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Oomagari Shuuraku Sentaa

大曲集落センター

87 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 4 months ago

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Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
Official

Inside the facility premises; about 60 cm in length; about 5 m from the facility. An employee witnessed a bear roughly 60 cm long from indoors in the corporate parking lot. The bear was about 5-7 m away. After wandering the parking lot, the bear moved toward the forest to the southwest.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

4 months ago
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
Official

Post: There are footprints circling all around my house, extending to the neighboring house. Since there are only footprints, we can't tell how many there were. It's surprising that they're not hibernating even at this time of year!

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

4 months ago
Official

A person working nearby witnessed three bears that appear to be a mother with cubs. Afterwards, the bears were confirmed to have moved toward the north. The observer was about 40 meters away, and the distance to the nearest building was about 20 meters.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

5 months ago
Kazuno, Akita
Official

One bear about 1 m long was seen moving through the site of a special needs school toward the south. The observer was about 10 m away, and the nearest house about 60 m.

Kazuno, Akita

6 months ago
Hinai Special Support School (Kazuno campus, Hanawa Anai), Kazuno City, Akita
News

At around 11:30 on November 18, 2025, a single bear about 1 meter long was sighted in the parking lot of the Hinai Special Support School Kazuno campus in Hanawa Anai, Kazuno City. The Kazuno Police Station has urged nearby residents and related parties to be cautious.

Hinai Special Support School (Kazuno campus, Hanawa Anai), Kazuno City, Akita

6 months ago
Kazuno, Akita
Official

A resident who looked into the woods behind a house sighted a bear about 50 cm long, which then moved south. Distances to the observer and to the nearest house were about 30 m.

Kazuno, Akita

6 months ago
Kazuno, Akita
Official

After a resident returned home and got out of the car, they witnessed a bear about 50 cm long in the adjacent vacant lot, and later the bear moved to the eastern hillside forest. The distance to the observer and to the nearest house were about 10 meters each.

Kazuno, Akita

6 months ago
News

On the morning of the 11th, about 360 apples were found eaten in an orchard in Yorikidō, Hanawa, Kazuno City, and bear droppings were discovered. The damage is believed to have occurred between about 16:30 on the 10th and 06:30 on the 11th, and the orchard is about 60 meters from the nearest house.

Yorikidō, Hanawa, Kazuno City, Akita

6 months ago

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