m near the Takano embankment. Destination unknown.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita
Black Bear × 3
14 hours ago
Observed a bear about 1.5 m long on a residential property. It left toward the north into the woods. About 5 m from the nearest building.
Oga Wakimoto-Momokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
14 hours ago
Saw one cub about 50 cm near the entrance to the settlement.
Murakami 羽下ケ渕, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
14 hours ago
Observed a cub climbing a persimmon tree in the home yard. One bear. Length about 0.5 m. About 3 m from the house.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
Black Bear × 1
14 hours ago
Post: While traveling from Higashi-Noshiro IC to Hachimori Town, a cub crossed the road from the Akita Eco Plash side to the vacant lot behind the Noshiro Industrial Park Liaison Council.
Noshiro Kairagefuchi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
14 hours ago
Post: On the trail just below the Nakadake summit, a mother bear with two cubs crossed from west to east. When loud voices were raised, they fled.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
15 hours ago
Observed a bear about 1 m long on a residential property. It headed toward the north into the bamboo grove. About 30 m from the nearest building.
Oga Oganaka-Nakamaguchi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Saw a mother bear about 1.5 m and a cub about 0.5 m in a rice field 300 m south of the Shimo Community Center. They headed northwest.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Black Bear × 2
15 hours ago
A woman sighted a bear on a municipal road in Izumi-Higashi, Akita City.
Izumi-Higashi, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in the morning in Tameshin, Shiratori Town, Gujo City.
Tameshin, Shiratori Town, Gujo City, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Bear tracks confirmed at a beekeeping farm.
Morioka Takamatsu 4-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in Soegawa Yomogida, Akita City.
Soegawa Yomogida, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Bear traces were found before noon in Shokenji, Tonami City.
Shokenji, Tonami City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in Kamiyakumo, Yakumo Town.
Kamiyakumo, Yakumo Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Bears appeared in the morning in multiple sub-areas (Iwasaki, Yokokawame) of Waga Town, Kitakami City.
Waga Town, Kitakami City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Post: A cub about 0.5 m approached construction equipment.
Odate Karasawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Distance to the nearest house: 130 m. Length about 0.8 m.
Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in Imaizumidera-mae, Tomiya City.
Imaizumidera-mae, Tomiya City, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in the morning in the Chibiki district of Tohoku Town.
Chibiki District, Tohoku Town, Aomori
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Observed one adult bear near the east of the Tsunagi Jūmonji area; moving north toward Shizukuishi Town.
Morioka Mitsuwari 3-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in Shimoshinki Kasaoka in Akita City.
Shimoshinkin Kasaoka, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in Unoki Shimogatabata, Oga City.
Unoki Shimogatabata, Oga City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in Kiyokawa, Engaru Town.
Kiyokawa, Engaru Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Bears were reported at multiple locations in the Hachimantai area of Kazuno City (including Nagata Uedaomote and Oyanagi).
Hachimantai, Kazuno City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Bears appeared in the morning in Shimo-Etsuriko and Kami-Etsuriko, Kitakami City.
Shimo-Etsuriko, Kitakami City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Bear traces were found in Kitayama, Uozu City.
Kitayama, Uozu City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared at Higashishikari Kita 5-sen in Otofuke Town.
Higashishikari Kita 5-sen, Otofuke Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in the morning in Kamiyamazoe, Tsuruoka City.
Kamiyamazoe, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared early morning in Kamishinjo Goshoidaidaira, Akita City.
Kamishinjo Goshoidaidaira, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in Kami-Ooyachi, Aware area of Kitakami City.
Ooyachi Kamioyachi, Aware Town, Kitakami City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in the morning in Muramatsu, Gosen City.
Muramatsu, Gosen City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
A bear appeared in the morning in Yoshizawa, Yamagata City.
Yoshizawa, Yamagata City, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Observed one adult bear near the baseball field on the south side of the Ota Bridge; moved along the Shizuku River.
Morioka Yamagishi 6-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Observed a bear moving along the Shimonoseki (Ueno district) farm road. Destination unknown.
Sekikawa 大字下関, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Driver observed a bear about 1 m long crossing the road from north to south. It then headed into the south-side forest. Nearest house about 20 m away.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Post: Time and place similar to the 16th. A bear about 1 m walked around a fence; when spoken to, it headed toward Kamikita Nursery School.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Post: One bear on the premises. About 1 m long; departed toward the south into the southern forest. Nearest building about 20 m away.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
15 hours ago
Bear entered a warehouse and was eating apples. After being spotted, it soon departed to the western mountains. Length about 1 m. About 10 m from the nearest house.
Yokote 金沢中野, Akita
Black Bear × 1
16 hours ago
Saw a cub about 50–60 cm on a chestnut tree. It then went into the nearby woods. Distance to the house unknown.
Daisen Kitanaraoka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
16 hours ago
Witness saw a bear about 1.0 m running into the northwest woods from the house. About 100 m to the nearest house.
Misato, Akita
Black Bear × 1
17 hours ago
Witness looked outside from inside Rokugo Onsen Attaka-yama building and saw a bear about 50 cm long running west. Destination unknown. About 30 m to Attaka-yama.
Misato 六郷東根, Akita
Black Bear × 1
17 hours ago
On private residential property
Body length: adult bear about 1.3 m
Two cubs about 0.9 m
Yurihonjō 陳ケ森, Akita
Black Bear × 3
17 hours ago
Observed one cub near Fuketsu no Sato; movement direction unknown.
Uonuma Kamihara, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
17 hours ago
Reported: Spotted four bears inside the premises. One about 1 m, the other three about 50 cm. The bears then headed east. The distance to the building was 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 4
17 hours ago
Observation: A driver traveling saw one bear in a paddy field in the Niida Nakayachi area. Size about 50 cm; departure direction unknown. The location is about 150 m east of the Aozora Yōho Renkei-type Certified Childcare Center; the distance to the nearest house is about 150 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
17 hours ago
Driver witnessed one bear crossing a municipal road. Size about 70 cm; 5 m to a house. Crossing direction and departure destination unknown.
Akita Izumihigashimachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Driver saw a bear crossing the road from south to north. Size about 1 m; its departure destination is unknown after it passed. Distance to the house about 5 m.
Akita Izumihigashimachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Post: Crossed from the Izumiue-chō bus stop toward the mountain side. Body length about 1 m.
Akita Hodono-Suwacho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Sighting: One bear on the north side of Akita Technical High School grounds. Size about 60 cm; it left toward the north. The nearest building about 60 m away.
Akita Izumihigashimachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Residents saw one bear in front of the shed on the premises. Size about 80 cm; the bear then went into the west shrub. Distance to the house about 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Residents saw one bear in the woodland north of their home. Size about 60 cm; it went into the northern woods. Distance to the house 20 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Pedestrian sighted one bear moving south from Atago Shrine.
Gosen 愛宕, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Driver saw one bear on the road in front of the apartment. Size about 50 cm; the bear headed toward the northeast woodland. Distance to the apartment about 5 m.
Akita Sakura 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Sighting: Bear crossed National Route 13. It headed toward the mountains. Body length about 1 m. About 10 m from a house.
Daisen Mineyoshikawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Post: Saw three bears in the woods behind the house. One about 1 m, two about 50 cm. The bears left toward the western woods. Distance to the house 30 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
18 hours ago
Observed a bear about 1.2 m long inside the grounds of the Nishiki General Health Promotion Center. It crossed from the south to the west ground and headed northwest.
Semboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Post: In the middle of a rice field near the milling site; body length about 1 m. It hid in the bushes toward the Yufore area.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Witnessed a bear crossing a municipal road from east to west. Size about 1 m; 5 m to a house. Departure destination unknown.
Akita Hodono-Haranomachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Saw one bear (about 1 m) in the wood behind a residential area. Direction of travel unknown. About 30 m from the nearest house.
Odate Katayamacho 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
On the railway track / length about 1 m / about 150 m from a house. A collision occurred between a bear and the JR Hanawa Line. The witness was about 1 m away.
Kazuno, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Post: A bear about 1 m long crossed the road and entered the bushes.
Misato 蛇沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
18 hours ago
Distance to the house: 30 m. Body length: adult bear about 1.3 m; two cubs about 0.9 m.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Black Bear × 3
19 hours ago
Post: Saw one bear about 90 cm long and probably two cubs along the roadside. About 200 m to a nearby shrine. They were wandering around in the area.
Noshiro Futatsuimachi-Nibuna, Akita
Black Bear × 3
19 hours ago
Observed one bear near Wakamiya Junior High School pool; heading toward a nearby waterway.
Kamo Wakamiyacho 2-chome, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
20 hours ago
Post: A resident sighted one bear in a persimmon tree on the premises. Size about 50 cm; moved toward the southern woodland. Distance to the house 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
20 hours ago
On a nearby road, three bears (about 1.0 m, 0.5 m, and 0.5 m) were sighted; they left when attention was diverted.
Daisen Otacho-Ota, Akita
Black Bear × 3
20 hours ago
Driver saw one bear on the road in Sakura 3-chome. Size about 1 m; the bear then moved toward the south toward an apartment parking area. The nearest house was about 10 m away.
Akita Sakura 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
21 hours ago
Bear tracks found in a field; based on size, likely a mother with cubs; a dog was barking at night.
Katagami, Akita
Black Bear × 2
21 hours ago
Post: While driving on National Route 7 toward Takasō, it crossed slowly from the left side to the right.
Odate Tatebana, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
R7.10.19 around 16:00, one bear footprint confirmed on Kita 8-go Road.
Okoppe, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
1 day ago
Moon bear sightings were reported in the town, and warnings and precautions have been issued.
Kami Town, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear-like animal was sighted in Ome City near an elementary school, and the Metropolitan Police are searching.
Ome City, Tokyo
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
No.59 6:55 AM – sighting on Kamishibe Betsu town road (prefectural road), Kamishibe Betsu Ushi Line
Shibetsu, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared late at night in Haramachi, Higashi-Agatsuma Town.
Haramachi, Higashi-Agatsuma Town, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Kageno-sawa, Takashimizu, Kurihara City at night.
Kageno-sawa, Takashimizu, Kurihara City, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Terao, Chichibu City at night.
Terao, Chichibu City, Saitama
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared at night in Mutsugai, Nishiaizu Town.
Mutsugai, Nishiaizu Town, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
During late-night garbage disposal, a roughly 1-meter-long black animal thought to be a bear approached, according to a witness.
Okadamacho, Higashi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
1 day ago
Bear crossed the road from east to west. The mother about 1 m; two cubs about 0.5 m each. The bears then left toward the west. About 10 m to the nearest house.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 3
1 day ago
Post: From the road leading to the December building, it crossed the road and ran up the slope toward Kurazawa's grave.
Kazuno 倉沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
While driving a car, one bear about 1 m in length was observed on the road. The bear moved into the forest on the north side. The closest building was 10 m away.
Oga Shiomigaoka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Two bears were sighted by a driver on the sidewalk in front of the bus stop (Jitei) at Tahei-ji Temple Garden. The two bears were about 70 cm tall; as the driver passed by, the bears' destination is unknown. The distance to the nearest residence is about 20 meters.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
Residents saw one bear climbing a tree on the premises. It moved west.
Minamiuonuma Kyooka-shinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
On a municipal road, three bears were observed: one about 1 m long and two about 0.5 m, about 50 m from a house. While traveling by vehicle on the municipal road, a group that appears to be a parent with cubs crossed the road and went into the bushes. The observer was about 20 m away.
Kazuno 倉沢, Akita
Black Bear × 3
1 day ago
[Post] While driving on Mizuhono Sato Road, one Japanese black bear was sighted on the road. Body length about 1 meter, and then it moved toward the Yokote Park Ski Area.
Yokote Ootoriiyamashita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
[Post] It crossed the Industrial Museum parking lot and went into the shrubs on the south side.
Akita Tegata-Yamaminamimachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】In a private residence yard, two bears (one about 1.2 m, the other about 1 m) were 0 m from the house. After hearing a scratching sound outside, I checked from inside and saw two bears, likely a mother and cub, destroying the snow fence. Witness distance about 3 m.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
Saw a mother bear over 1 m moving toward the woods and a cub about 0.6 m.
Minamiuonuma Manjo-shinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
Saw one bear about 1.5 m long on the riverbank of the Mikuni River.
Minamiuonuma Tsukuno-kamishinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in the evening in Osaruzawa Kami-Oyafu, Kazuno City.
Osaruzawa Kami-Oyafu, Kazuno City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Koshinhara, Aritenasaka, Fukushima City in the evening.
Koshinhara, Aritenasaka, Fukushima City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Taka Maeda, Arokarecho, Kitakami City in the evening.
Taka Maeda, Arokarecho, Kitakami City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared near a residence in Sakamoto, Toyama City; an emergency hunting operation was conducted but the bear was not found.
Sakamoto, Toyama City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in the evening in Shimizu-cho, Fukui City.
Shimizu-cho, Fukui City, Fukui
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in the evening in Hakuse Nakatsubo, Noshiro City.
Hakuse Nakatsubo, Noshiro City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Taira, Nakanojo Town in the evening.
Taira, Nakanojo Town, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Sighting: Bear about 1 m long moving through a paddy field.
Minamiuonuma Nagamori, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】While driving, I saw an animal in the meadow that appeared to be a cub.
Happou, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in the evening in Ueno-machi, Takayama City (also reported in Katano-machi).
Ueno-machi, Takayama City, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in the evening in Ofune, Kawanishi Town.
Ofune, Kawanishi Town, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in the evening in Naka-Komatsu Nishihama, Inawashiro Town.
Naka-Komatsu Nishihama, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Sudaremori, Oshu City in the evening.
Maesawa Sudaremori, Oshu City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
In the evening, a teenage man sighted a bear about 50 cm long on a municipal road.
Fukushima Prefecture, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Tachibana, Mino City in the evening.
Tachibana, Mino City, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
In the evening of October 18, a bear appeared at the elementary/junior high school area in Higashimachi, Midori City.
Higashimachi, Midori City, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Ashimaki, Oto Town, Aizuwakamatsu City in the evening.
Ashimaki, Oto Town, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
One bear was sighted in the forest west of the Igarashi Construction waste site. About 1 m long. About 250 m to the nearest house.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】When I happened to drive by, I found it on a gravel road along an irrigation canal. It ran into the nearby woods.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】A bear was eating chestnuts about 10 m from a house. Four police cars surrounded it, and another car was informing a nearby resident.
Fujisato, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】While traveling south on the Akita Expressway, a bear was struck. The bear walked into the forest.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】It ran from between the baseball field and the parking lot toward the hillside.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Spotted a bear in a vacant lot beside a house. About 1 m long. It headed east toward Old Castle Mountain. Distance to the house about 30 m.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Ogata, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】It was walking along the embankment as if looking for something. About 1.2 m in length.
Kazuno, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】When workers were leaving, I spotted one bear about 70 to 80 cm long a few tens of meters ahead just outside the staff entrance. When I approached about 5 m while honking, the bear fled into the brush.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
[Post] One bear about 60 cm in length was sighted on a slope beside National Route 13. The bear ran toward the back of a house.
Daisen Kyowa-Mineyoshikawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Nearby residents spotted a bear under a ginkgo tree; two bears (1.0 m and 0.5 m). Direction unknown. About 10 m to the nearest house on the south.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
【Posted】Mother and cub in a rice field. When the horn sounded, they bolted toward the mountains. The cub is hiding among the rice.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
Residents witnessed one bear about 1 m long on private property. It headed toward the southern forest.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
[Post] A bear ran from the direction of the rice fields and crossed the road into the yard of a house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear about 0.8 m long was seen behind the house under a chestnut tree. It moved south after firecrackers were set off.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】It appeared to be eating beans in a soybean field, then fled toward the riverbank.
Odate Shirasawa, Akita
Black Bear × 3
1 day ago
Post: Bear footprints in a field and scat around a persimmon tree were found.
Minamiuonuma Yawata, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】Saw one bear in the premises of an unmanned rice-milling facility. Size about 1 m; the bear then headed north into the mountain forest.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Seen a cub in front of the house. The bear then fled toward the mountains to the north. Body length about 60 cm. Distance to the house about 2 m.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】Three bears were on the road in front of the Tegata-yama Pump Station. One about 1.2 m, two about 0.4 m. Bears headed east. Nearest house about 30 m.
Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita
Black Bear × 3
1 day ago
While driving on the municipal road from north to south, a bear crossed the road from the right. Body length about 1 m.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Asu, Hannō City around midday; reports note the area includes a university and parks.
Asu, Hannō City, Saitama
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Saw a bear eating chestnuts in the home yard. The bear then left toward a westward pond. Body length about 1 m.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear was reported in Kabuto, Murakami City in the early afternoon, and traces were found in Nashiki in the same city.
Kabuto, Murakami City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Sotoasahikawa Sanchigari, Akita City.
Sotoasahikawa Sanchigari, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in the afternoon in Kawaramachi, Kakunodate, Semboku City.
Kawaramachi, Kakunodate, Semboku City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in the afternoon in Jinguji Togetsu, Daisen City.
Jinguji Togetsu, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared early afternoon in Ani-Koyou, Kitaakita City.
Ani-Koyou, Kitaakita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Spotted a bear about 50 cm long walking along an agricultural road. The bear headed from east to west. About 100 m from the nearest building.
Oga Iriai-Kamiya, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
There was a banging at the living room window, and when I looked, there was a bear. The bear left toward the fields to the north. Length about 1 m. Distance to the house: 0 m.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
About 1 m long, a bear was climbing a persimmon tree. It then went into nearby brush.
Mitane Kado, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】While driving, saw a mother bear and cub near a persimmon tree. Startled by a person coming out of a nearby house, they ran toward the Suzuki Parts area.
Ikawa 小竹花, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
【Posted】Under a cut chestnut tree on the eastern side of the premises, a bear about 60–70 cm was foraging fallen chestnuts. When staff yelled from a distance, it slowly climbed the eastern slope and left.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】In the private yard, a bear about 80 cm long; about 5 m from the house. From inside the house, I saw a bear go into a small shed through the yard.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A car collided with a bear on the Bandaisan Gold Line, but there were no injuries (around 1:00 PM on the 18th).
Bandaisan Gold Line, Kitashiobara Village, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】Spotted a black animal moving in the northern mountain forest. Size unknown; it disappeared after a while. Destination unknown.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Spotted one bear about 60 cm long. The bear’s whereabouts after that are unknown. Distance to the house about 50 m.
Yuzawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】Saw a bear about 50 cm long walking from the house yard into the adjacent paddy (east side). Distance to the building 20 m.
Daisen 前田, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】While traveling from Oomagari toward Yokote, encountered a cub about to cross Route 13. It noticed our car and turned back, fleeing toward the mountains.
Yokote 杉目, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Driver saw a bear under a chestnut tree in the yard / 1 bear about 1.0 m / direction unknown / about 50 m to the nearest house on the west.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Spotted a cub in a field south of Tsurigata Shrine. It fled southeast.
Noshiro Uenoyamadai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Spotted a bear near a persimmon tree in the home yard. About 50 cm; the bear headed into the south shrub. Distance to the house about 10 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】A cub was climbing a tree near a nearby residential building. Its destination thereafter is unknown.
Akita Niida-Honcho 6-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear about 60 cm long was wandering around the construction area inside Niita Elementary School grounds. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita Niida-Honcho 4-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Staff sighted a bear wandering in the parking lot of Akita South Funeral Hall. About 50 cm; at the time of the report the bear remained in the parking lot. Nearest house about 20 m.
Akita Niida-Honcho 6-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Spotted one bear wandering the roads around Niida Elementary School. About 50 cm; direction of departure unknown. Nearest house about 10 m.
Akita Niida-Honcho 4-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
About 1 m long, a bear was in a yard. It then fled north.
Mitane Kado, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】An adult bear about 1 m crossed about 10 m in front of a car.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Bear tracks confirmed in a field on private property in Kita-Gata area.
Sanjo 大面, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A cub about 50 cm climbed down from a tree and fled south. It is likely to head along the river west or east. About 30 m to surrounding buildings.
Yokote 増田町荻袋, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】While a witness was walking nearby, they saw what appeared to be a mother and cub in front of the factory woods. The bears seemed to be foraging for food. Mother about 1.2 m; cub about 60 cm. About 30 m to the factory.
Noshiro Futatsuimachi-Niageba, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
Posted: A head emerged from the undergrowth beneath a walnut tree. It appears to be a cub, and it ran toward the Taihei River.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
Residents spotted a bear climbing a persimmon tree inside the premises. About 50 cm; it left during the report, direction unknown. Distance to the house 5 m.
Akita Niida-Honcho 4-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Saw one bear on National Route 290; it fled toward the southern mountains.
Kamo Shimotsuchikura, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Two bears, 1.5 m and 0.7 m, were spotted near the house under a persimmon tree. They then headed south. Distance to the house 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
Spotted one bear in the forest adjacent to the Igarashi Construction waste site. Body length unknown. Distance to the nearest house about 250 m.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Observed from inside a moving car. It was wandering near the fields, but after the vehicle passed, it turned around and headed into the mountains.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A driver on the national highway witnessed a bear about 1.2 m long attempting to cross from west to east; the bear could not cross and headed toward the western mountains.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】Went out onto the road and, startled by a dump truck, stepped back into the premises.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】Was eating chestnuts under a chestnut tree. When honked, the bear ran away.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Saw a bear moving north from the Hiraka Baseball Stadium parking lot. Length over 1 m. About 10 m to the nearest house.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Attacked by a bear near a cemetery.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
One cub about 50 cm climbing a tree on the facility grounds. It is still up the tree. Distance to surrounding buildings 0 m.
Yokote 増田町荻袋, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Spotted one cub along the edge of a rice field. It fled to the east.
Noshiro Towarida, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Near the Ken-do Kakuro Line, spotted one bear about 1 m long; the bear collided with a car.
Daisen 相野, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】Two new footprints were found at the site where footprints and scat were found on October 14.
Odate Ashidako, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Spotted a cub about unknown length entering the bushes from the prefectural road.
Minamiuonuma Ozuki, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Spotted a bear around 1 m in the Mizukoshi no Sato area; it then headed into the brush.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】A cub. It seemed to be looking for its mother, wandering while crying and climbing trees.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Moritake Kidogawa-sawa, Mitane Town.
Moritake Kidogawa-sawa, Mitane Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Bear evidence was found in Jugo-no Shinden Nakamura, Jumonji-cho, Yokote City.
Jumonji-cho Jugo-no Shinden Nakamura, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
On the morning of October 18, a bear was sighted in Mukae Noshiro Totomeki, Noshiro City.
Mukae Noshiro Totomeki, Noshiro City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Traces of bear activity were found in Ueno, Toyama City; an emergency hunting order was issued after a bear appeared near a house, but the animal was not found.
Ueno, Toyama City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear was reported in the morning in Kumaishitomari, Yakumo Town.
Kumaishitomari, Yakumo Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Hane, Hadano City before midday.
Hane, Hadano City, Kanagawa
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Furu-Misato, Misato area of Yuzawa City.
Furu-Misato, Misato Town, Yuzawa City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Observed one cub near the Tsunagi Jūmonji area; moving south.
Morioka Yamagishi, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appearance was reported in Shimosentobu Kaisaka, Tsunan Town.
Shimosentobu Kaisaka, Tsunan Town, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Bears were reported in Kanazawa Higashine and Rokugo Higashine areas of Misato Town.
Kanazawa Higashine, Misato Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Traces of bear activity were found in Kamihirafuki, Minamiechizen Town.
Kamihirafuki, Minamiechizen Town, Fukui
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared early morning in Shirono (Daino), Odate City.
Shirono, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Traces of a bear were found in Taniguchi, Tateyama Town.
Taniguchi, Tateyama Town, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared early morning in Iijima Mizushiri, Akita City.
Iijima Mizushiri, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in the morning in Oshikakubo, Fujinomiya City.
Oshikakubo, Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】There was a cub in a field after harvest.
Noshiro Futatsuimachi-Niageba, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in the morning in Tenno Shimahamayama, Katagami City.
Tenno Shimahamayama, Katagami City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear was reported in Tamogami Aneya, Tamura district, Koriyama City.
Tamogami Aneya, Tamuramachi, Koriyama City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Yamada Kamidokegawa-sawa, Yuzawa City.
Yamada Kamidokegawa-sawa, Yuzawa City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Bears appeared at multiple locations in Asamai, Hiraka Town, Yokote City.
Asamai, Hiraka Town, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared before noon in Kitashioya, Obama City.
Kitashioya, Obama City, Fukui
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Traces of a bear were found in Nishiyoshidani, Ojiya City.
Nishiyoshidani, Ojiya City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Traces of a bear were found in Daikoji, Uozu City.
Daikoji, Uozu City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Yuwa Shimokurose Nonaka, Akita City.
Yuwa Shimokurose Nonaka, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Kataguchi, Ogata Village.
Kataguchi, Ogata Village, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Observed one adult bear. It moved west, seemingly into the grounds of a prefectural apartment.
Morioka Asagishi 3-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Towada Nishiki Shimo-no, Kazuno City.
Towada Nishiki Shimo-no, Kazuno City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Bears appeared in Futatsui Town (Ninbunabo-naka and Sawaguchi), Noshiro City.
Futatsui Town, Noshiro City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Bears were reported at multiple sites in the Toyooka area of Daisen City (including Ohori and Mitake).
Toyooka, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Mutsunari Yoshizawa Uedai, Yokote City.
Mutsunari Yoshizawa Uedai, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared early morning in Omori-cho Sugaoda, Yokote City.
Omori-cho Sugaoda, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Hanawa Murago, Kazuno City.
Hanawa Murago, Kazuno City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Hirasato, Oshamanbe Town.
Hirasato, Oshamanbe Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Wakasainai, Engaru Town.
Wakasainai, Engaru Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Shimokawara Michinoue, Odate City.
Shimokawara Michinoue, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Bear traces were found in Ueno Kotobuki-cho, Toyama City in the morning.
Ueno Kotobuki-cho, Toyama City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Bears appeared near Takahashi and Yasukebashi in Kunimi, Ota Town, Daisen City.
Kunimi, Ota Town, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear appeared in Ashidako Shishigamoroshita, Odate City.
Ashidako Shishigamoroshita, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Nearby residents spotted a bear under a chestnut tree / 1 bear about 1.0 m / moving north / 100 m to the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Driver spotted a bear on the sidewalk along the Jukai Line / 1 bear about 1.0 m / direction unknown / about 300 m to the nearest facility to the northwest.
Odate Shigenai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Spotted one bear about 1 m long. It headed south. Nearest building about 100 m away.
Oga, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】There was something black near the center of a field that looked like buckwheat; upon staring, it was a bear.
Kosaka 上向子坂, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】While driving, a bear about 100 cm long crossed the road and walked toward the woods.
Noshiro Futatsuimachi-Nibuna, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
While working in the home garden, a bear appeared from a culvert beside the house. The witness fled indoors, so the bear size and where it headed are unknown.
Akita Niida-Honcho 4-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Three bears (one mother, two cubs) were seen walking along the river. They then entered the western hills. Distance to the nearest house 50 m.
Yuzawa, Akita
Black Bear × 3
1 day ago
Spotted one bear about 50 cm climbing a persimmon tree on the west side of the house. It then went west. Distance to the house 20 m.
Daisen, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear was seen about 5 meters from the museum building, about 100 cm tall, walking toward the hill behind the building.
Akita Tegata, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】A cub crossed the road and entered a residential area.
Akita Niida-Sakaecho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】While driving, a mother bear about 1 m and a cub about 50 cm were walking along the edge of a forest. They were heading toward the road.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
【Posted】While driving, a bear pair about 1 m and 50 cm were walking along the edge of the forest.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
Spotted two bears (a mother and cub) near Yokote River. Size unknown. About 60 m to the nearest house.
Yokote O-machi, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
Spotted one bear about 1 m long behind a house. The bear headed to the eastern mountains.
Yokote Daijoinduka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear about 1 m long was sighted near Aozora Kodomoen in a rice field, and then headed south. Distance to the nearest house about 50 m.
Yuzawa 三梨町, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Along the Osawa River, near Eidenji temple there are multiple sightings. It was ultimately seen heading toward the mountains.
Higashinaruse 田子内, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
【Posted】A cub about 50 cm long entered the woods on the seaward side from the roadside sidewalk.
Katagami, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: A bear ran past the Asahikawa Police Station toward the forest.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: While driving past the Sushi Edomae signal in Yamate-dai, I witnessed a cub about 50 cm crossing the road toward Hitotsumori Park.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: I saw a bear crossing the road near the Ishikawa crossing. It fled to the south.
Noshiro Mukainoshiro, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Saw a bear about 1 m long in front of my house. It then went into the northern mountains. The distance to the nearest house was about 5 m.
Yuzawa 山田, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Spotted one bear. Movement direction unknown.
Uonuma Yoshida, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: While tidying the premises, I found footprints around the area where the rice husks were being cleared.
Ugo, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Spotted a bear about 1 m tall on the embankment north of my house. It left to the east. The distance to the house was about 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: While running, I rounded a curve and watched it cross the road slowly from the forest on the Shimodano side toward the Tennamachi side toward the fields. It wasn’t looking at me, so we had a near collision but it was safe. About 10 m away, private property about 5 m. Body length 1.5–2 m.
Odate Koshakanai-michiue, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: While walking along a farm road, I spotted a bear about 0.8 m in length in a rice field. It headed south. It was about 70 m from a house.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: About 10 m to a house. Body length about 0.8 m.
Yurihonjō 矢島町矢島町, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Spotted a bear about 1 m long crossing the prefectural road.
Minamiuonuma Ubashima-shinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Saw a bear about 90 cm long on the road. About 80 m to a nearby shrine. It then went into the mountains.
Noshiro Futatsuimachi-Nibuna, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Found it crossing the road. It seems to have fled toward Sai-no-Kami Park.
Hachirogata Koike, Akita
Black Bear × 2
1 day ago
Post: I saw a bear about 1 m entering the woods north of Mishima Shrine. It then walked south along the tracks. It was about 30 m from buildings.
Daisen 羽場, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: One cub was eating chestnuts and soon left.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Saw one bear about 1 m long in the south fields near the Lawson store in Yokote Hira-machi Shimunekura; distance to the nearest house about 130 m.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: About 10 m from a house. Body length about 1 m.
Yurihonjō 梵天谷地, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: It was initially under a neighbor's chestnut tree, but when noticed, it was on the property. It fled when I made a noise.
Gojome 馬場目, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: It was standing on the road. When a car approached, it ran into a residential yard. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: While driving from the Jūmonji area, a bear darted from the left and crossed the road.
Yokote 十文字町上鍋倉, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: I saw a bear about 1 m long in front of my house garage. It moved toward the eastern drainage ditch. Distance to the building 10 m.
Daisen, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: A bear about 300 m southeast of the Furu-Komai Public Hall was seen in a residential yard; it was moving northwest.
Shibata 麓, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A driver on the Yokoyama Kinato Line sighted one bear about 1 m in length. The bear crossed the line from east to west and then headed west. The nearest house was about 150 m away.
Akita Shintoda, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: A bear sprinted from just beside the Ion Super Center toward the forest behind Furusawa Onsen.
Odate Otaomote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
[Post] Early morning. A mother bear with cubs was slowly walking along the roadside, moving toward the backs of houses in Hodono.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita
Black Bear × 3
1 day ago
Post: A bear was seen moving diagonally south from the convenience-store parking lot across the intersection. Body length 1–1.2 m.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Spotted a bear at the Lawson store in Yokote, Hiraka-machi; it headed west.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: During a walk, a four-legged, black animal crossed the road. Likely an adult bear.
Akita Ushijimahigashi 5-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Claw marks on the persimmon tree, remnants of eaten persimmons at the base, and nearby bear scat. Bear's movements are unknown.
Murakami 梨木, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear was sighted at Taihei Kurosawaharai in Akita City on the evening of October 17, and another sighting occurred in Sakura 3-chome in Akita City in the early morning of October 18.
Sakura 3-chome, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear was reported early in the morning in Fumoto, Shibata City.
Fumoto, Shibata City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Saw one bear on the road. It moved into the eastern mountains.
Murakami 坪根, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: A resident on Sakura 3-Chome 10-3 saw a bear about 1 m tall on a slope 20 m south of their home. It left in an unknown direction. The nearest house was about 10 m away.
Akita Sakura 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: On returning home, I found a bear about 1 m long. It ran into the grass on the right as if fleeing from my car.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
Post: Spotted a bear in the parking lot of a shopping center. It left. Distance to the building: unknown. Body length about 1 m.
Daisen Wago, Akita
Black Bear × 1
1 day ago
A bear was reported in Oigai, Tone Town, Numata City late in the morning.
Oigai, Tone Town, Numata City, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted about 350 meters from a nursery school, and police are warning residents.
Nagano City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A single bear was seen sitting on a road in a residential area, and police are urging caution.
Iida City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bears were reported over multiple days in the Kamikitate area of Akita City (including Saruda, Tatenoshita and Furuno locations).
Kamikitate, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bears appeared in Niida-honcho 1-chome and 3-chome in Akita City.
Niida-honcho, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was sighted on a road near Yaita Junior High School.
Yaita Junior High School, Yaita City, Tochigi
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in Tegata-Osawa, Akita City (in the morning and in the evening).
Tegata-Osawa, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Multiple bears were sighted in the residential area of Kosugi, Toyama City, prompting the prefecture's first emergency hunting order.
Kosugi, Toyama City, Toyama
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
A brown bear crossed a road in Sapporo's Nishi Ward, returned to the roadway, and one bear was subsequently culled.
Nishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bears were reported in areas of Hinai Town, Odate City (Tatsuko Maedano and Katakai Ise-dokita).
Hinai Town, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported at midday in Kawai, Mishima Town.
Kawai, Mishima Town, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported sighted in Wakaho Watanai, Nagano City and police have issued a warning; sightings were also reported near Zenkoji Temple.
Wakaho Watanai, Nagano City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported to have been run over and killed on a national road in Ōhira Village; warnings issued due to multiple sightings in the area.
Ōhira Village, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on an Adatara Mountain trail; the area is known as bear habitat.
Adatara Mountain trail, Fukushima, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bears were reported on multiple days in the Iwami area of Kawabe, Akita City (including Iwami-higashi and Kayamori).
Iwami, Kawabe, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Two bears appeared near a nursing facility in Teine Kanayama, Teine Ward, Sapporo; a hunter fired a gun. Two bears were reported at the time of the call, and one bear was later reported culled.
Teine Kanayama, Teine Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 2
2 days ago
A bear was sighted in the Asu area of Hannō City, which includes a university and parks.
Asu, Hannō City, Saitama
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in Minowa, Oyabe City late in the morning.
Minowa, Oyabe City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in Iriyama, Nakanojō Town (late morning).
Iriyama, Nakanojō Town, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear stayed in a persimmon tree at a private home in Ono City for about an hour and then fled; there were no injuries.
Ono City, Fukui
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared on residential property in Yokomori, Akita City, and was sighted by a woman in her 20s returning home.
Yokomori, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in Ippasako Kawaguchi Hinosa, Kurihara City, and other spots in the city also reported appearances.
Ippasako Kawaguchi Hinosa, Kurihara City, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Two brown bears were sighted in a residential area in Yamanote, Nishi Ward, Sapporo.
Yamanote, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 2
2 days ago
An employee of an onsen ryokan went missing, and about ten clumps of hair were found at the scene, suggesting possible bear involvement.
Onsen ryokan, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
2 days ago
In Minakami Town, a man was severely injured after being attacked by a bear near his home while apparently picking mushrooms.
Minakami Town, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared near Akita University and a man was attacked and injured; his condition is not life-threatening.
Akita University, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appearance was reported in Rakyō, Nemuro City.
Rakyō, Nemuro City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] We could not confirm the bear, but for several minutes there was a loud, rough breathing sound that seemed like an unfamiliar snort. It echoed from a vacant lot (grass) between apartment buildings.
Akita Tsuchizakiminato-kita 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: When the window was open, there was a loud, unusual snorting sound for several minutes. Looking outside, the sound came from the vacant lot between the apartment and the house; it was dark, so I couldn't see it. When I turned on the light, the sound stopped, but its location is unknown.
Akita Tsuchizakiminato-kita 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A possible bear appearance was reported in Narutaki Udanotani, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City (at night).
Narutaki Udanotani, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported at night in Niban-seki, Yurihonjo City.
Niban-seki, Yurihonjo City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in a nursery school yard and was seen by staff; it reappeared while police were on alert.
Kinugawa Furudate, Oshu, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While trying to get into a car in a parking lot at night, a person encountered two bears.
Fukushima Prefecture, Fukushima
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
A bear was reported at night in Shimoetsuriko 2-chiwari, Kitakami; other locations in the city also reported appearances.
Shimoetsuriko 2-chiwari, Kitakami, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported to have appeared at night in Towada Kemanai Kashiwano, Kazuno City.
Towada Kemanai Kashiwano, Kazuno City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Multiple bear appearances occurred across Akita City, including a nighttime sighting in Iijima Nishibukuro 1-chome.
Iijima Nishibukuro 1-chome, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While driving on the road in front of Iijima South Elementary School, a driver sighted a single bear. Size about 1 m; the bear headed south into the school grounds. Distance to the nearest house: 10 m.
Akita Iijima-Nishibukuro 2-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Sighted a single bear on the road. Size about 1 m; the bear headed west. Distance to the nearest house: about 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: Saw a bear about 1 m long in a persimmon tree.
Minamiuonuma Nakagawa-shinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A mother and cub bear were sighted on the Shōwa-Oga IC expressway, but the mother bear collided with a car. The cub is roaming nearby.
Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
Post: One cub. It was running near a parts factory.
Akita Sanno 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: While entering from Route 282 toward Sakuranbo housing, I encountered it on the road. Body length about 1 m.
Kosaka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was on the national highway. Body length about 1.6 m. The bear was startled by a car and left toward the northern mountains. There are no buildings nearby.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
On a municipal road sidewalk, one bear about 1 m long and two bears about 0.7 m long were seen, about 5 m from a house. Because a neighbor's dog was making noise, I went outside to look and saw, by the light of a vending machine, three bears—likely a mother and two cubs—walking on the sidewalk. The distance to the observer was about 100 m.
Kazuno 蟹沢, Akita
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
Distance to a house: 10 m. Body length: about 1 m. Sighted on the railway tracks.
Yurihonjō 笹道, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: A cub crossed the road and walked toward the chestnut trees.
Fujisato Yasaka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: Two bears were eating chestnuts. They did not run away even when noises were made.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
[Post] I sighted three bears about 50 cm in size in the Family Store parking lot. They then headed toward the mountains to the north.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
Post: A bear about 1.2 m long was seen by the roadside.
Minamiuonuma Hoonji, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A single bear about 50 cm in length was sighted in front of a house entrance. The bear headed into the forest to the north.
Oga Wakimoto-Wakimoto, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Staff at Sakura Golf Garden sighted three bears on the premises. One bear about 1 m, two bears about 80 cm. The bears headed to the southeast forest. The nearest house is about 50 m away.
Akita Sakuragaoka 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
Saw a bear emerging from the woods. The bear walked toward the west. Length about 1 m. Distance to the nearest house: 5 m.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: About 50 m from the location where another person reported a mother-and-cub sighting (No. 13941) two days ago at 14:30, I saw a bear on a town road, and it fled toward the mountains. It’s not far from my home, and this is the second sighting near my house in three days. The dashcam image is blurry, so please drive carefully.
Fujisato Kasuge, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
Post: Spotted from a car. It crossed in front at the Odate North Bypass exit and turned around.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: While driving, I encountered a bear. It ran into a rice field. Body length about 1 m.
Ikawa 八田大倉, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Around 6:20 PM on October 17, 2025, near a prefectural road in Sabiro, Okuizumo Town, Shimane Prefecture, an immature bear was observed.
Okuizumo Sajiro, Shimane
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Observed one cub on a road about 300 m west of Shin-kō-ji. It was moving east.
Shibata 上楠川, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Saw a bear (about 1 m in length) climbing a persimmon tree near the sighting site. The bear then disappeared. Distance to the house: about 10 m.
Yuzawa 寺沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bear claw marks and broken branches confirmed
Toyama Yamada-Nakamura, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While the observer was heading east on a town road, they sighted a bear (likely a mother and cub) climbing the stairs of a retaining wall on the right and entering Ichō Tree Park. The bear's subsequent movements are unknown. Mother: about 1.0 m; cub: about 50 cm. Distance to the house: about 30 m.
Misato, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
Claw marks on a persimmon tree; bear scat confirmed nearby
Kamiichi 柿沢, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Sighted in a post-harvest field. Adult bear about 1 m long; cub about 50 cm. About 100 m to a house. Moved to the mountains to the north.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
Post: About the size of a mother bear. It came down from the bushes in the direction of the Jūnisho Gym.
Odate Junisho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While driving, sighted a bear about 1 m long on a rice field. The bear headed south. The nearest building was about 200 m away.
Oga Noishi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
There was a bear on the prefectural road. Length about 1 m. The bear headed to the southwest. Distance to nearby buildings about 200 m.
Semboku 大沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Nearby residents sighted one bear (about 1 m long) moving east; about 10 m to the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in the evening in Umezawa Town, Tochigi City.
Umezawa Town, Tochigi City, Tochigi
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in the evening in Yotekozawa, Tazawako-gata, Semboku City (reports also noted multiple locations in the city).
Yotekozawa, Tazawako-gata, Semboku City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in the Shibecha area of Shibecha Town in the evening.
Shibecha, Shibecha Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Kamiyachi, Kasuge, Fujisato Town in the evening.
Kamiyachi, Kasuge, Fujisato Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in the evening in Wakimoto Mukaiyama, Oga City.
Wakimoto Mukaiyama, Oga City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
On the evening of October 17, a bear was sighted in Kosaka Hosokoshigoe, Kosaka Town.
Kosaka Hosokoshigoe, Kosaka Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Yagihashi Sotohanami, Hinai, Odate City in the evening.
Yagihashi Sotohanami, Hinai, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A teenage man reported sighting a bear about 50 cm long on a city road in the evening.
Fukushima City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Jonancho, Yokote City in the evening.
Jonancho, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Multiple bear sightings occurred in Daisen City, including Toyooka Minami Matsunoki.
Toyooka Minami Matsunoki, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bears were reported repeatedly in Misato Town, with sightings at locations including Naniwa Ichijoki across multiple days.
Naniwa Ichijoki, Misato Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
In the evening of October 17, a bear was reported in Uchiyama, Unazuki, Kurobe City.
Uchiyama, Unazuki, Kurobe City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Kamihinokiuchi, Nishiki, Semboku City in the evening.
Kamihinokiuchi, Nishiki, Semboku City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Gomibori Yamasaki, Kitaakita City in the evening.
Gomibori Yamasaki, Kitaakita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
There were multiple bear sightings in Yokote City, including in Hiraka's Asamai Ichiseki-mukai.
Asamai Ichiseki-mukai, Hiraka, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Yokobori Komashoji, Yuzawa City in the evening.
Yokobori Komashoji, Yuzawa City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Length unknown; one cub heading toward the cemetery (west).
Mitane Okuchi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] A bear was eating persimmons on a persimmon tree planted in the yard.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
Moved through a soba field and along the river. Two adult bears about 1 m long and two cubs about 60 cm. About 100 m to the house.
Yokote 大沢, Akita
Black Bear × 4
2 days ago
There was a fairly large adult bear across the road from the Yachi district bus stop. About 50 m from a house.
Fujisato, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Witnesses saw three bears walking in the yard and entering the shrubs to the south
Aga 平堀, Niigata
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
Post: Probably a mother-and-cub bear. It was on the dike path by the rice field.
Kitaakita Urata, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
Saw a bear in the woodland west of Akita Kirari Support School grounds. Direction of departure unknown. Length 1.2 m. About 100 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Observed a bear about 1 m long on the mountain opposite the building. It headed north. About 40 m to the building.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: Crossed the mountain side and headed down into the rice field from the prefectural road.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
[Post] There were three bears visible on the road from the area where trees on the hillside had been felled.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
Saw one bear about 50 cm long. It then disappeared into the brush. The details of the sighting location are unclear, so distance to the house is unknown.
Yuzawa Yokobori, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] Saw a bear on the road in front of a house. The bear entered the mountains to the north.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: While walking, one cub appeared rolling in a field and another cub was climbing a tree.
Yurihonjō 梵天谷地, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
Saw a bear about 1.5 m long in the grass behind a house. About 10 m to the house. The direction it left afterward is unknown.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One bear spotted near the campground parking lot; moving west
Yuzawa, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: From the T-junction near Kita-Nihon Housing Reform, a bear about 1 m long headed into the mountains.
Daisen Takajo, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
From the T-junction of North Japan Housing Reform, a bear about 1 m long headed toward the mountains.
Daisen Takajo, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] Saw a bear about 1 m long running toward the direction of the Omono River from the embankment.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One bear in a harvested rice field. It stayed for a while. Size unknown. About 150 m from a house.
Fujisato, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While working in a field, observed a bear with cubs (1 m and 0.5 m); moved toward the mountains
Murakami 門前, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] While working in the fields, there was a bear about 1.5 m tall nearby.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
From the crossroads at Kita-no-me Post Office toward the interchange, a mother bear departed from a spot about 20 m away.
Daisen Kitanome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Observed on a paddy field. Length about 1 m. Departure direction unknown. Within 10 m of a nearby building.
Semboku Nishikicho-Kamiarai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: A mother bear left from about 20 m from the intersection toward the interchanges near the Kita-no-me Post Office.
Daisen Kitanome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear about 1.2 m long was seen crossing a municipal road from east to west. It then went west and departed. About 50 m to the nearby facility.
Kitaakita Shimosugi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] Sighting of a cub moving toward the hills from the main building's fire station shed.
Happou, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Nearby residents sighted one bear (1.0 m long). Direction unknown. About 250 m southeast of Katsura Shimizu Shrine.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A driver saw one bear (about 0.5 m) with unknown direction, about 500 m northeast of Shin Itado Bridge.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One cub moving north toward the Utaue settlement while traveling on a village road
Sekikawa 大字打上, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Nearby residents sighted two bears (sizes unknown). Direction unknown. About 30 m from Shaka nai Shinmei Shrine.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
Was running through the rice field. Length unknown. Departed toward the southeast forest. About 200 m to the house.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Saw one bear about 1.2 m long inside the facility grounds. It crossed the west fence and left. About 50 m to the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] A cub appeared near the office. A female employee witnessed it. About 10 m to the office.
Yokote 杉目, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
In the afternoon of October 17, a bear was reported in Sugasawa Nakasugasawa, Yokote City.
Sugasawa Nakasugasawa, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bear traces were found in Kayanesawa Wago, Yuwa, Akita City at midday.
Kayanesawa Wago, Yuwa, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
About 1 m long; moved from the road into a residential yard. Then it entered the forest to the south.
Mitane, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Nishi Isonome 2-chome, Gojome Town at midday.
Nishi Isonome 2-chome, Gojome Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Chashinai 1st District, Bibai City in the early afternoon.
Chashinai 1st District, Bibai City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Moritake, Mitane Town in the afternoon.
Moritake, Mitane Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Kitanome Yotsuya, Daisen City in the afternoon.
Kitanome Yotsuya, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported to have appeared in Satsumae (Sakumae), Matsumae Town.
Sakumae, Matsumae Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
2 days ago
On October 17 around midday, a bear was reported at Yukisawa Daimyojinshita, Odate City.
Yukisawa Daimyojinshita, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Nakasendo Nishi-no-sawa, Ugo Town in the early afternoon.
Nakasendo Nishi-no-sawa, Ugo Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
In the early afternoon of October 17, a bear was reported in Oibai, Tone Town, Numata City.
Oibai, Tone Town, Numata City, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear appeared in Shimo Dedo, Tenno, Katagami City in the afternoon.
Shimo Dedo, Tenno, Katagami City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in Sankei, Tomamae Town in the afternoon.
Sankei, Tomamae Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
2 days ago
In the early afternoon of October 17, a bear was reported in Sonoda Kubo, Kakunodate, Semboku City.
Sonoda Kubo, Kakunodate, Semboku City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
At midday on October 17, a bear was reported in Okamukubo, Takizawa City.
Okamukubo, Takizawa City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
At midday on October 17, a bear was reported in Mukashinashiro Uenokoshi, Noshiro City.
Mukashinashiro Uenokoshi, Noshiro City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bear about 0.8 m long emerged from brush, crossed the prefectural road, and moved toward the mountains
Minamiuonuma Butai, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] Observed slowly crossing the road. When it noticed us, it fled into nearby shrubs.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bear traces (footprints) found in a field 500 m southeast of the Kajidai Bridge on National Route 7.
Shibata 早道場, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Sighted while driving along a maintenance road by a pond. It headed into the mountains. Mother about 1.2 m; cub about 0.5 m.
Ugo Naka-Sendo, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
[Post] A cub about 50 cm long crossed the road. About 100 m to the house.
Semboku 板井村, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Saw a bear about 50 cm long on a chestnut tree. About 100 m to a nearby building; about 30 m to the nearest house.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear about 50 cm long was under a chestnut tree in the eastern mountain forest. Departure direction unknown. 15 m to home.
Akita Tegata-Tanaka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Inside Yokote Park (east of Akita Shrine), a park worker sighted one cub. Movement direction unknown. Length about 50–60 cm. About 100 m to the nearest house.
Yokote Shiroyama-machi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] A cub entered from the south side of the premises and moved through to the northwest.
Noshiro Akudo, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While driving, one cub crossed the road and ran into the forest to the north.
Noshiro Tako, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One bear sighted while traveling on Prefectural Route 53
Tainai 熱田坂, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Believed to be a cub about 50 cm long. It crossed the road and entered the brush on the west side.
Noshiro Mukainoshiro, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Four hay bales were damaged; there were several bear claw marks. About 80 m to a house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A driver sighted one bear (about 0.5 m) moving east, about 250 m southwest of Tōdai Hospital.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] It was eating something at the edge of a rice field, saw my car, and went into the nearby bamboo brush.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
A bear about 50 cm long was seen on a chestnut tree. About 10 m to the nearby house.
Kitaakita Tsuzureko, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bear traces on a persimmon tree within a residential property in Kita-Gata area
Sanjo 大面, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One bear (about 0.8 m) sighted on the premises; bear headed south. About 10 m from the house.
Daisen 毘沙門, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Sighted a bear about 1.2 m long inside the premises of a lumber company. About 1 meter to the nearest building.
Kitaakita 米内沢長野岱, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Crossed the road toward Akita High School side.
Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While driving along a city road, observed three bears moving from west to east. Size unknown. 100 m from houses.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
Saw a bear about 1 m long on a chestnut tree inside a house yard. About 1 meter to the nearest house.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Saw a cub climbing a chestnut tree in a house’s yard. One bear. Length about 50 cm. Distance to the house 5 m.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Length: unknown. Distance to house: about 10 m.
Yurihonjō Tamanoike, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One bear (about 0.7 m) crossed National Route 398 from west to east. About 50 m to the nearest house.
Yuzawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One cub sighted under a chestnut tree, roaming around the area.
Noshiro Akudo, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Heading toward Houtai Falls, a cub was sighted on the road. About 150 m to the parking lot at Houtai Falls. Length less than 1.0 m.
Yurihonjō 鳥海町百宅, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: Spotted in front of my house. The bear went south. Probably the same individual spotted in the morning. Body length about 50 cm. Within 5 m of a house.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Seen in front of the house. The bear went south. Probably the same individual sighted in the morning. About 50 cm long. Within 5 m of the house.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While passing nearby, sighted one cub; it was eating chestnuts
Tainai 下赤谷, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Saw a bear about 1 m long in front of the house’s garage. Direction of departure unknown. About 10 m to the house.
Yokote 山内筏, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Saw a bear entering the Kaze no Matsubara pine grove.
Noshiro Hamadorimachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Nearby residents sighted one bear (1 m long) moving north; about 40 m to the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Approximately 1 m long; moving from near a construction site toward the summit, crossing the road. It climbed a utility pole toward the summit.
Oga Wakimoto-Tayazawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Wandering in a rice field, it ran toward the northeast-side houses.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Crossed the road, passed near a house, and entered the northern mountains. Length about 1 m.
Ugo 新町, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Length about 1 m. Entered Noshiro Park from the fireworks venue.
Noshiro Hamadorimachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Multiple bear appearances were reported in Yuzawa City, including a sighting near Minase Koyasu.
Minase Koyasu, Yuzawa City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in Akudo, Noshiro City on the morning of Oct 17.
Akudo, Noshiro City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
On the morning of October 17, a bear was reported in Yonaizawa Ontake, Kitaakita City.
Yonaizawa Ontake, Kitaakita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Shortly before midday on October 17, a bear was reported in Tegata Osawa, Akita City.
Tegata Osawa, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Observed a mature bear on Prefectural Route 36. It moved south toward the forest.
Morioka Yamagishi, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Shortly before midday on October 17, a bear was reported in Ariake, Hotaka, Azumino City.
Ariake, Hotaka, Azumino City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported to have appeared in Harano, Teshikaga Town.
Teshikaga Harano, Teshikaga Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
2 days ago
Around 9:00 a.m. on Oct 17, 2025, on the hillside within the solar-panel site in Sosiki Town, one bear about 1.5 m long
Oda Sojikicho, Shimane
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Observed a small bear on the road in front of a house. It moved to the northeast into the mountain woods.
Morioka Higashimirumae, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Between 10/13 10:00 and 10/17 9:00, 2,400 apples were eaten by bears.
Kazuno 下長根, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in Tenno Naganuma, Katagami City on the morning of Oct 17.
Tenno Naganuma, Katagami City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was again sighted this morning in a park in a residential area of Saitama Prefecture.
Saitama Prefecture, Saitama
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was climbing a persimmon tree. Length and direction of departure unknown.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
On the morning of October 17, a bear was reported in Tenno Oiwake, Katagami City.
Tenno Oiwake, Katagami City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Shortly before midday on October 17, a bear was reported in Kawaguchi Bishamon, Ota Town, Daisen City.
Kawaguchi Bishamon, Ota Town, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Saw a medium-sized adult bear along National Route 4. It moved west toward the Iwate Ranch direction.
Morioka Takamatsu 3-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
On the morning of October 17, a bear was reported in Tashita, Murakami City.
Tashita, Murakami City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in Hotsuchi, Karuizawa Town on the morning of Oct 17.
Hotsuchi, Karuizawa Town, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bear scat found on the Sanjo campus premises of the Small and Medium Enterprise University
Sanjo 上野原, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
In the morning of October 17, traces of a bear's appearance were found in Suesanga, Tateyama Town.
Suesanga, Tateyama Town, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Traces of bear activity were found in Hachikibashi, Hinai, in Odate City.
Hachikibashi, Hinai, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
On the morning of October 17, a bear was reported at Wakimoto Tominaga Kanpuzan, Oga City.
Wakimoto Tominaga Kanpuzan, Oga City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in the morning in Iwaikawa, Higashinaruse Village.
Iwaikawa, Higashinaruse Village, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While walking, encountered a mother bear with cubs. They then ran toward the eastern woods.
Morioka Yamagishi 6-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
On the morning of October 17, a bear was reported in Anami, Oshima-cho, Ayabe City.
Anami, Oshima-cho, Ayabe City, Kyoto
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A black figure over 1 meter long was sighted in the Yamanote residential area, and police and city officials conducted early-morning emergency patrols.
Yamanote, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
2 days ago
Observed a mature bear crossing an agricultural road.
Morioka Yamagishi, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
There was a bear on the road. Length about 0.5 m. The bear left toward the southeast, toward the area with the railway. About 10 m to the house.
Semboku Tazawako-Sotsuda, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One cub sighted 200 m south of Makuchi Bridge within the Taj area; the bear fled toward the riverside
Murakami 塔下, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While walking on Noshiro Bridge from north to south, I sighted a bear about 1.5 m long swimming from north to south. The bear came ashore and walked into the shrubs with a gas tank.
Noshiro Aramachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Saw one bear walking south along a prefectural road from the Noshiro Terata area.
Noshiro, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] Saw three bears in the forest. They left north into the woods. About 1 m, 0.7 m, and 0.7 m. About 15 m to a house.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Hachiwari, Akita
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
Two bears about 1 m long were seen in a paddy field across the river. Departure direction unknown. 20 m from a house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
Length unknown; an adult bear entered the forest on the north side.
Mitane, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] A bear about 1.2 meters long was wandering around under a chestnut tree.
Kazuno 申ヶ野, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Bear length about 50 cm; crossed Prefectural Route 213 to the east.
Mitane Moritake, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear descended a slope near Nishisenboku Sports Center toward a residential area.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Cub seen in a rice field. Direction of movement unknown.
Uonuma Yoshida, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] One bear in the bushes. It has been there since morning, so police were patrolling.
Katagami, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One cub was eating chestnuts. After a while, it ran into the mountains.
Higashinaruse, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear climbed a chestnut tree on the north side of my house. Length about 1 m. It headed west. About 5 m from the house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] Two cubs about 50 cm and one adult about 150 cm are eating chestnuts under a chestnut tree. The mother bear's head has a red coloring on it... I wonder what it is.
Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
Saw a bear on a city road while walking. It left toward the northern bushes. Size about 1.2 m. About 10 m from the house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Saw a bear about 0.5 m long in a rice field. Its destination afterward is unknown. About 70 m from a house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Spotted a sow and cubs on the road. The bears headed west. Lengths: mother about 1.2 m, two cubs about 0.5 m each. Distance to the building about 60 m.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
[Post] Crossed through the yard and left into the forest. About 3 m to the house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While driving, sighted one bear about 1.5 m long leaping toward the fields along the shrine slope. About 10 m to a nearby building and about 200 m to the nearest house.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
When the eyewitness looked toward the north-side rice fields from the house, two bears, a mother and a cub, were spotted. The bears appeared to head toward the river to the east, but their movements are unknown. Mother about 1.0 m; cub about 0.5 m. About 50 m to the house.
Misato 元屋敷, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
[Post] While driving, saw a bear walking on the sidewalk. On noticing the car, it hurried and slipped under the road boundary fence into the brush.
Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Observed one cub of unknown size moving from the farm road toward the mountains
Minamiuonuma Osaki, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Found a trail where a bear dragged a bag containing rice bran into the mountains
Uonuma Chuka, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: While heading toward Takusō, three bears ran across the road from the forest on the left (Akita Expressway) to the forest on the right.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
One cub seen near Fuyabashi Bridge and fled toward the mountains
Murakami 岩崎, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
[Post] Crossed the Yokoyama-Kinato Line to the east.
Akita Iijima-Naganohoncho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A driver witnessed one bear (about 0.5 m in length). The bear was moving east; about 20 m northwest of Maedano Shrine.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A cub came down from the hillside of Miyoshi Park and crossed the prefectural road from east to west. It was a cub, less than 1 m in length. About 50 m to a house.
Yokote 雄物川町今宿, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A driver witnessed one bear (length 1.0 m). Travel direction unknown. About 200 m northeast of the Ōdate Kita IC.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Two bears about 80 cm long were eating chestnuts from a tree in a resident’s yard. They left toward the northern woods.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
Saw a bear walking near a chestnut tree. Length unknown. About 20 m from a house.
Daisen, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: Saw a bear walking near a chestnut tree. Body length unknown. About 20 m from a house.
Daisen, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: While moving, a bear crossed the road from Koizumi Gata direction toward Naganuma. The mother bear was over 1.5 m in size.
Katagami, Akita
Black Bear × 2
2 days ago
A bear about 50 cm long was seen in front of a hotel by a person on a walk. The bear headed toward Kamioka Elementary School. It was within 5 m of a house.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One bear about 1 m long. 6:20 — sighted one bear along the east side of the state-run canal in the Linzaki area, Asuma, Hiraka, Yokote City. 6:50 — sighted one bear on the east side of Yokote City Hall's Hiraka Regional Office. (Urgent; posted as is; content may be revised.)
Yokote 平鹿町浅舞, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One bear sighted on the north side of the home grounds, about 1 m in size. The bear left toward the northern woods. About 5 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Observed one bear in an empty lot. It then headed toward the river. Length unknown. About 10 m from a nearby house.
Kitaakita Honjo, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Sighting while heading to field work. It headed into the nearby brush. Tracks in the tilled field thought to be from a cub.
Ugo 字小山田, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
While passing, sighted one bear about 1 m long in a rice field. Observed moving toward the north.
Kazuno, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Around 6:00 AM on Oct 17, three bears were sighted near a chestnut tree in Zainiwazaka, Fukushima City; the city also reported multiple sightings near a garbage station and on roads, including a bear about 1 m long at another location.
Zainiwazaka, Fukushima City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 3
2 days ago
Saw a cub climbing a chestnut tree in a resident’s yard. The cub headed northwest. Number: 1 bear. Length about 50 cm. About 5 m from the house.
Daisen Yotsuya, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was sighted near a garbage station in Kawato, Aizuwakamatsu City at about 5:30 AM on Oct 17, and another appearance was reported in Higashiyama town in the evening.
Kawato, Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One bear (about 0.7 m) sighted on the Shinhonai Bridge. Afterwards the bear jumped into the river and headed east. About 30 m to the nearest house.
Yuzawa 下関, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
One cub about 50 cm crossed National Route 7 near Asahi Midori no Sato and moved toward the mountains
Murakami 猿沢, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A bear was reported in Rokugo Higane Hitotsuya, Misato Town in the early morning of Oct 17.
Rokugo Higane Hitotsuya, Misato Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Two cubs about 0.6 m and 0.8 m moving from behind houses toward the Hirobori River
Minamiuonuma Yamaguchi, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
A resident witnessed a bear crossing the apartment grounds. Size about 1 m, the bear headed southeast. Distance to the building about 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Not me, but there was news about a bear close to where I live
Hirakawa Saruka, Unknown Prefecture
Black Bear × 1
2 days ago
Post: While driving through town, observed the bear's rear as it ran from a curve toward a children's park. Length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: A bear was recorded crossing the yard by a surveillance camera installed at the entrance.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A single juvenile brown bear with pale fur (approx. 75 cm, believed to be 0 years old) was shot twice by a hunter under the police law and culled.
Maruyama Nishi-machi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
A brown bear was sighted in southern Hokkaido, leading to the cancellation of the Southern Hokkaido ekiden (relay race).
Southern Hokkaido, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
Blood was found in an open-air bath and an employee is missing; it has been reported that the person may have been attacked by a bear.
Iwate Prefecture, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
There were multiple bear sightings across Akita City; in Shimokitate Matsuzaki Omaki a bear was reported in the early hours on Oct 17, and other sightings and traces were reported elsewhere in the city.
Shimokitate Matsuzaki Omaki, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
On October 17, traces of a bear's appearance were found in Nagae, Nakano City.
Nagae, Nakano City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A city employee on patrol sighted a bear in a residential property in Utashinai; the bear reportedly walked around for about 30 minutes before leaving.
Utashinai City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear about 1 meter long was seen in a persimmon tree on residential property and then moved toward the river.
Fukushima Prefecture, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported at midday in Nanokaichi Shinrui Azen-dai, Kitaakita City.
Nanokaichi Shinrui Azen-dai, Kitaakita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A human injury caused by a bear occurred in Nagaoka City; authorities reported this as the third such incident.
Nagaoka City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear appeared in the Matsuoka Hachimanbayashi area of Yuzawa City in the early hours of Oct 17.
Matsuoka Hachimanbayashi, Yuzawa City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A single brown bear was staying in vegetation behind a nursing home in Teine Kanayama, Teine Ward, Sapporo; signs such as eaten walnuts, footprints, claw marks and droppings were found and the bear was captured on camera.
Teine Kanayama, Teine Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear appeared in Kuriyama, Namerikawa City before noon; damage to persimmons and other fruits was also reported.
Kuriyama, Namerikawa City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Claw marks on a persimmon tree and signs of eating persimmons, presumably from a bear
Minamiuonuma Fukasawa, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
In Kitakami City, a culled bear was found along with a body believed to be a missing employee.
Kitakami City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: At 8:12 PM, one brown bear photographed by sensor camera.
Takasu, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
Claw marks on a persimmon tree and signs of eating persimmon — presumably from a bear
Minamiuonuma Manjo-shinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
An Asiatic black bear appeared in the Shirakawago World Heritage site and a Spanish tourist was attacked from behind and injured.
Shirakawago, Shirakawa Village, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A brown bear was sighted near an apple orchard and the Yamanote area of Nishi Ward, Sapporo; the bear was later culled and was reported to be about 1.5 m in length.
Yamanote, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was sighted in Tondencho, Kita Ward, Sapporo, and police have stepped up patrols because the area includes residential neighborhoods.
Tondencho, Kita Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: Sighted bear-like animal on 2025-10-17.
Kizugawa Shiroyamadai 11-chome, Nara
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
There are reports of brown bear appearances in Sapporo's Shimin-no-mori (citizen's forest), nature trails and urban environmental forest.
Shimin-no-mori (Citizen's Forest), Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: A bear was spotted outside the house after the dog and cat were alert; it fled toward the western rice fields.
Odate Hinaimachi-Katagai, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
On the night of October 16, a brown bear appeared in a residential area near Tonden in Kita Ward, Sapporo; police patrolled and warned residents because an elementary school is nearby.
Tonden, Kita Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
During late-night garbage disposal, a black animal resembling a brown bear about 1 meter long approached and was sighted.
Okadama, Higashi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Kyowa Arakawa, Daisen City on the night of Oct 16.
Kyowa Arakawa, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
On the night of October 16, a bear was reported to have appeared in Maruseppu Kamimutari, Engaru Town.
Maruseppu Kamimutari, Engaru Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
Observed one bear on the premises. About 50 cm in size; the bear departed toward the northeast. The distance to the building was about 3 m.
Akita Iijima-Shincho 2-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
[Post] Crossed the road and entered a private house's yard.
Akita Iijima-Shincho 2-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Observed one bear (size unknown) crossing a city road toward the Uono River
Minamiuonuma Nakano, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: While driving, saw the rear view of an animal believed to be a bear entering the thicket.
Kazuno 寺ノ上, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Saw a bear about 1 m long while traveling on a prefectural road
Minamiuonuma Kyooka, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: It let out a growl and seemed to be intimidating another bear.
Akita Kawabe-Obarino, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
[Post] While walking along the road, three black bears crossed nearby and moved into a sparsely populated area.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
Nearby residents sighted two bears (each about 1.0 m long) moving northeast, about 300 m northwest of Nagatoro Bridge.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
One bear (about 1 m) sighted near an elementary school
Murakami 中原, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
[Post] While moving, I spotted a black object walking along the riverbank. From its gait, it might be a Japanese black bear. It did not notice us.
Akita Arayamotomachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Observed a bear moving south along the road.
Nikaho Kisakatamachi-Seki, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Sighted near a chestnut tree. Departure direction unknown.
Semboku Nishikicho-Koyamada, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
One bear about 1 m long on National Route 7 contacted a car and fled
Murakami 蒲萄, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Observed one bear about 70 cm in length in front of a house. When it noticed the car, it ran north along the side of the house. The distance to the house was only a few meters.
Yuzawa 清水町六丁目, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
(Posted Oct 17) While driving on a broad agricultural road, there was a bear by the roadside. Startled by the headlights, it fled toward the eastern mountains.
Yokote Ōyashin-machi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: Observed two bears moving together, a mother and a cub, with unknown body lengths.
Minamiuonuma Manjo-shinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
[Post] Observed three bears within the Akita Golf Garden grounds. One about 1 m, two about 80 cm. The bears then moved toward the southern residential area.
Akita Sakuragaoka 5-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
Post: While traveling on Route 282 toward Kosaka Town, a bear crossed the road from the left-hand rice fields.
Kosaka 小坂余路米, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
There was a bear in a roadside yard. About 1 m long. The direction it left is unknown. The distance to the building was under 10 m.
Semboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Seen in a field beside a house; bear moved toward the southern hillside forest
Sekikawa 大字上関, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Fujikoto Innai-dai, Fujisato Town on the evening of Oct 16.
Fujikoto Innai-dai, Fujisato Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Hinokinai Matsuba, Nishiki, Semboku City on the evening of Oct 16.
Hinokinai Matsuba, Nishiki, Semboku City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Hosogoe, Kosaka Town on the evening of Oct 16.
Hosogoe, Kosaka Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Kamishinjo Nakakatano area of Akita City in the evening.
Kamishinjo Nakakatano, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Naganoshinyama, Daisen City in the evening.
Naganoshinyama, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: Saw a bear in the river near Nozaki Bridge. The bear headed northeast along the riverbank.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
While driving on the Toumaizawa Line, sighted one cub on the road; it fled into nearby bushes.
Tokamachi 伊達辛, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Approximately 1.5 meters in length. It fled to the north.
Noshiro Mukainoshiro, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A cub was sighted in a field near a bridge. Nearby residents chased it away with fireworks, and it fled to the west. The distance to the nearest house was 50 m.
Daisen Nagano, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A driver on the way home along a city street witnessed two bears about 50 cm in length and one bear about 1 m in length — likely a mother with two cubs, totaling three bears. The observer was about 10 m away; the nearest house was about 270 m away.
Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
Nearby residents sighted two bears (1.0 m and 0.5 m in length). Direction of travel unknown. About 200 m northeast of the Ōdate-kita IC.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
A bear about 50 cm long was sighted on the road. It walked away into the south shrubbery. It was about 10 m from the nearest building.
Oga Iriai-Hakoi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
[Post] One mother bear and two cubs under a chestnut tree were eating chestnuts.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
Post: It was in front of the house entrance; after being shooed away, it headed toward the mountains.
Kosaka 堀内沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
[Post] While driving, I sighted a bear (about 1 m) in a rice field. After looking at me, it ran away.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
[Post] Two cubs (likely) were leisurely eating grass in the grass between a clinic and the Ōu Line tracks.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
Saw one cub and two monkeys in a persimmon tree; they moved toward the hillside.
Uonuma Himizo, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear descended from a persimmon tree in the wooded area behind a house. Direction of travel unknown. Lengths 1 m and 0.5 m. About 10 m to a house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
Sighted inside the Mutsumi Landscaping and Civil Engineering site. One bear about 80 cm long. Direction of departure unknown.
Katagami Tenno, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Eating chestnuts under a chestnut tree. Length about 0.5 m. About 15 m to the nearest house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
[Post] Saw one bear on the grounds of Akita Minami Clinic. About 50 cm; after an internal announcement, it departed to the northeast. The distance to the building was about 20 m.
Akita Minamigaoka 2-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Observed one bear about 1 m long on the city road in front of Kaneko Shoten. The bear moved toward the village cemetery (south). Distance to the nearest house about 5 m.
Yokote 雄物川町矢神, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear about 50 cm tall was seen climbing a tree in the yard and eating fruit (jujube). The bear soon descended and moved away, direction unknown. About 20 m to the house.
Daisen Tochiya, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: A bear about cub-sized was eating something in a rice paddy opposite the North Asia Student Parking Lot entrance.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Sighted one cub inside the premises. The direction it fled is unknown.
Noshiro Kairagefuchi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Observed one cub about 50–60 cm long on the home property.
Daisen Tsuchikawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Saw one cub (30 cm) on the house grounds. The bear moved to the east.
Daisen 桜後, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Saw three bears (one adult and two cubs) while driving on Route 17.
Yuzawa, Niigata
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
Sighted one bear about 1 m long. It fled into the forest to the north.
Noshiro, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
One bear about 0.7 m on the premises. Subsequently, the bear ran toward the eastern field. Distance to the nearest house about 5 m.
Yuzawa 三梨町, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Tsuchikawa Tatsunokuchi, Daisen City in the afternoon.
Tsuchikawa Tatsunokuchi, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Hayaguchi, Odate City around midday.
Hayaguchi, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Sainokami, Noshiro City around midday.
Sainokami, Noshiro City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Minamunashi Kamidai, Ani area of Kitaakita City at midday (including multiple sightings in the city).
Minamunashi Kamidai, Ani, Kitaakita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Shimoshinkiro Nakanojimagai area of Akita City in the afternoon.
Shimoshinkiro Nakanojimagai, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Ogida Ogibuchi, Noshiro City in the afternoon.
Ogida Ogibuchi, Noshiro City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear appeared in Yukisawa Goyamashita, Odate City on the afternoon of Oct 16.
Yukisawa Goyamashita, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Yagami-donoshta, Omotokawacho, Yokote City in the afternoon (with sightings reported at multiple locations within the city).
Yagami-donoshta, Omotokawacho, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Shimoharyu, Misato-machi area of Yuzawa City in the afternoon.
Shimoharyu, Misato-machi, Yuzawa City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Inao 2-chome, Tsuruoka City around midday.
Inao 2-chome, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Mukae-Noshiro Hiraneno, Noshiro City in the afternoon.
Mukae-Noshiro Hiraneno, Noshiro City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Taihei Hata Hata area of Akita City around midday.
Taihei Hata Hata, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Spotted a mother and cub bear eating persimmons behind a house. Moved south. Size unknown. About 20 m to the nearest house.
Yokote Shichikengawara, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
Nearby resident sighted one bear (size unknown). Direction of travel unknown. About 10 m to the Inari Shrine.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Roamed inside the Akita Golf Garden premises and headed south. Bears were 1 m, 0.5 m, and 0.5 m. About 150 m to the nearest house.
Akita Sakuragaoka 5-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
A driver sighted two bears (one about 1 m and one about 50 cm) — direction of travel unknown. About 50 m to the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
Observed one cub about 50 cm long in the grounds. It left after firecrackers were set off. About 100 m to the nearest building.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
[Post] Near the Akita Central IC toll area, two bears (1 m and 0.5 m long) headed into the northern woods. The nearest house was about 200 m away.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
A bear crossed National Route 341 from north to south. Lengths about 1.1 m, 0.5 m, and 0.5 m. The bears moved away to the south. About 20 m to the nearest building.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
Saw one bear about 1 m long on the premises. Direction of escape unknown.
Noshiro 字塞ノ神, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Residents spotted one bear about 0.5 m long digging in the soil on a hillside behind a house and eating something. The bear moved west. About 5 m to the house.
Yokote 雄物川町今宿, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: It crossed the road from Kami no Sato and entered the forest on the Red Cross Hospital side.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Saw a bear in front of the restroom on the gas station premises. Direction of departure unknown. Length about 1 m. About 5 m to the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Saw one bear about 0.8 m long. It moved southeast along the coast.
Katagami Tenno, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Saw a mother bear with two cubs (three bears in total) on chestnut trees. One bear about 1 m, cubs about 5–60 cm. After finishing the chestnuts, they crossed the Inland Line and left. Nearest house about 100 m away.
Kitaakita Ani-Nagahatake, Akita
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
Nearby residents sighted two bears (1.0 m and 0.5 m). Direction of travel unknown. Nearest house about 20 m away.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
Post: Near the irrigation canal beside the rice field.
Kamikoani 羽立, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
Saw one bear in the paddy field opposite Furusato-kan. It left toward the southwest.
Daisen 松木田, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: It crossed the mountain side to the prefectural road and ran toward the fields.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
While driving on a city road, saw a bear walking onto the road from next to a house. It then moved south. Size under 1 m. Distance to the house: 10 m. Distance to the observer: 10 m.
Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
In a soba field near Ishigami-Fujiwara in Ota Town, sighted three bears (one adult, two cubs). Size unknown. Bears moved south.
Daisen Otacho-Ota, Akita
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
On the prefectural road; about 80 cm long; distance to a house 0 m. Sighted a bear wandering the road. It bumped into an automatic door and headed east. Distance to the observer: 2 m.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Saw one bear on National Route 105. It headed toward the mountains. About 100 m to the nearest building. About 50 m to the nearest house.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: Saw one bear on the road in front of a house. Size about 50 cm. The bear then headed south. Nearest residence about 5 m away.
Akita Sakura 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear appeared in Kosugi, Toyama City; the prefecture authorized emergency shooting and searched the area but did not confirm the bear's presence
Kosugi, Toyama City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Dogawa, Kamikoani Village in the morning.
Dogawa, Kamikoani Village, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Saruda Naeshirozawa, Kamikitate area of Akita City in the morning (with reports from multiple points in the area).
Saruhata Naeshirozawa, Kamikitate, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Magarisawa, Yurihonjo City before noon.
Magarisawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Hachimori Honkan Nakadai, Happo Town in the morning.
Hachimori Honkan Nakadai, Happo Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Minamigaoka 2-chome, Akita City in the morning (with multiple sightings in the city).
Minamigaoka 2-chome, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear appeared in Fujinosawa, Chitose City before noon
Fujinosawa, Chitose City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Kawabe Kannai Shikoku, Akita City in the morning, and sightings were also reported in Kawabe Akahira.
Kawabe Kannai Shikoku, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Shimokitade Matsuzaki Iwase, Akita City in the morning; additional sightings in the area were reported later in the day.
Shimokitade Matsuzaki Iwase, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Tennoh Hamayama, Katagami City in the morning.
Tennoh Hamayama, Katagami City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Senshu Jokamachi, Akita City in the morning.
Senshu Jokamachi, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear appeared in Ashimaki Iodaira, Oto Town, Aizuwakamatsu City in the morning
Ashimaki Iodaira, Oto Town, Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Shakanao Tainodouue area of Odate City in the morning (including several sightings in the city).
Ta-no-michiue, Shakanao, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear appeared in Minamijinba, Maesawa, Oshu City in the morning
Minamijinba, Maesawa, Oshu City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Evidence of adult bear footprints and other traces within the residential property.
Morioka Sakuradai 2-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Kawahara, Kakunodate, Semboku City in the morning (with other sightings in the city).
Kawahara, Kakunodate, Semboku City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Ota Ishigami Fujiwara, Ota-machi, Daisen City in the morning, and another sighting was reported in the afternoon at a different location.
Ota Ishigami Fujiwara, Ota-machi, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Matsukida, Nangai area of Daisen City in the morning.
Matsukida, Nangai, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Hiromote Ikari area of Akita City in the morning.
Hiromote Ikari, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Yagami, Omagawacho, Yokote City on the morning of Oct 16.
Yagami, Omagawacho, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Yamada, Odate City in the morning.
Yamada, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
An adult bear was sighted in front of a house. It moved east toward the forest.
Morioka Kawamata, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in the Hanawa area of Kazuno City in the morning (with multiple sightings reported around the city).
Shimo-Hanawa / Hanawa, Kazuno City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Sighting of an adult bear moving west near the entrance to Kobika Park.
Morioka Otobe, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was reported in Kemanai Kamitsuchigekubo, Towada Kemanai area of Kazuno City in the morning (with another sighting in the city in the evening).
Kemanai Kamitsuchigekubo, Towada Kemanai, Kazuno City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: While driving toward Odate, found a bear walking in the bushes along the roadside.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Local residents found bear tracks in a field.
Minamiuonuma Yawata, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A cub was sighted on the school grounds; afterward the bear wandered around the premises and headed west. The distance to the observer and building was about 50 meters.
Kazuno 中野, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
It walked south into the woods beyond the boundary fence on the south side of the house. Length 1 m. About 5 m to the house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: While on the down train toward Akita on the Ou Main Line, about a minute after leaving Ōhajino Station, sighted a mother bear with cubs. They crossed the tracks from left to right and disappeared into the bushes. A cub's carcass was found a few meters ahead. It is unclear whether the crossing bears were the mother and cubs.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
Saw a bear in the fields behind a nearby company; it moved south.
Tokamachi 山崎, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Around 8:30 a.m. on October 16, 2025, near the former senior citizens' welfare center in Murinosato, a mother bear with one cub was observed.
Misato 村之郷, Shimane
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: Took shelter in a house under construction.
Akita Senshu-jokamachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Driver sighted one bear (length about 0.5 m). Direction of travel unknown. About 200 m northeast of the Takakate Tennis Court.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: It moved from the city road beside the Lawson's parking lot toward the fields. Length about 1 m.
Kitaakita Yonaizawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Two bears were sighted on the shrine grounds. Size unknown. About 1 m to the nearest building nearby; about 10 m to the nearest house.
Kitaakita Komata, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
Post: Size unknown; sighted a bear. It left toward the east (toward the mountains).
Semboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: A resident sighted one cub about 50 cm in the east-side rice fields of Koshimizu-en. It then left toward Kamikitano Elementary School.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: A resident sighted one bear about 50 cm in the east-side rice fields of Koshimizu-en. It then left toward the north. Nearest building about 25 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: There were signs that a bear had come to the chestnut tree on the premises.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
One cub crossing a village road; moved toward the eastern hillside forest
Sekikawa 大字勝蔵, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: When I parked the car, it ran toward the rice fields along the river.
Kazuno 小平, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Sighted a bear about 0.5 m long, 500 m south of Akahira Bridge. It headed south.
Semboku Nishikicho-Nishiarai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Sighted three bears (a mother with two cubs). They moved to the west.
Katagami Tenno, Akita
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
Post: It was moving among the trees on the slope of a mountain that had been cut away for construction.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Under a chestnut tree along the city road. Size and direction of departure unknown.
Semboku Nishikicho-Kadoya, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: A neighbor spotted a bear about 20 m ahead while taking out the trash. About 50 cm in length. It headed north on the road (toward Tebiki-yama Nakamachi 3-3 area). Nearest house about 5 m away.
Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: Saw three bears in the woods behind a house. One about 1 m, two about 50 cm. The bears then left toward the southwest. Distance to the house about 5 m.
Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita
Black Bear × 3
3 days ago
While commuting, spotted one bear in a field along the prefectural road. The bear moved south. Length about 1 meter. Distance to the nearest house about 50 meters.
Yokote 雄物川町矢神, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: It remained atop a chestnut tree within a residential property.
Daisen Otacho-Eidai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
The bear crossed the road and collided with a car. The bear left the scene.
Akita Kawabe-Akahira, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: From North Asia University student parking lot, it intruded into the university baseball field and went off toward the mountains.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A pedestrian reported two bears about 50 cm long near Kawaguchi River to the east of the Green-certified Children's Garden. Distance to the house about 30 m.
Daisen Takanashi, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
Observed a bear about 1 m long moving along the embankment from the kitchen window. It left toward the west. Distance to the house about 5 m.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: From the house window, just under two meters away. It walked from east to west along the outside of the hedge.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: It crossed the road and went into the shrubs of a private residence.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Saw one bear while driving on Route 351; it was moving north.
Nagaoka 本津川, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
While driving along Route 13 toward Yamagata, sighted a bear about 1 m long crossing the guardrail toward the river. Distance to the nearest house about 100 m.
Yuzawa 下関, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear was sighted in the grass behind the house. It moved north.
Uonuma Kamihara, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: Saw one bear on the road in front of the house. Size about 1 m; distance to the house about 5 m. The bear headed south.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Sighted two bears about 1.2 m and 0.5 m in a wooded area east of Atago Shrine. Three crops in a house west of the shrine were damaged by the bears.
Semboku 釣田, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: The bears headed toward the eastern hills from the field.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Observed one bear (size unknown) crossing a city road.
Minamiuonuma Manjo-shinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Saw one bear about 1.5 m long on a residential property. The bear moved east. Nearest building about 3 m away.
Oga Iriai-Hakoi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: There are fairly large footprints in the field.
Akita Kanaashi-Oshimizu, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: An employee on the way to work spotted a bear about 1 m tall in the parking lot.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Observed one bear about 1 m long on the riverbank; traveling north. Near the Odate Radio Control Club airfield.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
[Post] In the morning, as I opened the door to take out the trash, a bear cub appeared between the neighbor's cars; when our eyes met, it ran toward the apartment.
Akita Tegata-Shinsakaemachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: Eating fruit under chestnut trees along the roadside.
Akita Ohiradai 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
Because the house cat was meowing, I looked at the entrance and found a cub; it ran toward the mountains behind the house.
Higashinaruse, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Local residents sighted a bear about 1.5 meters long on the road.
Minamiuonuma Dojima-shinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Observed one bear about 1.0 m on the home property. It left toward the western forest. Distance to the house 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A bear appeared in Zaru-buchi, Oniyanagi Town, Kitakami City in the early morning
Oniyanagi-cho, Sakurabuchi, Kitakami City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Post: While driving along the coast near houses, spotted a cub.
Happou Hachimori, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Nearby resident sighted a bear in a persimmon tree. One bear (1 m). Direction of travel west. Nearest house 10 m away.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Two bears (mother and cub) observed in a residential yard 100 m south of the Shimoji Internal Hand Center.
Shibata 下寺内, Niigata
Black Bear × 2
3 days ago
While driving on a broad agricultural road, collided with a bear. The bear then left.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
During a walk, a bear about 90 cm in body length crossed Prefectural Route 28. It fled toward the east exit of Akita Station. The distance to the bear was about 50 meters, and there were no injuries.
Akita Tegata-Gakuenmachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
Residents found claw marks on a persimmon tree and signs that branches had been broken.
Minamiuonuma Iwasaki, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
3 days ago
A brown bear weighing about 300 kg was reported to have been caught in a box trap.
Hokkaido, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear was reported to possibly be roaming a residential area in Toyama City.
Toyama City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A brown bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted in a grove behind houses, digging and eating chestnuts for about 20 minutes; a cub was reportedly culled in Chuo Ward.
Maruyama Nishimachi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear appeared near Akita University and a man was attacked and injured; his injuries were reported as not life-threatening.
Akita University, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear was sighted in Tendo City and had been driven toward the Kuratsugawa river while officials monitored the situation; nearby residents were warned to be careful.
Kuratsugawa, Tendo City, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Two bears believed to be a mother and cub were caught in a box trap and culled in the Nishino area of Nishi Ward, Sapporo.
Nishino, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 2
4 days ago
A bear about 1–1.5 meters long was sighted in the Yamanote residential area of Nishi Ward; police and city officials patrolled but decided not to take culling action after sunset.
Yamanote, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
4 days ago
[55] Rankoshi, around 2:10 p.m., near the Rankoshi communal cemetery entrance along the Shikotsu-ko Park Line; one bear sighted.
Chitose 新星一丁目, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
4 days ago
[54] Suimekyō area, around 11:50 a.m., about 300 m from the Suimekyō Parking along the Shikotsu-ko Park Line (Route 16) toward Lake Shikotsu; two bears sighted.
Chitose, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 2
4 days ago
On a local road in Hidaka Town, a bear was reported to have appeared three times in the same spot, with multiple sightings.
Hidaka Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
4 days ago
[56] Suimekyō, around 4:20 p.m., about 300 m from the entrance to the Shikotsu-ko Park Line road toward Lake Shikotsu; two bears sighted.
Chitose 泉沢, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 2
4 days ago
Saw one bear crossing the national road and heading toward the Uono River.
Minamiuonuma Futsukamachi, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A driver witnessed two bears (both about 1 m long). Direction of travel unknown. About 300 m northeast of Snow Sawa Onsen.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
One bear about 50 cm in length crossed the road and went into the mountains. It was about 10 m from a house.
Yuzawa 裏門一丁目, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A single bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a municipal road beside the Kitaakita Fire Department. It fled toward the east. It was about 5 meters from a nearby house.
Kitaakita Motomachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear was reported at night in Funakoshi Ikko, Oga City.
Funakoshi Ikko, Oga City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
There was a possible bear sighting in Okuno, Hinode Town
Okuno, Hinode Town, Tokyo
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear was reported in Takanosu Kitachika-shita, Kitaakita City at night.
Takanosu Kitachika-shita, Kitaakita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear appeared at night in Detoborikiri, Nishimecho, Yurihonjo City; the situation was later reported as resolved.
Detoborikiri, Nishimecho, Yurihonjo City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] While driving, something black appeared in a shrub, and it turned out to be a bear.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 4
4 days ago
[Post] While driving toward the Sakura-dai area, two cubs were walking on the right side of the road.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Local residents sighted one bear about 1 m long on the road.
Minamiuonuma Ozuki, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Two bears on the road observed by a resident driving. One about 1 m, the other about 50 cm. About 5 m to the nearest house. The direction they left after the car passed is unknown.
Akita Tegata-Tanaka, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
An eyewitness, while driving on a town road toward the northeast, saw two bears that appeared to be a parent and cubs emerging from the right side of a residential property. The bears' subsequent movements are unknown. Mother: about 1.2 m; cub: about 60 cm. About 10 m to the nearest house.
Misato, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
A pedestrian witnessed one bear (about 0.6 m) heading south. Near the JR Ōu Main Line Kawaguchi crossing.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
While driving, saw one bear on the road. Size about 1 m. About 7 m to the nearest house. The direction the bear took after leaving is unknown.
Akita Ohiradai 4-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Around 8:00 pm on the 15th, a bear collided with a train on the railway. An on-site inspection on the afternoon of the 16th confirmed the bear's death.
Yurihonjō 西目町出戸, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] An animal about 80 cm in length was striding along the sidewalk, then it hid. I think it could be a Japanese black bear.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: I stepped out the front door; I did not see it, but I heard an unfamiliar growl from the darkness.
Akita Iijima-Matsunehigashicho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
While driving along Prefectural Route 225, one bear was sighted; it moved to the south.
Itoigawa 大字栗山, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] While driving, a bear crossed the road and did not flee, remaining on the roadside. Size over 1 m.
Yokote 雄物川町大沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
One bear about 1 m long was witnessed crossing National Route 7 from south to north.
Kitaakita Tsuzureko, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] A bear was crossing the road. I immediately called 110, and a patrol was dispatched.
Hachirogata Masaka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] During a walk, a black animal about 1 m in length crossed the sidewalk. Probably a Japanese black bear.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear wandering inside Ohana Park in Yamatedai 2-chome. About 1 m in size; nearest house about 15 m away. Returned home to report, so the bear's subsequent movements are unknown.
Akita Yamatedai 2-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] A bear was walking around the corner; I chased it, but it showed no fear and entered a residential yard near Ohana Park.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Distance to house: 10 m. Adult bear about 1.3 m; cub under 1 m. Seen in a chestnut tree between the highway and the home. They disappeared while sheltering at the home.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Black Bear × 3
4 days ago
Saw a bear about 1.5 m long climbing a chestnut tree.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] While driving toward the Kariwano direction, a bear crossed the road from the right and went into the left brush. About 1 m in length.
Daisen Osawagosyuku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] On the main street, in a vacant lot in a residential area, one cub wandered around and ran through to the back streets of the residential area.
Daisen Fukudacho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
While on the way home by car, observed three bears on the road: one about 1 m, two about 50 cm. About 10 m from surrounding houses.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
4 days ago
Post: It emerged from the guardrail on a slope, moved a short distance along the road, and then went onto the opposite side.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear about 0.5 m in length is climbing a persimmon tree in the yard.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Saw one bear about 1 m in body length. Afterwards, it disappeared among the shrubs along the riverbank. About 500 m from a residential house.
Yuzawa 酒蒔, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Signs of a bear climbing a persimmon tree and bear scat.
Toyama Yatsuomachi-Shibahashi, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Residents spotted one bear about 0.8 m long walking through a field.
Minamiuonuma Osaki, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Moving north along an agricultural road beside the Ishizawa River. Body length about 1 m.
Ugo 畑ノ沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear was sighted near Takasekami-go, Aza Nakunaki; attempted to drive it away by car; it crossed a drainage canal and entered the village area in Aza Sugimoto, Takasekami-go. The bear is believed to have headed toward the Kubosekan River. Two bears were observed: one about 1.0 m long and another about 0.5 m. Distance to the nearest house about 5 m.
Daisen Takazekikamigo, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Observed a bear about 1.5 m long in a chestnut tree. The nearest house is about 10 m away.
Kitaakita Honjo, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear about 1 meter in length was behind a house. It left toward the mountains.
Semboku Ketazawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Bear climbing signs on persimmon tree, broken branches, and scat.
Toyama Nirehara, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Bear climbing signs on persimmon tree, broken branches, and scat.
Toyama Imozu, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear about 0.5 m long was climbing a persimmon tree in the homeowner's yard.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A light truck collided with a bear about 1.2 m long on a city road. The bear headed toward the Uono River.
Minamiuonuma Ishiuchi, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Saw two bears believed to be a mother and cub in a rice field. Size about 1.2 m and 50 cm. Departure direction unknown. About 110 m to the nearest house.
Yokote 増田町荻袋, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
[Post] While driving from the Sun Aru area toward Kakuroku, two bears (mother and cub) crossed from the left-hand rice field, attempted to enter the right-hand mountains, but could not climb a concrete wall and panicked, roaring briefly at the car; they then ran toward the Sun Aru area. (Address added in town.)
Misato 金沢東根, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
A bear was reported in Kamihinokinai Nakatomari, Nishiki, Semboku City in the evening, with other sightings in the city also reported.
Kamihinokinai Nakatomari, Nishiki, Semboku City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Roaming around a chestnut tree in the home premises. About 1 m long. Direction it left is unknown.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear was reported in Fukuda, Daisen City in the evening.
Fukuda, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
On the evening of October 15, a bear was sighted at Tazawako Tazawa Kuyobutsu in Semboku City.
Tazawako Tazawa Kuyobutsu, Semboku City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Nearby residents observed two bears (one about 1 m, and one about 50 cm). Direction of travel unknown. On private property.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear appeared in the evening on October 15 in Masuda-cho Ogibukuro Suga, Yokote City.
Masuda-cho Ogibukuro Suga, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear was reported in Kawabe Wada Shikida area of Akita City in the evening.
Kawabe Wada Shikida, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear appeared in Hitomi, Matsuida (Annaka City) in the evening
Hitomi, Matsuida Town, Annaka City, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
There was a possible bear sighting in Zenda, Joban Nishigo, Iwaki City in the evening.
Zenda, Joban Nishigo, Iwaki City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A driver sighted one bear (about 1.0 m in length) heading south, about 400 m south of the Shakainnai Gymnasium.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] While driving toward the North Asia area, a small bear was walking on the left sidewalk.
Akita Shimokitate-Sakura, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
The driver spotted a bear in a field — about 1 m long — heading east, about 50 m from the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: Saw one bear moving between rice paddies and a buckwheat field. It was eating buckwheat in the buckwheat field.
Kosaka 堀内沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
School staff observed one bear (about 80 cm) with unknown direction on the school grounds.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] Saw a mother bear with a cub. They left toward the south.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
4 days ago
Spotted a bear eating something in an empty lot. Body length unknown. It headed north. About 5 m from a house.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] From the bus, saw a mother bear standing in front of a thicket in the mountain shade; three cubs were sitting.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
4 days ago
Local residents found bear tracks in a field.
Minamiuonuma Tokuda-shinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: It climbed a persimmon tree and was eating persimmons.
Gojome 内川小倉, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Spotted a bear on the road. Body length about 1 m. It left toward the western woods. About 80 m from nearby facilities.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Observed a bear crossing the road from east to west. It then went into the mountains. About 30 m from a house. Sizes about 1.5 m and 1.0 m.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
A bystander observed a bear peeking out from the grass of an abandoned house. Subsequent movements unknown. Body length unknown. About 30 m to a residence.
Misato 中野, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Spotted a bear about 80 cm heading toward a persimmon tree. It fled when I shouted. About 20 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: While driving, one cub was observed on the sidewalk.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: Has been climbing a persimmon tree and eating persimmons for two days.
Gojome 字神明前, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Observed one bear about 1 m long and two bears about 50 cm long in a field.
Kazuno, Akita
Black Bear × 3
4 days ago
Nearby residents observed one bear (about 1.0 m). Direction of travel north. About 5 m from the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A witness, driving east on a town road, saw a bear entering Ichijo Tree Park. Its further movements are unknown. About 50 cm long. About 130 m from a house.
Misato, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Staff at the nearest facility sighted one bear (about 1.0 m). Direction unknown. About 100 m north of Yatate Elementary School.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Around 2:30 PM, two bears—a mother and cub—were walking along the roadside. They seemed to be near a chestnut tree. About 100 m from a house.
Fujisato Kasuge, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
A bear family appeared behind the Life Support House. The lengths were 1 m and 0.5 m. When firecrackers were sounded, they fled.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
A mother bear and cub appeared behind a welfare/support housing facility. Lengths about 1 m and 0.5 m. They fled when firecrackers were sounded.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Post: Spotted three bears near a solar panel. They ran away along the embankment.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
4 days ago
A bear appeared in Orosawa Ichinosaka, Kazuno City in the early afternoon, and traces of a bear were found in Towada Nishiki-Izumimori
Orosawa Ichinosaka, Kazuno City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Local residents, while working in a field beside their home, observed one bear about 1.0 m long near a persimmon tree. It then moved off toward the western woods. About 10 m from the house.
Kamikoani Okitaomote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear appeared in Tonai Takeshizawa (Sannohe Town) on the afternoon of Oct 15, and there was another sighting in Tonai Kabanoki on the morning of Oct 16
Tonai Takeshizawa, Sannohe Town, Aomori
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
In the early afternoon of October 15, a bear appeared in Shizunai Harutate, Shinhidaka Town.
Shizunai Harutate, Shinhidaka Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
4 days ago
In the early afternoon of October 15, a bear appeared in Naramachi, Numata City.
Naramachi, Numata City, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A resident witnessed one cub of unknown length crossing the national road toward the mountains.
Minamiuonuma Futsukamachi, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
At midday on October 15, bears were confirmed to have appeared in Nakanojo Town areas including Arikawa and Iriyama Hanashiki.
Arikawa, Nakanojo Town, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
At midday on October 15, traces of a bear appearance were found in Suga Degoya, Gosen City.
Suga Degoya, Gosen City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
At midday on October 15, a bear appeared in Kamizeki, Sekikawa Village.
Kamizeki, Sekikawa Village, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
While working outdoors, two bears—a mother and cub—appeared about five meters away, measuring roughly 1 m and 30 cm. The cub approached within about 3 meters, but both disappeared into the shrubs. About 150 m to the nearest house. (This is the detailed information from the previously posted Bear Dash.)
Yokote 杉目, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Distance to the nearest house: about 10 m. Body length: about 0.5 m.
Yurihonjō 東由利黒渕, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Saw a bear (size unknown) near Kaede-an. Its whereabouts after that are unknown.
Yuzawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
One cub seen by school staff moving across the middle school grounds from east to west.
Sekikawa 大字上関, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: Sighted one cub heading toward the sea from under the old Hachimori Junior High School.
Happou Hachimori, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Observed two bears in the rice field, about 0.5 m and 1.0 m long. They then left toward the south. About 100 m from a building.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Post: About 50 cm cub descended from the rice field into the river, climbed a tree and was eating something.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Distance to the nearest house: about 150 m. Body length: about 0.8 m.
Yurihonjō Higashi-Ayukawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Distance to the nearest house: about 150 m. Body length: about 0.8 m.
Akita Sanno 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: Saw a bear in front of Matsuda Livestock while heading toward the Iwami-Mina direction? It fled to the east into the mountains.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: While driving, I sighted a bear about 1 meter long crossing the Omono River toward the mountains.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: It was walking on the left side of a riverside road. It paused and looked back when it noticed the car, then entered the brush by the riverbank.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: A cub headed from the rice field side toward the mountains and crossed the road.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Spotted two bears in a rice field, about 0.5 m and 1.0 m long. They then left toward the northern mountains. About 500 m from a house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Post: A bear crossed the road to the south and went toward Taisho Park.
Daisen Mineyoshikawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Two bears, about 0.5 m and 0.8 m long, were seen on the north side of a house. They then moved off to the north. About 10 m from the house.
Akita Shimoshinjo-Aozaki, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Spotted a bear about 0.8 m long. It moved toward the northeast.
Katagami, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: It crossed the road while I was driving; it was dangerous just before collision.
Ikawa 赤沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Observed two cubs in a fruit orchard. Body length unknown. Direction they left unknown. About 30 m from a house.
Yokote 雄物川町大沢, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Post: It went from behind the railroad crossing fire station building into the northern forest.
Mitane Sotooka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Nearby residents spotted one bear (about 0.8 m) moving west. About 20 m from the nearest facility.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A corn post lid was opened; footprints believed to be from a bear were around. Acorn-containing droppings were nearby.
Yurihonjō 館前, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Saw one bear in the area outside the embankment; it moved into the brush beyond.
Niigata Komukai, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A company employee witnessed one bear (about 1 m) moving on the street. Direction unknown. About 10 m from the company.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
On the morning of October 15, a bear appeared in Nishakaocho, Nanto City.
Nishakaocho, Nanto City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear appeared in Tamaniwa, Kawanishi Town on the morning of October 15.
Tamaniwa, Kawanishi Town, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear appeared in Nakachoda-no-sawa, Yurihonjo City in the morning
Nakachoda-no-sawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
On the morning of October 15, bears were confirmed to have appeared in areas of Yokote City including Sotame Otayachi and Omorokawa-cho Imajuku.
Sotame Otayachi, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear was reported in Komukai, Akiha Ward, Niigata in the morning.
Komukai, Akiha Ward, Niigata, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
One bear crossed National Route 282 from east to west.
Morioka Higashishinjo 2-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A man was attacked and injured by a bear near Akita University, but his life is not in danger (a bear was also reported in Kawabe San'nai, Akita City on the same day).
Akita University, Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear appeared in Mikawa, Kokufu Town, Takayama City in the morning
Mikawa, Kokufu Town, Takayama City, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Saw one cub on top of a shed inside a residential area (Inaricho 7). It moved north toward Odate Town along the Kojogawa River.
Morioka, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
On the morning of October 15, traces of a bear appearance were found in Shimosasa, Shingucho, Tatsuno City.
Shimosasa, Shingucho, Tatsuno City, Hyogo
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear about 0.8 m long was sighted by a resident from their home. The distance to the home was about 5 meters.
Kazuno, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Saw one bear in front of a house. It moved southeast toward the forest.
Morioka, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear was reported in Aizomedai, Shakanai, Odate City on the morning of October 15 (there were also other sighting reports in the city on Oct. 14 afternoon and Oct. 15 early morning).
Aizomedai, Shakanai, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A whitish-furred cub (about 1.5 m long) was culled by a hunter
Maruyama Nishimachi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
4 days ago
Sighted one adult bear in the rice paddy east of Mihamae Minami Junior High School. It moved east toward the residential area.
Morioka Otobe, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
On October 15 in Tendo City, a bear that appeared was culled with a hunting rifle (sightings reported in Izumicho 2-chome and Yamamoto).
Izumicho 2-chome, Tendo City, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
On the morning of October 15, a bear appeared in residential areas of Yamagata City including Wagaimachi 3-chome and Mamigasaki 4-chome, and the city responded.
Wagaimachi 3-chome, Yamagata City, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
On the morning of October 15, a bear appeared in Kamikyo Kuroda, Iida City.
Kamikyo Kuroda, Iida City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
On a road near the apartment (Shindencho 10), observed a small adult bear. Movement direction unknown.
Morioka Otobe, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
One cub emerged from a greenhouse and moved south.
Morioka Higashimirumae, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
On the morning of October 15, a bear appeared in Kannonji, Oimachi, Ena City.
Kannonji, Oimachi, Ena City, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Sighting of a small to mid-sized adult bear in a residential area (Matsuzono 1-chome 17).
Morioka Isari-Hagagari, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear appeared in Kyowa Kotsune (Daisen City) in the morning (sightings were also reported at Nakayodogawa, Kyowa)
Kowane, Sakae? (Kyowa) Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: A mother and three cubs were walking across a pedestrian bridge toward the Soto-Akurai direction.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
4 days ago
Post: Bear scat was under the torii gate of Gogome Shinmei Shrine.
Gojome 字七倉, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
While traveling toward Sakuradai, saw a bear in the center of the road. It headed east. Length about 1 m. About 100 m from nearby buildings.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: After eating chestnuts, moved northeast along a brushy watercourse.
Odate Shakanai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: Sighted one cub moving toward the sea from near Cha no Sawa housing complex.
Happou, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Spotted a bear about 1.0 m long in a rice field. Direction of departure unknown. About 100 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear was sighted behind the Life Support House. When a siren was sounded, it fled.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
There were no tracks yesterday, but this morning when I went to the fields there were multiple bear footprints.
Katagami Showa 8-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Saw a bear passing in front of a residential area and heading toward the eastern mountains. Body length about 100 cm.
Noshiro Futatsuimachi-Tane, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A bear appeared behind the welfare/support housing. It fled when the siren was sounded.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Spotted a bear about 1.0 m long in a rice field. It went south. About 100 m southwest of Shimoshinjo Elementary School.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Spotted a bear about 1.0 m long in a rice field. Direction of departure unknown. About 80 m west of Shimoshinjo Elementary School.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
While driving, I passed a bear about 1.0 m long moving north to south on a municipal road. Its destination is unknown. About 100 m from a house.
Akita Shimokitate-Sakura, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: Around a chestnut tree, eating fallen chestnuts.
Odate Shakanai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: A large mature bear over 1.5 m in length.
Semboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: Emerged from a forest and headed toward the edge of the rice field. Body length about 1 meter.
Daisen, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: Eating fallen chestnuts. Believed to be the same individual seen daily (about 1 m).
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Spotted a bear about 1 m long on a municipal road. About 20 m from nearby facilities. Direction of departure unknown.
Kitaakita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Saw a bear about 1 m long moving from the farm road shoulder toward the Uono River.
Minamiuonuma Aokishinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Nearby residents observed two bears (size unknown) moving south on private property.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
From the house, a witness looked south and saw one bear on the premises foraging. It then moved east. Body length about 60 cm. About 10 m from the house.
Misato 黒沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Nearby residents sighted one bear (about 1.0 m) moving south. About 700 m to the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
During a patrol of the orchard, confirmed apple damage by bears. Several bear droppings found in the orchard. Damage: about 100 fruits.
Kazuno 根市戸, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
[Post] Residents witnessed one bear about 1.2 m in length.
Minamiuonuma Uwano, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Two bears (sizes unknown) were sighted at Nitta Hall; the bears left when they averted their eyes. Distance to the nearest house: about 10 m.
Daisen Otacho-Higashiimaizumi, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Spotted a bear about 1.0 m on the road. It left toward the shrine direction to the north. About 10 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: Was moving from the direction of a rehabilitation hospital toward the Taihei Sawa River direction.
Akita Sotoasahikawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Nearby residents observed three bears (one about 1 m, two about 40 cm) moving north. About 150 m to the nearest facility.
Odate Karuizawa, Akita
Black Bear × 3
4 days ago
Post: While driving, spotted three bears about 50 m ahead in a rice field. When they made eye contact, they walked toward the river.
Odate Junisho, Akita
Black Bear × 3
4 days ago
Post: Spotted a bear about 1.3 m long. It headed east.
Yokote 雄物川町今宿, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
(Update) Spotted two bears in a persimmon tree. The bears went north. About 10 m from the nearest house. Sizes: adult 1 m, cub 0.5 m.
Yokote Shirominami-machi, Akita
Black Bear × 2
4 days ago
Observed one bear about 1 m in length on the grounds on the south side of the Daisen Environmental Conservation Center. It was about 10 m from the building.
Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: While delivering newspapers, I witnessed a bear entering from the road toward a house. It was about 1.0 m long.
Gojome 馬場目, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
In the predawn hours, a roughly 1.5-meter bear was seen running along the main street of Yubetsu Town by a fisherman, who reported it.
Town Center, Yubetsu Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
4 days ago
In the early morning of October 15, a bear appeared in Sekiguchi, Murakami City.
Sekiguchi, Murakami City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: There was a bear about 1 meter long. Its direction of travel was north.
Akita Shimoshinjo-Nakano, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
There was a possible bear sighting in Kasuga Town, Yamagata City (early morning)
Kasuga Town, Yamagata City, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Bear traces (feces) found on a road 600 m east of Kanazuka Station.
Shibata 下小中山, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A delivery worker witnessed one bear about 1 m on the road near this address. It disappeared while the report was being filed; departure direction unknown. The nearest house was about 5 m away.
Akita Sakuragaoka 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
An adult bear was photographed by the installed AI camera.
Toyama Yakiyama, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Post: While driving on the road at the same address, witnessed one bear. It was about 1 m tall. The bear then left toward the west along the railroad. The nearest house was about 50 m away.
Akita Tsuchizakiminato-higashi 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Residents found what appears to be bear scat on their property.
Minamiuonuma Izumi, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
A resident found bear scat in front of their home entrance.
Minamiuonuma Itsukamachi, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
4 days ago
Saw one bear on National Route 7 while driving by car. Size about 1 m; the bear departed to the south. Nearest house about 50 m away.
Akita Tsuchizakiminato-kita 7-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Post: While stargazing from the second-floor balcony at home, witnessed a bear running on the road in front of the house.
Akita Iijima-Matsunehigashicho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Post: At night, during work, witnessed a bear fleeing from inside the JR railway line toward the mountains.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Around 7:30 a.m. on Oct 15, found claw marks on a persimmon tree, bear scat, and signs of eaten persimmon
Minamiuonuma Fukasawa, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Traces of another brown bear appearance were found again in Fukushima Town, Hokkaido, with reports of garbage areas and home gardens being damaged.
Fukushima Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear appeared behind houses in Sapporo City; it was suggested it may have come from nearby woods to eat chestnuts.
Sapporo City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
5 days ago
Reports described bears moving from building to building in a hot-spring town, saying bears have been appearing in various places seeking food before hibernation.
Yamagata City, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A single bear (approx. 140 cm in length) was culled with firearms in Sendai City under an emergency shooting — the first such case nationwide.
Sendai City, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear appeared at a nursery school with about 40 children present, creating a tense situation.
a nursery school, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear again appeared in the garden of a private house in Iida City (it had also appeared on the 7th).
Iida City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bear appearances in the prefecture have risen at a record pace; in Aga Town a trap was set near the site where a woman was attacked.
Aga Town, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear that eats rice has repeatedly entered a warehouse and appeared in rice fields, showing a strong attachment to the rice.
Niigata City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A brown bear appeared in central Esashi Town, and the town urged residents to refrain from going out.
Esashi Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
5 days ago
On October 15, traces of a bear appearance were confirmed in Nagae, Nakano City.
Nagae, Nakano City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Three bears that fell into an irrigation channel were filmed by a woman, according to reports.
(location unspecified), Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 3
5 days ago
A bear was reported to have walked between buildings in a hot-spring town in Fukushima for about 10 hours.
Fukushima City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear about 1 meter in length appeared in a residential area in Chichibu.
Chichibu City, Saitama
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Two bears believed to be a mother and cub were captured in a box trap and culled
Nishino, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 2
5 days ago
A bear appeared in a residential area of Tsuruoka City; under police direction a hunter fired and culled the animal. The city temporarily declared an "emergency hunting" measure.
Tsuruoka City, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear appeared on the sidewalk of Route 285 near Gojome Town Hall
Gojome Town Hall, Gojome Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
In Kamisunagawa Town, a bear was seen sitting on a junior high school ground and a mother-and-cub pair (two bears) were observed in a nearby residential-forest area.
Junior high school ground, Kamisunagawa Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 2
5 days ago
Bears have been sighted on Mt. Takao, an area with numerous reported sightings
Mt. Takao, Hachioji City, Tokyo
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bear footprints in the yard of Yamanaka Futaba Nursery
Kaga Yamanakaonsen-Uwabaramachi 1-chome, Ishikawa
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A roughly 1 m-long bear was caught on security camera near Zenkoji Temple and was sighted at multiple city locations
Zenkoji Temple, Nagano City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bears were reported to have appeared in areas of Shikama Town such as Oguriyama and Yotsukama Michino on October 14–15.
Oguriyama, Shikama Town, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear appeared in the center of Iizaka Onsen, fled toward the Surikami River, and persimmons were reported to have been eaten and damaged.
Iizaka Onsen, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was sighted from a car in Saitama Prefecture, reported as appearing along a tourist route.
Saitama Prefecture, Saitama
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Local residents found bear scat and claw marks on their home’s persimmon tree.
Minamiuonuma Miya, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
One bear that entered a house under construction was captured in Senchu Jokamachi, Akita City. Separately, near Akita University a man was attacked and injured in another sighting
Senchu Jokamachi, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
7:30 pm: 1 bear in Nohana Minami-cho, along the Ashibetsu-Biei road and near the Shin-Kyō Bridge; the bear moved toward the river and disappeared into the brush. Website posting and disaster alert email.
Ashibetsu Nokanancho, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
5 days ago
Saw one bear about 1 m in size on the road west of Kohoku Elementary School while driving. The bear moved off toward the western residential area. Nearest house about 10 m away.
Akita Tsuchizakiminato-kita 4-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Two bears, a mother and cub (mother about 1.2 m, cub about 0.6 m), were climbing a persimmon tree and eating persimmons.
Minamiuonuma Ogawa, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Witnessed a bear crossing the road. Details such as number of bears, body length, direction of departure, and distance to buildings are unknown.
Semboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Sighting: One bear observed on a city road, heading toward a field.
Murakami 大関, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Post: Crossed the road from south to north.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
I witnessed it climbing a private residence's persimmon tree. It was dark, so its size was unknown.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
At Aka-hira Bridge, a bear collided with a car. The car was partially damaged. Body length unknown. The bear's escape direction unknown.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Post: While driving on Route 108 from Miyagi toward Yuzawa City, saw a bear hiding in roadside shrubs. There are houses nearby.
Yuzawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported to have appeared in Kuroyama, Ogose Town on the night of October 14.
Kuroyama, Ogose Town, Saitama
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On the night of October 14, a bear appeared in Shimooniyagi 4-chiwari, Kitakami City.
Shimooniyagi 4-chiwari, Kitakami City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On the night of October 14, a bear appeared in Owatari 3-chome, Kamaishi City.
Owatari 3-chome, Kamaishi City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
In a hot-spring area of Fukushima City, a bear about 1 m long occupied a parking lot, and one hour later two more bears appeared
Fukushima City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
On the night of October 14, a bear appeared in Sakura 3-chome, Akita City, and there were sightings across the city including Hotono Hatcho.
Sakura 3-chome, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
One bear observed on the Sakamoto-Shinden-Arai Prefectural Route; it crossed from east to west.
Joetsu 中郷区板橋, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
While driving, I saw a black animal on the sidewalk. Slowing down to check, I saw a bear about 50 cm in length climbing up the northern slope. It was about 50 meters from a house.
Akita Shimokitate-Sakura, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
One bear of unknown size appeared on the home entrance security camera.
Minamiuonuma Ogawa, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Nearby residents sighted 1 bear (about 80 cm in length) moving south on private property.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
While driving, a bear ran through a rice field, came onto the road, and headed toward the mountains.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
[Post] It moved toward the forest to the east from the road. About 1 m in length.
Katagami Showa 8-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
While driving, I witnessed a mother and cub enter the yard of the residence at the address above. They were about 1.5 meters long.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
While driving, observed a sow and cub entering the yard of the address above. Their lengths were about 1 m and 50 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Walked from behind the house toward the cedar forest. Length just under 1 m.
Higashinaruse 岩井川, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Post: While driving, witnessed a bear entering the mountains.
Noshiro, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Witness, while driving on National Route 105, saw a bear about 1.1 m long in a chestnut tree. The nearest house was about 20 m away. Departure direction unknown.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A witness stepped outside their home and spotted one bear sitting under a streetlight near the house. It then moved south along the road.
Aga 両郷, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A local resident walking on a road near the address spotted a bear about 50 cm in size; the bear then moved southwest. It was about 5 meters from the nearest house.
Akita Iijima-Naganohoncho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On National Route: one bear about 1.2 m long and two bears about 0.8 m long, about 50 m from a house. While driving along the highway, what appeared to be a sow with two cubs crossed the road from east to west and entered a rice field. The observer was about 20 m away.
Kazuno 上平, Akita
Black Bear × 3
5 days ago
On National Route 105, a car–bear collision occurred. The exact location is unknown, but it happened on Route 105 in the Ani area. The bear was about 1 m long. Further details about the bear are unknown.
Kitaakita Ani-Yoshida, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
While traveling on the Akita Expressway, a bear darted out from the left and collided with the vehicle. The bear died. Length about 70 cm.
Daisen, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
One bear (size unknown) moved toward the mountains in the Akazawa area.
Tsunan Akasawa, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Post: Found tracks and a bear trail of two bears in a field opposite the cafeteria building. I saw it walking toward Takumi Arena.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Local residents witnessed one bear about 1.0 m long on the road. Its movement direction afterward is unknown.
Minamiuonuma Ozuki, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear about 1 meter long is eating chestnuts under a chestnut tree on private property.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Around 6:00 PM on October 14, 2025, two cubs were seen near the Masuda City Citizens' Cemetery and the Tadah Public Hall in Tadamachi.
Masuda Tadacho, Shimane
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Sighted one bear near the intersection of the cycling road and the Shibata-Tsugawa Line prefectural road.
Shibata 大槻, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Post: In the center of the photo, illuminated by the car's headlights, a chestnut fallen from a tree was eaten. It was about 1.5 m long. About 5 m to the house.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Nearby residents sighted 1 bear (1.2 m long) heading north on the grounds of an elementary school.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: It crossed the road from the apple orchard toward the mountains and headed uphill.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Post: Crossing from one residence to another.
Akita Ohiradai 4-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear about 1 m in length was seen in a chestnut tree on the north side of a house. It then fled east. The distance to the house was about 10 m.
Daisen, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A 1 m bear was spotted leaving the rice field toward the south. About 500 m to the nearest house.
Semboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On a chestnut tree, observed a mother and cub bears (size and number unknown), two or more bears. The nearest facilities about 20 m away; the nearest houses about 30 m away. Departure direction unknown.
Kitaakita 阿仁荒瀬段ノ上, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Observed a bear of unknown size and number on a chestnut tree. The observer heard a cracking sound indicating the bear. About 20 m to the nearest house. Departure direction unknown.
Kitaakita Ani-Ginzan, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Post: A cub moved from inside a tunnel into nearby brush; about 100 m to the nearest house.
Mitane Kado, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear about 1 m long was seen walking through a paddy field.
Minamiuonuma Kyooka-shinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
While patrolling the rice fields, I saw a bear in a buckwheat field (sighted at the same spot the day before). About 300 m from a house. About 1 m long.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Nearby residents sighted one bear (about 1 m long) moving west on the facility grounds.
Odate Koshakanai-michiue, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: It seemed to be a mother bear and cub eating rice. They noticed a car and returned to the mountains. The road was close.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Three bears, likely a mother with cubs, were seen on the grass. About 30 m to a nearby facility. Departure direction unknown.
Kitaakita Nanukaichi, Akita
Black Bear × 3
5 days ago
Information provided on the 15th. Sightings from the 14th: a bear over 1 m in length was sighted. The bear moved into the southern forest. About 10 m from a house.
Yokote 山内筏, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear appeared in the evening on October 14 in Kamasawa Yukitayano-ato, Kitaakita City.
Kamasawa Yukitayano-ato, Kitaakita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On the evening of October 14, a bear appeared in Nishimotoinai Horimawari Kawaramachi, Ugo Town.
Nishimotoinai Horimawari Kawaramachi, Ugo Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Takaida, Hanawa area of Kazuno City in the evening.
Takaida, Hanawa, Kazuno City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported to have appeared in Shimosendo Shin-yashiki, Ugo Town on the evening of October 14.
Shimosendo Shin-yashiki, Ugo Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported to have appeared in Shinzawa Shimogawara, Yurihonjo City on the evening of October 14.
Shinzawa Shimogawara, Yurihonjo City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Kagitori 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai on the evening of October 14.
Kagitori 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On the evening of October 14, a bear was reported to have appeared in areas of Daisen City including Kyowa Funaoka Kaminakano.
Kyowa Funaoka Kaminakano, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On the evening of October 14, bears appeared at multiple locations in Odate City, including Ashidako Shishigamori-shita.
Ashidako Shishigamori-shita, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear appeared in Tomitanarai, Futsunai, Gojome Town on the evening of October 14.
Tomitanarai, Futsunai, Gojome Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Post: Found in a rice field. It went off toward the far end of the field.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On the evening of October 14, a bear appeared in Kanazawa Higashine Yanagida, Misato Town.
Kanazawa Higashine Yanagida, Misato Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On the evening of October 14, a bear was reported to have appeared in Ihonai Nakajuku, Tazawako, Semboku City.
Ihonai Nakajuku, Tazawako, Semboku City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bear sighted with unknown size. It headed east (toward the mountains).
Semboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A driver saw one bear (size unknown). Traveling direction unknown. About 300 m to the nearest facility.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Two bears, 0.8 m and 0.5 m in length, were sighted about 50 m east of a house. They then departed into the eastern mountains.
Akita Shimoshinjo-Kasaoka, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
About 80 cm long; 5 m from the observer; moved east from the seaside side.
Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Two bears, one about 0.8 m and the other about 0.5 m, were spotted about 50 m east of a house. They then departed toward the eastern mountains.
Akita Sanno 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
A bear about 1 m long was climbing a chestnut tree. Its whereabouts after that are unknown.
Yuzawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A driver spotted two bears (1.0 m and 0.5 m). Traveling north. About 200 m to the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
From a moving car, sighted one bear about 50 cm on the national highway.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
One bear about 1 m long sighted; distance to the nearest house about 10 m.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was seen climbing a chestnut tree. It descended and headed toward the eastern mountains. About 1 m in size. About 10 m from a house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Two bears, 1.0 m and 0.6 m long, were spotted in the home yard. They moved into the south-side bushes.
Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Posted: There were two bears. One about 1 meter tall was in the rice field; the other, a cub about 50 cm, was in the grass. They remained there.
Yokote 山内大沢, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
One bear about 1 m long sighted; distance to the nearest house about 10 m.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Ogata, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: Location information corrected. There were two bears: one about 1 m long in a rice field, and another cub about 50 cm in the grass. They remained there.
Yokote 大沢, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
A witness looking out from their home saw a mother bear and cub eating persimmons in the yard. Mother about 1.0 m, cub about 50 cm. About 5 m from the house.
Misato 大石, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Post: It seems a mother with cubs come here daily, moving between the forest, chestnut trees, and a chicken coop.
Odate Koshakanai-michiue, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
A driver witnessed one bear (size unknown) approaching from the west; the closest facility is about 25 m away.
Odate Koshakanai-michiue, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Saw three bears (mother and cubs) of unknown size in the grass by the prefectural road. About 50 m to the nearest facility. Departure direction unknown.
Kitaakita Kidoishi, Akita
Black Bear × 3
5 days ago
Posted: It was eating beans in a bean field. Likely the same bear as yesterday.
Kitaakita 雪田, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was seen in a rice field. Its length was about 1 meter. It was about 10 meters from a house.
Daisen Kyowa-Funaoka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Spotted a bear about 1.5 m tall standing on its hind legs on the property. Direction of escape unknown.
Daisen, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: From the right forest, a mother-and-cub bear crossed the road and ran into the left forest. The cub was about 50 cm long.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Spotted a bear over 1 m on the left bank of the Kurosawa River. It moved upstream. About 20 m to a house. About 30 m to the Yamauchi City Hall regional office.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A cub was seen entering a residential yard behind Ueno Hall.
Daisen, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Three bears (one adult and two cubs) were sighted relaxing in a rice field within 50 m east of the road.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
5 days ago
Spotted a bear about 50 cm long moving from Sannai Nursery toward the forest in the direction of Tsurujuen. About 150 m to the nearest house.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Nearby residents sighted two bears (1.0 m and 0.5 m). Direction unknown. About 100 m to the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Post: There was one in front of the old Minami Elementary School gate.
Kitaakita 根木屋敷, Akita
Black Bear × 3
5 days ago
Saw one bear about 1 meter long crossing the national road toward the Uono River.
Minamiuonuma Yawata, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
While driving along a municipal road, a mother bear and two cubs (three bears total) were seen; they appeared to depart. Mother about 1 m; cubs about 0.5 m.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Spotted three bears: one about 0.8 m and two about 0.5 m, about 50 m east of a house. They then left toward the eastern mountains.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Nearby residents sighted two bears (about 0.5 m each). Direction unknown. About 170 m to Yukizawa Techno Park.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Posted: While working in a home garden, a cub appeared from the brush on the premises, then quickly disappeared back into the brush.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: While driving, spotted a cub walking under a bridge. About 50 cm.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Two bears of unknown size sighted. About 10 m to a nearby house.
Semboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Length about 1 m. Distance to the witness while driving: about 5 m.
Yurihonjō 芦川, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: A sow and cub were eating in a post-harvest rice field, then entered the brush behind.
Fujisato Fujikoto, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Distance to a house: about 70 m. Length: over 1.0 m (adult).
Yurihonjō, Akita
Black Bear × 3
5 days ago
A bear was reported to have appeared in Nakadai, Nanukaichi, Kitaakita City on the afternoon of October 14.
Nakadai, Nanukaichi, Kitaakita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Miruwa, Teshikaga Town on the afternoon of October 14.
Miruwa, Teshikaga Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bears appeared at multiple locations in the Yamauchi area of Yokote City (Oct 13–14).
Kitasainono, Hiranosawa, Yamauchi, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was sighted in Masashirozuka, Mizusawa, Oshu City in the early afternoon of October 14.
Masashirozuka, Mizusawa, Oshu City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bears were reported in areas of Fujisato Town including Oosawamukaiyama Shita and Kasuge Harusano on October 14.
Oosawamukaiyama Shita, Fujisato Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On the afternoon of October 14, a bear was reported to have appeared in Fujikoto Innai Dai, Fujisato Town.
Fujikoto Innai Dai, Fujisato Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported to have appeared in Minamigaoka 1-chome, Akita City on the afternoon of October 14.
Minamigaoka 1-chome, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bears were reported at multiple sites in Daisen City, including Kyowa and Tsuchikawa (Oct 13–14).
Nakajima, Kamiyodogawa, Kyowa, Daisen City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bears or their traces were found in Semboku City including areas around Kakunodate and Lake Tazawa (Oct 13–14).
Ainai, Hinokinai, Nishiki, Semboku City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Traces of a bear were found in Higashitomari, Niikappu Town on the afternoon of October 14.
Higashitomari, Niikappu Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
5 days ago
Staff at the nearest facility witnessed three bears (1.0 m, 0.5 m x 2). Direction unknown. About 50 m north of Yatate Elementary School.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 3
5 days ago
A bear appeared behind the Life Support House as in the morning. When a siren was sounded, it fled.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On October 14 around midday, a possible bear sighting was reported in Naigo Takanocho Kitasaku, Iwaki City.
Naigo Takanocho Kitasaku, Iwaki City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: It climbed down from a tree and was looking for food on the ground.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A roadkill on the railway tracks (mother and cub) was confirmed.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Observed one cub of unknown size on a chestnut tree within a residential property. About 10 m to the nearest house. Departure direction unknown.
Kitaakita Tsuzureko, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: A sow with two cubs was eating buckwheat and rice in separate fields. Lengths about 1.5 m and 70 cm. Within 100 m of a house.
Kazuno 長牛, Akita
Black Bear × 3
5 days ago
There was a mother-and-cub bear on the grounds in the Osawa district.
Fujisato Osawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: While driving down a slope, about 10 m ahead a bear sprang onto the road from a 3 m high embankment on the left and slowly ran into a chestnut forest beyond the curve. The chestnuts there seem finished, but this corridor is presumed for movement. The chestnut grove leads to many houses, which is dangerous.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Sighted two cubs about 400 m southeast of Kumano Shrine.
Joetsu 大字北方, Niigata
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
While farming, spotted a bear about 1 m long. It then moved north, but fled; direction unknown. About 20 minutes later, checked the field but saw no bear.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Saw a bear about 1.2 m long crossing the highway from north to south.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Around 12:20 PM on 2025-10-14, one Japanese black bear near the community center in the Suwatan housing complex in Shiwa Town.
Hamada Chiwacho, Shimane
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: A cub about 60–80 cm long continued eating rice. When a car approached, it fled into the north bushes, then climbed the slope by the shrine.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A logging contractor spotted a bear moving from south to north; then the bear went south. Length 1.0 m; about 500 m to the prefectural university ground.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Nearby residents sighted one bear about 0.5 m long. Direction unknown. About 10 m from a house.
Odate Hinaimachi-Katagai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear–vehicle collision involving one bear occurred.
Toyama Ushigamase, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Three bears were observed on Prefectural Route 342.
Tokamachi 馬場壬, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Wandering right beside the sidewalk; many people were active nearby. Length about 1.0 to 1.2 m.
Gojome 字上町, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Saw a bear behind a house. It headed north into the bamboo grove. About 1 m in size. About 10 m from the house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Around noon there were two bears—a mother and cub—at the house entrance. They were chased away with firecrackers.
Fujisato, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Posted: It ran off from the former park on the premises toward the rear of Buildings 1 and 2.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Spotted a bear about 1.0 m long in the woods behind a building. Direction of departure unknown. About 5 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear about 0.5 m long was on the road. It departed toward the southern rice fields. About 20 m to the nearest building.
Semboku Tazawako-Sotsuda, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Nearby residents sighted one bear (about 1.0 m in length); direction of travel unknown; about 400 meters west of the Welfare Comprehensive Area.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On a residential property, observed a cub about 50 cm long. About 10 m to the nearest house; about 30 m to the nearby station. Departure direction unknown.
Kitaakita Yonaizawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Spotted one bear about 1 m long on the road. It headed into the northeast forest from the southwest.
Oga Shiomigaoka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
On a residential property, observed one cub of unknown length. About 10 m to the nearest house. Departure direction unknown.
Kitaakita Kawai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: A cub walked east in the field in front of the house.
Daisen Otacho-Ota, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
About 50 m from a house. Bears about 1.5 m and 0.5 m tall were found in the western hillside forest.
Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Found near the western hillside forest; adult about 1.5 m; cub about 0.5 m.
Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Witness looked outside the house and saw one bear entering the mountains. About 1.0 m in length. About 90 m to the nearest house.
Misato 善知鳥坂, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Saw one mother bear (about 1 m) and two cubs (about 50 cm) in a field. About 40 m to the station. Departure direction unknown.
Kitaakita Ani-Okashinai, Akita
Black Bear × 3
5 days ago
Observed one bear about 1 m long in a field. About 30 m to the nearest house. Departed to the southeast.
Kitaakita Komata, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: Spotted a sow and cub near the entrance of an elementary school. They then ran toward the direction of Okamura Rural Park on the school’s west side.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Posted: A cub passed along a path and entered the brush.
Yurihonjō 北ノ股, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Local residents found bear scat and tracks in a field.
Minamiuonuma Anaji, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A driver traveling on the national highway from Hanawa toward Kemintai spotted a cub on the highway. Observer about 10 m away; nearest house about 170 m.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Saw one bear on a rural road near the Tochi-Ichinoki-hire line.
Nagaoka 一之貝, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
An adult bear sighted near the entrance of the Tsunagitor Sports Center.
Morioka Shibutami, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported to have appeared in Katsuraoka, Otaru City on the morning of October 14.
Katsuraoka, Otaru City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in the Nakatsu area of Nakatsugawa City on the morning of October 14.
Nakatsu District, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Shidamizawa, Mizusawa Mashiro, Oshu on October 14.
Shidamizawa, Mizusawa Mashiro, Oshu, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Ueda, Minami-machi, Gujo City on the morning of October 14.
Ueda, Minami-machi, Gujo City, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Oigai, Tone Town, Numata City on the morning of October 14.
Oigai, Tone Town, Numata City, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bears have been reported in the Hachimori area of Happo Town on multiple occasions (Oct 13–14).
Chanosawa, Hachinohe, Happo Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Furuma, Shinano Town on the morning of October 14.
Furuma, Shinano Town, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
An adult bear sighted on the grounds of the Forestry and Research Institute. It moved west into the mountain forest along the Suko River.
Morioka Otobe, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
One adult bear confirmed by bear AI camera.
Toyama Yamada-Kitayama, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
One bear appeared behind the Life Support House. It fled after a siren sounded.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Kami-Ashibetsu Town, Ashibetsu City on the morning of October 14.
Kami-Ashibetsu Town, Ashibetsu City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Mojikoshi, Kurikoma, Kurihara City on the morning of October 14.
Mojikoshi, Kurikoma, Kurihara City, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Traces of a bear were found in Nakataki, Toyama City on the morning of October 14.
Nakataki, Toyama City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Kakinoki, Shizukuishi Town before midday on October 14.
Kakinoki, Shizukuishi Town, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
One bear observed on the Fossamagna Park sidewalk.
Itoigawa 大字根小屋, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Traces of a bear were found in Shimo-Yokoka, Yokoka, Shibata City on the morning of October 14.
Shimo-Yokoka, Yokoka, Shibata City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bears were reported at several locations in Ikawa Town (Oct 13–14).
Hinokuchi, Ebisawa, Kitakawashiri, Ikawa Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Shinaki, Kawauchi Town, Mutsu City on the morning of October 14.
Shinaki, Kawauchi Town, Mutsu City, Aomori
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Himote, Nigorikawa Town, Takayama City on the morning of October 14.
Himote, Nigorikawa Town, Takayama City, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Two bears were sighted near the Kushibiki cleaning office in Hachinohe City.
Kushibiki Cleaning Office, Hachinohe City, Aomori
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Sighted one adult bear near a baseball field. It headed toward the Shizukuishi River area (south).
Morioka Koma, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported near Funakawa Port in Oga City on the morning of October 14.
Funakawa Oyamichi, Funakawa Port, Oga City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bears were reported in Sarusawa and Nakahara in Murakami City on the morning of October 14.
Sarusawa, Murakami City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Near the Handmade Village parking lot, a cub was sighted on the road. It moved toward Gosho Dam.
Morioka Kotorizawa 2-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A possible bear appearance was reported in Ootaka, Sekigahara Town on the morning of October 14.
Ootaka, Sekigahara Town, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Tsutsumisawashita Village, Kadoga Town, Aizuwakamatsu City on the morning of October 14.
Tsutsumisawashita Village, Kadogamachi, Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Yachi Tokoro-oka, Kahoku Town on the morning of October 14.
Tokoaka, Yachi, Kahoku Town, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bear scat found under a persimmon tree in the Shutoyu area.
Agano, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Spotted a bear about 50 cm long walking inside Sannai Nursery School grounds. Its movement after that is unknown.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bear traces were found on the persimmon tree and in the field.
Tokamachi 新宮甲, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
One bear (about 1 m) sighted near wooded area behind Asahi Midori Elementary School.
Murakami 黒田, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
In the area north of Gokogawa, a cub was sighted moving from behind a house through a field toward the southern mountains.
Sanjo 南五百川, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Around 8:30 AM on 2025-10-14, one adult bear on a national highway about 160 meters northwest of the Imaya bus stop in Kisuki Town.
Unnan Yoshidacho-Kawate, Shimane
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Saw one bear of unknown size crossing the national road from west to east. It then moved east. About 100 m to the nearest facility.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Spotted a bear about 1 m long on the road. It headed into the forest to the northeast, then southwest. Nearest building about 50 m.
Oga Shiomigaoka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Observed one bear about 1 m moving across the lawn inside the property. It fled toward the eastern mountains.
Noshiro Ogida, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Found bear traces (claw marks, broken branches) on a persimmon tree inside a house yard 50 m north of the Shimoyokoka Community Development Center.
Shibata 境, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Spotted a bear about 1 m long on the road. It headed into the forest to the east from the west. About 50 m from the nearest building.
Oga Asahigaoka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Spotted three bears (one adult, two cubs). They then went up into the mountains. About 10 m from a building.
Yuzawa, Akita
Black Bear × 3
5 days ago
I thought it was something black, but then it stood on all fours and looked at me. It then ran southward, glancing back. The cub was about 50 cm.
Misato, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Spotted a bear over 1 m long. It moved from the south Yokote River direction to the north toward the mountains. About 10 m to the nearest house.
Yokote 大沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A driver spotted one bear (1.0 m). Travel direction southwest. About 10 m from Nakano Rural Park.
Odate Hinaimachi-Nakano, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Saw a bear on National Route 272; the bear moved along the road toward the upstream of the Oisho River.
Sekikawa 大字下川口, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Spotted one bear about 50 cm long in a rice field about 50 meters ahead from indoors.
Kazuno, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A mother and cub were walking in a post-harvest rice field. Size unknown.
Fujisato Kasuge, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Nearby residents sighted one bear (1.0 m). Traveling north. About 10 m from the nearest house.
Odate Nanamagaritai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bear scat observed on the roadside along Route 1 near Yakushi-dō.
Yuzawa Kandatsu, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: About 50–60 cm long; spotted when taking out the trash. A few minutes later, about 100 m south near a home was also spotted.
Ikawa 赤沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A palm print was found on a vehicle parked on a residential property.
Sanjo 飯田, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A resident walking saw a cub eating walnuts. The bear ran away when a bell rang.
Minamiuonuma Ishiuchi, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Spotted one bear about 1 m long entering a garage. Police confirmed, but it was no longer in the garage. About 10 m from a house.
Daisen Nagano, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Residents of 147 Soto-waki, Shimo-Shinjo Nagaoka saw a bear about 70 cm on the road in front of their house. It headed north. About 10 m to the house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: Found bear scat near Toriumi Bridge by Iwami-Sannai Junior High School and in the embankment between the bridge and the school.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Spotted one bear about 50 cm long walking on a city road. The bear moved south. About 50 m to the nearest house.
Yokote, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Posted: It crossed the road from the sea side to the mountain side.
Happou, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Local residents found a bear of unknown size in a persimmon tree and bear droppings. The bear's subsequent movement direction is unknown.
Minamiuonuma Unto, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A branch of the persimmon tree behind the house was broken; evidence of fruit eating found.
Nagaoka 田之口, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Saw one bear near the garbage station in Kadoshima Ward; disappeared toward the river.
Aga 角島, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
While driving from the Yajima side toward Na-ne direction, I spotted it by the roadside. About 80 m to the Chokai Training Center. Body length about 0.5 m.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Local residents observed a bear about 1 meter in length moving through the fields.
Minamiuonuma Miyamura-shimoshinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
While driving on the prefectural road, it moved east from a materials yard.
Murakami 大関, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
The mother with two cubs moved away while eating something.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita
Black Bear × 3
5 days ago
A bear about 50 cm long appeared on security camera footage covering the parking lot. It soon left somewhere. It was about 10 m from the building.
Daisen Kitanagano, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
In the early morning of October 14, a bear appeared in Okura, Toyono Town, Nagano City.
Okura, Toyono Town, Nagano City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Post: While on a walk in the early dark hours, it was under a streetlight by the bridge, looking at us.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
One bear appeared on a resident-installed security camera within a private property; claw marks observed on a persimmon tree on the same site.
Sanjo 篭場, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported near Nakamura and Monju areas in Utashinai City (Oct 13–14).
Nakamura, Utashinai City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Hinokuchi Ko, Unai, Aizubange Town in the early morning of October 14.
Hinokuchi Ko, Unai, Aizubange Town, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
Bears were reported at multiple locations in Yurihonjo City on October 14.
Tajiri, Ishiwaki, Yurihonjo City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A bear was reported in Tsukuda, Akagi Town, Shibukawa City in the early morning of October 14.
Tsukuda, Akagi Town, Shibukawa City, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
A passenger car collided with two bears (each about 0.7 m in length). Direction of travel unknown. About 150 m northwest of the Yatate Water Purification Plant.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
Black Bear × 1
5 days ago
While driving, I sighted a bear. It headed toward the western mountains. Size about 1 m by 0.5 m. About 20 m from a house.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
5 days ago
Post: At the Wada Station Entrance intersection, I witnessed two cubs play-fighting. They headed toward the station.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
In the Takayaji area, a resident heard a branch break behind a house. In the morning, claw marks on a persimmon tree and droppings were confirmed.
Sanjo 高安寺, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Sighted one bear (body length unknown) on camera installed on the premises. Movement direction unknown.
Odate Izumicho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A brown bear appeared near a construction site in Yakumo Town, and workers reportedly chased it off using firecrackers and rocket fireworks.
Yakumo Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear appeared near Zenkoji Temple in Nagano's city area; security camera footage captured it and multiple sightings were reported in the city.
Zenkoji Temple, Nagano City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Three bears believed to be a mother and two cubs appeared near an abandoned house in the mountains; cameras captured the two cubs following the mother and nearby chestnut trees were eaten.
Kikonai Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 3
6 days ago
A bear was sighted eating something up in a tree in Eniwa City.
Eniwa City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
On October 14, a bear appeared around Obanazawa Junior High School in Obanazawa City.
Obanazawa Junior High School, Obanazawa City, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear appeared at Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, reportedly climbing the fence.
Yagiyama Zoological Park, Sendai, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Sighted date: 2025/10/14. Observed a bear-like animal fleeing into a cosmos field. Body length about 1.5 m. Color: dark brown.
Kizugawa 登大路, Nara
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Traces of a bear were found in Nagae, Nakano City on October 14.
Nagae, Nakano City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A roughly 140 cm-long bear appeared in Sendai City and was culled under the nation's first 'emergency shooting' authorization
Sendai City, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Residents reported a bear sighting in Iida City, and police warned that sightings had been occurring repeatedly since October 5.
Iida City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A single bear stayed in a hotel parking lot in Iizaka Onsen, jumped onto a neighboring facility's balcony, and authorities planned to capture it with a tranquilizer gun.
Iizaka Onsen, Fukushima City, Fukushima
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
One cub suspected bear went into the forest to the southwest of the sighting location.
Eniwa, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
Local dairy farmer reported seeing a brown bear walking on the town road.
Hamatonbetsu Toyokanbetsu, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
A single bear appeared in a paddy field in Hokkaido; the area is a residential district with a junior high school nearby, and chestnut trees showed signs of being eaten.
Hokkaido, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
A dead bear was found on a road in Yamaguchi Prefecture; reports suggest it may have collided with a car.
Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
7:15 — 1 bear in Kamisubetsu town, between Ashibe Bridge and the Kamisubo junction; the bear disappeared into the north-side shrub. Website posting, disaster alert email, and sign installation planned.
Ashibetsu Kami-Ashibetsucho, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
A single bear was sighted by students near an elementary school in Chikuma City.
Chikuma City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
It was reported on October 14, 2025, that a bear which had been sighted repeatedly in the Tendo Onsen area was culled.
Tendo Onsen area, Tendo City, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Bears were reported at multiple locations within Odate City (Oct 13–14).
Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A brown bear appeared in Kamui, and feeding traces (a dead Ezo deer) were found
Kamui, Asahikawa City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
A sighting believed to be an Asian black bear was reported near Kuni Elementary School in Kizugawa City on October 14.
Kuni Elementary School, Kizugawa City, Kyoto
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
No.71, R6.10.14, feeding traces (deer carcass).
Asahikawa Kamuicho Kamiubun, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
Bears were reported in the Hachimantai area and surrounding parts of Kazuno City (Oct 13–14).
Hachimantai, Kazuno City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Two bears were sighted near the cleaning office in Kushibiki, Hachinohe City
Kushibiki, Hachinohe City (near cleaning office), Aomori
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
A bear was spotted on National Route 453 by a car in motion; it entered the forest.
Eniwa, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
On October 14, a bear was reported to have appeared in Itaya 3-chome, Miyako City.
Itaya 3-chome, Miyako City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A driver in a car witnessed one bear walking east along a municipal road near this address. The bear was about 1 m in size, the nearest house about 3 m away. The bear's destination is unknown.
Akita Shimokitate-Sakura, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: The two bears were running along the roadside, fleeing.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
A bear was reported at night in Nakado, Kawauchi Town, Mutsu City.
Nakado, Kawauchi Town, Mutsu City, Aomori
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported sighted at night in Kumaishi Minatocho, Yakumo Town.
Kumaishi Minatocho, Yakumo Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
One bear was sighted last night in a densely populated residential area of Toyama City.
Toyama City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Bear claw marks on a persimmon tree and bear scat confirmed.
Kamiichi 斉神新, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: It wandered around in the middle of the road and then climbed up into the mountains.
Semboku 田子ノ木, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: While driving on the road, it crossed from the direction of the rice fields toward the mountains. It was quite large.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
It was on the road while I was driving. When approached, it climbed up the mountain. It still appeared to be a cub.
Odate Naganeyamashita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Opened a window and saw a bear about 1 meter long. It was about 50 cm from a nearby house.
Kitaakita Sumiyoshicho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Reported: Sighted around 20:10; it appears to have fled south.
Kitaakita Sumiyoshicho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
While driving, it suddenly darted out in front of us and ran onto the property. There are houses nearby. Please be careful. It was probably about one meter in size.
Ikawa 八田大倉, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Moving toward the southeast, then toward the junior high school
Komatsu Karumimachi, Ishikawa
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Moving toward the mountains (north of the cemetery)
Komatsu Nanyomachi, Ishikawa
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A local resident sighted one bear (about 1.0 m long); direction of travel unknown; about 350 m northeast of Hinai Michi-no-Eki.
Odate Hinaimachi-Ogita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A train crew member witnessed one bear (size unknown); direction unknown; near the Tsuka-no-Dai crossing.
Odate Nagasaka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
While driving on a municipal road, a bear rolled down from the hillside toward the reservoir side of the road, almost colliding, then fled into the shrubs on the reservoir side.
Yokote 増田町亀田, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
While driving toward the Higashi-Nase area, a bear suddenly darted out from the right, crossed the road, and headed toward the mountains.
Yokote 増田町湯野沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Two cub bears were clustered together beside the roadside.
Akita Sakuragaoka 5-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
Two bears were seen in the shrubs inside the grounds of Kanki-ji Temple in Shimokita; both about 50 cm long. The East Police Station came for on-site confirmation, but the bears had left; destination unknown. The nearest building was about 50 m away.
Akita Sakuragaoka 5-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
Saw one bear (size unknown) inside the Gaimaru area.
Tsunan Tomaru, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A driver traveling from the Tegata-yama Tunnel toward the Soegawa area witnessed one bear crossing the prefectural road from north to south. Size about 1 m. The nearest residence was about 50 m away. Because we drove past, the bear's destination is unknown.
Akita Shintoda, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Sighted one bear about 1.0 m long near a persimmon tree.
Minamiuonuma Ozuki, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A driver witnessed one bear (about 0.5 m long) moving east, about 300 m southeast of Hanaoka General Sports Park.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Three bears (a mother and two cubs) were sighted near the Morinodake Futaguchi Trailhead on the prefectural route, moving north.
Uonuma Tagoya, Niigata
Black Bear × 3
6 days ago
A driver witnessed two bears (each about 0.5 m long). Direction of travel unknown, about 300 m north of Hinai Support School.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
A bear about 1.5 meters tall was sighted 100 meters north of the intersection where the Seven-Eleven is located in Katsuki.
Murakami 勝木, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Eating chestnuts under a chestnut tree. Even when cars passed within about 10 m of the road, it did not run away and watched the cars.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
A bear of unknown size was sighted in a grassy area, about 100 m to nearby facilities. The bear's departure direction afterward is unknown.
Kitaakita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
It seems to have come down from the mountain. It watched the car for a while, then returned to the mountain.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A mother bear and one cub crossed Mizuhono-sato Road and headed into the mountains.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Shiraiwa, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
Observed a bear about 0.5 m long. It headed north.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: Two cubs about 0.5 m tall were in a buckwheat field, eating buckwheat seeds.
Semboku Tazawako-Umezawa, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Kawagishi, Ashibetsu City in the evening.
Kawagishi, Ashibetsu City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Hombetsu, Shikabe Town on the evening of October 13.
Hombetsu, Shikabe Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Ibarashimayama, Asanai, Noshiro City on the evening of October 13.
Ibarashimayama, Asanai, Noshiro City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was sighted on the evening of October 13 in Kawaguchi Inaridodai, Odate City.
Kawaguchi Inaridodai, Odate City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Local residents saw a brown bear about 1.2 m in length near a chestnut tree on a neighboring property. It then broke through the glass in the sash between the neighbor's main house and workshop, crossing the village, and headed west into the forest. The sighting point was about 2 m from a house.
Kamikoani Dogawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in the evening in Inayashiki Takizawa, Kurikoma, Kurihara City.
Inayashiki Takizawa, Kurikoma, Kurihara City, Miyagi
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
While we were weeding, a bear popped out of the bushes. It ran away when firecrackers were set off.
Murakami 大関, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Isobe, Himi City in the evening.
Isobe, Himi City, Toyama
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Traces of a bear were found in the afternoon in Shirakami, Matsumae Town.
Shirakami, Matsumae Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
While harvesting rice on the opposite side, it walked into the mountains with a cub.
Daisen Otacho-Ota, Akita
Black Bear × 3
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Ishizumi-cho, Numata City in the evening.
Ishizumi-cho, Numata City, Gunma
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in the evening in Koyamatakejiko, Isawa, Oshu City.
Koyamatakejiko, Isawa, Oshu City, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Traces of a bear were found in Higashiyamamoto, Iizume, Misato Town on the evening of October 13.
Higashiyamamoto, Iizume, Misato Town, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Matsuoka Ginzan, Yuzawa City on the evening of October 13.
Matsuoka Ginzan, Yuzawa City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Kashiwagi, Hamamasu Ward, Ishikari City on the evening of October 13.
Kashiwagi, Hamamasu Ward, Ishikari City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
Eating fallen chestnuts beneath a residential chestnut tree. A young bear about 70 cm long.
Mitane Kado, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
While driving along a wide rural road from Kyowa toward Akita City, it ran through the rice field on its left and entered the forest to the south.
Daisen Kyowa-Arakawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Behind the bus stop, under a chestnut tree near Hansendo, found eating chestnuts. Probably an adult. It did not run away when cars or bells sounded.
Daisen Kyowa-Mineyoshikawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Saw a bear from within the home premises in the rice paddies. Distance to the observer about 200 m. It headed south. Body length about 1 m.
Yurihonjō, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Posted as 'sighting', but corrected to 'trace' based on footprint photos.
Misato 山本, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was eating chestnuts under a chestnut tree. Approximately 1.5 m in length. Departure direction unknown. About 200 m to the nearest house.
Semboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
One cub sighted in the bushes 20 meters west of Takino Station.
Happou, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Open space / about 0.8 m long / about 20 m to a house. Saw a bear eating chestnuts from a chestnut tree across the municipal road from a house. The observer was about 20 m away.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Three bears (a mother with two cubs) of unknown size were sighted near a facility. About 30 m to the nearby facility. The departure direction is unknown.
Kitaakita Ani-Yoshida, Akita
Black Bear × 3
6 days ago
Two cubs remained near the Samukawa Police Station area. The bears fled into the mountains after some time.
Murakami 寒川, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear about 1 m long was seen in a chestnut tree. About 20 m to the nearest houses. The bear's departure direction is unknown.
Kitaakita Gomihori, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Saw a cub eating chestnuts under a chestnut tree on the premises. About 50 cm long.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Two cubs were sitting on the railroad tracks at the crossing when a car passed through the crossing.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
Witnessed a cub eating beans in the center of a bean field near the boundary between Yukita and Sugiyamada; when the car horn sounded, they fled toward the river.
Kitaakita 雪田, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear about 1 m long was climbing a chestnut tree near the sighting location. It then returned to the mountains.
Yuzawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Saw it walking onto the road from a bridge. About 1 m long. It headed toward the riverbank area (Odate Processing Center).
Odate Kawaguchi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: Found walking on the road. It headed toward the riverbank.
Odate Kawaguchi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A company employee witnessed one bear (about 1.2 m long) on a municipal road, heading south, about 10 m from the nearest house.
Odate Kawaguchi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
[Post] Appeared from a wooded area at the mountain edge, wandered through the rice fields, and approached within about 100 m of a house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
[Post] Two bears in a rice field along the tracks of Route 7, headed toward the Shimoshinjo Exchange Center side.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
[Post] A cub was eating persimmons from a tree behind a house. The current location is unknown.
Ikawa 黒坪, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Nearby residents witnessed a bear about 1 m long moving south, about 20 m from the nearest house.
Odate Nagasaka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Nearby residents witnessed a bear about 1 m long moving south, about 75 m from the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
There was a bear near a shack. Body length about 0.8 m. Departed to the west. About 30 m to the nearest house.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Observed one bear about 1 m long inside the Akita National Oil Storage Base. The bear moved into the north forest. About 50 m from the nearest building.
Oga Funagawaminato-Masugawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
[Post] Saw one bear beside the tracks as I crossed the level crossing by car.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Saw a bear about 0.5 m long. It was eating chestnuts.
Katagami Showa 8-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: While hidden among the rice ears, it crossed the road and went along a field beside a house toward the eastern mountains.
Yuzawa Yokobori, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
While driving, a brown bear about 40–50 cm long crossed in front of the car and disappeared into the wooded area.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: There were multiple footprints; the tracks continued toward the shrub first in front of the toilet.
Oga, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Saw a mother bear and two cubs; the mother about 1 m, the cubs about 50 cm.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 3
6 days ago
An Akita East Hospital staff member witnessed one bear in the woods on the west side of the premises. It was about 1 m; the bear headed west into the woods.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Saw one bear from the Sakura five-way intersection toward Sakuradai while driving. It was about 1 m in size. It crossed the road from north to south and disappeared into the brush.
Akita Sakura 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
[Post] A bear crossed the road while I was driving.
Akita Sakura 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
[Post] Was eating soba. It looked like a mother with a cub. Sizes about 1.2 m and 70 cm.
Kazuno, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
A citizen driving witnessed one bear on the road. Size and direction of departure unknown. Nearest house about 30 m away.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Residents observed one bear moving north along the riverside on the east side of Hirome Neighborhood Park. Size about 1 m; the bear headed north. The nearest house about 40 m away.
Akita Shimokitate-Sakura, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Shimosugi Kami-Shimizusawa, Kitaakita City at midday on October 13.
Shimosugi Kami-Shimizusawa, Kitaakita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
On the afternoon of October 13, a bear appeared in Fukuhara, Wassamu Town.
Fukuhara, Wassamu Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Gakuden 3-ku, Furano City on the afternoon of October 13.
Gakuden 3-ku, Furano City, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
On October 13, there were multiple bear sightings in Akita City; a sighting was reported in Shimoshinjo Nagaoka Mimitori in the early afternoon.
Shimoshinjo Nagaoka Mimitori, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear appeared near Horibata-cho, Takayama, and elsewhere in the city a man was reported injured with a fractured bone after a bear attack.
Horibata-cho, Takayama City, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: A cub about 50 cm long. It did not hide as a car approached and was foraging for chestnuts under a chestnut tree.
Kitaakita Katsurase, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: I witnessed one bear eating chestnuts from a chestnut tree opposite a house at Minami-ga-oka 2-chome 12-16. About 1 m in length; the bear departed after a while. Direction of travel unknown.
Akita Minamigaoka 2-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear about 1 m long was seen in a grassy area. About 30 m to the nearby facility. It headed toward the valley side.
Kitaakita 七日市, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
[Post] Witnessed a bear moving westward from a nearby farm road. It seems to be heading toward western to southwestern residential areas.
Odate Koshakanai-michiue, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
[Post] Encountered it as it emerged from a scrub forest along the Yokogin Line; then it passed through the woods toward Koizumi Gata Park.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
While driving, it crossed the road, looked back, and headed toward the Hokuen no Mori Park area.
Kitaakita Shimosugi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: It crossed the road and entered the Koizumi Gata Park grounds. The attached photo was taken from inside a parked car.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Staff witnessed a bear about 1 m in size standing in the eastern hillside woods on the Nanju-en Special Nursing Home grounds. The bear quickly left toward the eastern woods. The distance to the facility was about 15 m.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Local residents found bear tracks in a field. The bear's subsequent direction of movement is unknown.
Minamiuonuma Ryukoshinden, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
On an abandoned property, three bears (one about 1.2 m and two about 0.7 m) were seen near a persimmon tree, about 20 m from a house. The observer was about 20 m away.
Kazuno 林崎, Akita
Black Bear × 3
6 days ago
Post: While driving, observed a mother bear with three cubs on the roadside. When the car approached, they retreated to the hillside to observe.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 4
6 days ago
A bear about 1 m long was sighted. It then headed to the western open field. About 20 m to the nearest house.
Kitaakita Komata, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: When I went outside for a walk, I heard a sound from the mountains in front. Looking toward it, a small bear (a cub that had just grown up) charged toward me. I ran away, so the direction the bear fled is unknown. Distance to the nearest house: about 20 m.
Daisen, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Claw marks and signs of feeding were found on a persimmon tree behind a house.
Sanjo 大面, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Nearby residents observed one bear (about 1 m long) moving north; the nearest facility is about 30 m away.
Odate Katayamacho 3-chome, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Witness looked outside and saw a bear in a chestnut tree. About 60 cm long. About 10 m to the nearest house.
Misato, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
While driving along Prefectural Route 351, I spotted a bear. It was moving toward the national highway.
Yuzawa Kandatsu, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Spotted a bear about 0.5 m long near the Otowa Lower Drainage Pumping Station. Destination unknown.
Katagami, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Between Kyowa Interchange and the road: while driving, one bear suddenly darted onto the road. It did not cross and turned back midway.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
While working in the fields, saw three bears that appeared to be a sow with cubs about 150 m ahead. They were moving toward the bushes to the east.
Kazuno 不動平, Akita
Black Bear × 3
6 days ago
Post: (No description) A bear about 80 cm long was observed moving southeast from the sighting location. About 5 m from a house. (Added per police information).
Yokote Minami-machi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Around 100 m east of a chestnut tree at Kamikita-area Ohirasawa 22-1, a cub was wandering around. Size about 50 cm.
Akita Kamikitate-Oyamada, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
There was a bear in a field. About 0.5 m long. It left toward the road. About 5 m to a building.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear about 1 meter in length crossed the road in the valley area.
Tsunan Yachi, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
One bear about 1.5 m long seen near the Arasawa-Shiono Town line; it was moving from the road toward the cemetery.
Murakami 小須戸, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
[Post] It was moving in a field. Since it was sighted from a car, footprints were photographed in the evening.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear crossed National Route 341 from the east mountains to the west Tamagawa and departed. Length about 1 m. About 50 m south of a spring at Chadate.
Semboku Tazawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Spotted a bear about 1 m long in a pond behind the house, about 10 m from the house. The same individual as observed at three buildings.
Daisen 葛川, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Spotted one bear while traveling on Prefectural Route 53.
Tainai 栗木野新田, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Spotted one cub on private property. The bear moved to the hillside behind the house (east). Length less than 1 m. About 5 m from the house.
Yokote 雄物川町今宿, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in the morning in Baro, Yubetsu Town.
Baro, Yubetsu Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear appeared in Tegatayamanishimachi, Akita City on the morning of October 13.
Tegatayamanishimachi, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Sighted one bear around the Akasaka Danchi area (movement direction unknown).
Morioka Higashiyama 1-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Nishiyama, Fujinomiya in the morning.
Nishiyama, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
From Tsunagi Juujimonji (Prefectural Route 258), observed a bear moving south toward Handmade Village.
Morioka Shimoota-Shimokawara, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Sighted an adult bear near a residence. It moved from west to east.
Morioka Sakuradai 1-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Observed a bear-like animal near a residential area.
Morioka Yamagishi 6-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Sugano, Awara City in the morning.
Sugano, Awara City, Fukui
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Two junior high school students encountered a brown bear about 2 meters long hiding in brush near residences while going to school; police are patrolling the area.
Otaru City, Hokkaido, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
Shortly before midday on October 13, a bear was reported in the Hirukawa Tawara area of Nakatsugawa City.
Hirukawa Tawara, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A mother and cubs (two bears) moved from east to west across a field behind a house and went into the mountains.
Yokote 山内小松川, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
Sighted a cub near the Handmade Village parking lot. It moved toward Gosho Dam.
Morioka Higashishinjo 2-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in Ohiradai 1-chome, Akita City in the morning.
Ohiradai 1-chome, Akita City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in the morning in Osawa Nishino, Yokote City.
Osawa Nishino, Yokote City, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in the morning in Shaguma, Mashike Town.
Shaguma, Mashike Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported early morning in Tsubaki, Iide Town.
Tsubaki, Iide Town, Yamagata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A roughly 1 m bear was sighted this morning in an urban area of Saitama Prefecture near a tourist spot.
Urban Area, Saitama Prefecture, Saitama
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A mature bear was seen crossing the road. It moved northeast toward the mountains.
Morioka Kagano 3-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear appeared in Ushimaru, Shokawa Town, Takayama City in the morning
Ushimaru, Shokawa Town, Takayama City, Gifu
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Observed a cub moving toward the north thicket (toward Shizukuishi River).
Morioka Kitamatsuzono 4-chome, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
On the morning of the 13th, one bear (a cub) was sighted near Wakaho Junior High School in Nagano City, and appearances have continued in the area.
Wakaho Junior High School, Nagano City, Nagano
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Sighted an adult bear crossing the road. It moved toward the northeast (toward the mountain side).
Morioka Kawasaki, Iwate
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Observed one bear about 80 cm long roughly 150 m south. Distance to the nearest house about 20 m.
Daisen, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear about 1.2 m long was seen leaving into the woods. About 100 m to the nearest building.
Semboku 西村, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: Signs of chestnut eating at a chestnut tree; about 10 m from a house.
Fujisato, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: After rain, footprints about 12 cm in diameter on the wet soil; probably bear.
Kitaakita 摩当, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
An adult bear climbed a nearby walnut tree. Its whereabouts afterward are unknown.
Yuzawa 寺沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: It was running along the roadside rice field toward Daidaira.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Witness looked outside and saw a bear at the eastern edge of the woods. The bear then retreated into the forest. Body length about 50 cm. About 100 m to the house.
Misato 善知鳥坂, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
While on a walk, I saw a bear crossing the road from north to south. About 1 m in length; the bear headed into the shrubs to the south. Distance to the nearest house about 40 m.
Akita Yamatedai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: It looked a bit larger than 1 m. Startled by a car, it ran from the rice field toward Daidaira. The rest is unknown.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: While driving, I saw a bear about 1 m long on National Route 341. It moved from northeast to southwest and crossed the road. About 80 m to the nearest building.
Semboku Tazawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
While tending the fields, I saw two bears: one about 1 m and the other about 50 cm. They left toward the eastern woods. Nearest houses about 50 m away.
Akita, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
Spotted a bear walking across farmland. It headed west. About 100 m to the nearest house. Length about 1 m.
Yokote 金沢中野, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Spotted a cub crossing National Route 107. The bear walked north. About 10 m to the nearest house. Length 50 cm.
Yokote Uwazaike, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: From a window inside the Gan no Sato elderly care home, it walked along the road in front of the building and headed west.
Daisen Horiminai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Spotted one bear moving from the Higashi-Osaki Azabu Road toward Osaki Yama.
Sanjo 東大崎二丁目, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A nearby resident saw one bear in a yard (about 1 m long). Direction: east. About 150 m northeast of the Odate City Hall main building.
Odate Sakuracho, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Spotted three bears (a mother and two cubs). They entered the eastern mountains.
Yuzawa Yokobori, Akita
Black Bear × 3
6 days ago
A driver witnessed: one bear (about 1 m long) heading west. About 50 m east of Odate City Hall, then it moved through the city hall grounds toward Katsurijo Park.
Odate Hedaremachi, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
From the house, observed a bear on the south side of the property. The bear then moved east toward the forest. Body length about 50 cm. About 20 m to the house.
Misato 黒沢, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Nearby resident observed one bear on the persimmon tree, about 1 m long. Direction unknown. About 50 m from the nearest house.
Odate Kanezaka, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Three bears (mother with two cubs) of unknown size were sighted near a facility. About 20 m away. Departure direction unknown.
Kitaakita Ani-Hitachinai, Akita
Black Bear × 3
6 days ago
Post: Crossed the road from the south and moved under a chestnut tree.
Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
Looking from the house, sighted a bear that appears to be a mother with cub. Parent about 1.0 m; cub about 50 cm. About 10 m to the house.
Misato 雀柳, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
Post: Only one cub; it hid in the shrubs away from the road.
Kitaakita 根木屋敷, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: Found a bear under a chestnut tree along the riverbank; it was with a cub.
Semboku, Akita
Black Bear × 2
6 days ago
In a parking lot, one cub of unknown size was sighted. About 10 m to a nearby facility. Departure direction unknown.
Kitaakita Ani-Yoshida, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: About 50 cm long. Cub. Crossed the road into the forest.
Yuzawa 佐竹町, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Spotted one bear on National Route 253; it ran toward the mountains.
Tokamachi 八箇庚, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported early morning in Kunugi, Tokamachi City.
Kunugi, Tokamachi City, Niigata
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: Spotted one bear at Yamate-dai Chuo Park while walking. About 1 m; bear headed northeast. About 20 m from a house.
Akita Yamatedai, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago
A bear was reported in the early morning in Shizunai Toyohata, Shinhidaka Town.
Shizunai Toyohata, Shinhidaka Town, Hokkaido
Brown Bear × 1
6 days ago
Post: A bear likely a cub under 1 m crossed a municipal road and went into the bushes.
Yokote Butsugasawa, Akita
Black Bear × 1
6 days ago