Community Centre Akita

Kawara Kouminkan

川原公民館

73 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 month ago

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Nearby Incidents

Official

[Report] Spotted near the bushes on the mountainside. When I tried to take a photo from the car, the bear noticed me and hid in the foliage. Body length about one meter.

Akita, Akita

1 month ago

Official

Spotted a bear in a rice field. Length: unknown. 200 m from a house.

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

Official

[Photo posted]

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Observed one bear about 50–60 cm in length on the premises. It moved south. About 10 m from the building.

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Posted: When spotted, there was one bear, but there are many droppings of varying sizes around the persimmon tree and around the tree, suggesting there may be multiple bears.

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

Official

[Post] Saw a bear from inside the house; it dragged a dog house. Length about 1.5 m. About 5 m from the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

News

On the morning of November 11, 2025, at a residence in Shimokitate Samukawa, Akita City, a 4-year-old female Shiba Inu chained in the yard was attacked by a bear about 1.2 meters long and dragged away together with its doghouse. Hunters searched and the dog's collar was found in the afternoon, but the dog and the bear remain missing; on November 13 a bear was also reported sighted in Nara-yama Jōnan-chō, Akita City.

Shimokitate Samukawa, Akita City, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Bear seen walking on the road. It headed toward the northern mountains. One bear about 1 m, and two bears about 0.5 m. About 10 m from a house.

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

Official

[Report] Spotted near the bushes on the mountainside. When I tried to take a photo from the car, the bear noticed me and hid in the foliage. Body length about one meter.

Akita, Akita

1 month ago

Official

Spotted a bear in a rice field. Length: unknown. 200 m from a house.

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

Official

[Photo posted]

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Observed one bear about 50–60 cm in length on the premises. It moved south. About 10 m from the building.

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Posted: When spotted, there was one bear, but there are many droppings of varying sizes around the persimmon tree and around the tree, suggesting there may be multiple bears.

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

Official

[Post] Saw a bear from inside the house; it dragged a dog house. Length about 1.5 m. About 5 m from the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

News

On the morning of November 11, 2025, at a residence in Shimokitate Samukawa, Akita City, a 4-year-old female Shiba Inu chained in the yard was attacked by a bear about 1.2 meters long and dragged away together with its doghouse. Hunters searched and the dog's collar was found in the afternoon, but the dog and the bear remain missing; on November 13 a bear was also reported sighted in Nara-yama Jōnan-chō, Akita City.

Shimokitate Samukawa, Akita City, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Bear seen walking on the road. It headed toward the northern mountains. One bear about 1 m, and two bears about 0.5 m. About 10 m from a house.

Akita, Akita

6 months ago

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