Community Centre Akita

Oobayashi Kouminkan

大林公民館

17 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 6 months ago

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Nearby Incidents

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Residents reported several days of sightings of a brown bear in the village rice fields. Village staff checked the area and sighted one brown bear in the field. Because of the distance, body length unknown. It then moved east across the rice field into nearby woods. About 200 m to the nearest houses.

Kamikoani Obayashi, Akita

6 months ago

Official

[Post] Found one bear in the field behind the house. Since there was nothing there, it ran toward the river.

Kamikoani Obayashi, Akita

6 months ago

Official

A village Industry Promotion Department staff member, on patrol in a government car, sighted one Asiatic black bear in a field behind a chicken coop. Because of sunset it was dark, so body length and direction of escape are unknown. It was about 100 m from nearby houses.

Kamikoani Okitaomote, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Village Industry Promotion Department staff on patrol in a government vehicle sighted one Asian black bear about 1.0 m in length in a persimmon tree near a private house. It then moved west along the Ozawata-Obayashi Line for about 100 m and disappeared into a thicket to the north. About 30 m to the nearest houses.

Kamikoani Okitaomote, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Residents reported to the village office that there are three Asian black bears in the soba field near their homes. Village staff confirmed a mother bear about 1.0 m long and two cubs about 70 cm, moving from the soba field to the rice paddies to the east. They were about 40 m from a nearby house.

Kamikoani Obayashi, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Local residents witnessed three Asiatic black bears in a buckwheat field near their home. The mother about 1.0 m; two cubs about 70 cm. They moved from the buckwheat field to the rice paddy to the east. About 30 m from nearby houses.

Kamikoani Obayashi, Akita

7 months ago

Official

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

7 months ago

Official

Local residents saw one Asiatic black bear about 1.5 m long in a nearby field from inside their home. It then crossed east toward National Route 285 and the field, heading into brush along the Ko-Ani River. About 200 m from a house.

Kamikoani Obayashi, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Residents reported several days of sightings of a brown bear in the village rice fields. Village staff checked the area and sighted one brown bear in the field. Because of the distance, body length unknown. It then moved east across the rice field into nearby woods. About 200 m to the nearest houses.

Kamikoani Obayashi, Akita

6 months ago

Official

[Post] Found one bear in the field behind the house. Since there was nothing there, it ran toward the river.

Kamikoani Obayashi, Akita

6 months ago

Official

A village Industry Promotion Department staff member, on patrol in a government car, sighted one Asiatic black bear in a field behind a chicken coop. Because of sunset it was dark, so body length and direction of escape are unknown. It was about 100 m from nearby houses.

Kamikoani Okitaomote, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Village Industry Promotion Department staff on patrol in a government vehicle sighted one Asian black bear about 1.0 m in length in a persimmon tree near a private house. It then moved west along the Ozawata-Obayashi Line for about 100 m and disappeared into a thicket to the north. About 30 m to the nearest houses.

Kamikoani Okitaomote, Akita

6 months ago

Official

Residents reported to the village office that there are three Asian black bears in the soba field near their homes. Village staff confirmed a mother bear about 1.0 m long and two cubs about 70 cm, moving from the soba field to the rice paddies to the east. They were about 40 m from a nearby house.

Kamikoani Obayashi, Akita

7 months ago

Official

Local residents witnessed three Asiatic black bears in a buckwheat field near their home. The mother about 1.0 m; two cubs about 70 cm. They moved from the buckwheat field to the rice paddy to the east. About 30 m from nearby houses.

Kamikoani Obayashi, Akita

7 months ago

Official

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

7 months ago

Official

Local residents saw one Asiatic black bear about 1.5 m long in a nearby field from inside their home. It then crossed east toward National Route 285 and the field, heading into brush along the Ko-Ani River. About 200 m from a house.

Kamikoani Obayashi, Akita

7 months ago

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