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74 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 3 weeks ago

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Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
Official

While driving a car on a municipal road from west to east, I witnessed a bear about 70 centimeters long cross the road from south to north, then run up the embankment and head north. The distance between the car and the bear at the time of sighting was about 2 meters.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

3 weeks ago
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
Official

Municipal road / 50 m from a house / body length 70 cm / 10 m from witness. While passing on the municipal road by vehicle, a bear was spotted on the south side of the road. The bear left to the south.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

3 weeks ago
Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita
Official

[Report] While two of us were checking a fallen tree, we found a lot of large scat that was not yet dry. When I stood up after taking photos, I smelled a strong animal odor. Looking around, I noticed a warm, animal-like breath coming from somewhere, so we ran away. About 15 m from a house.

Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita

1 month ago
Kazuno 横道, Akita
Official

Public facility plaza / body length 1.2 m / 20 m from houses, etc. The bear was seen from inside the facility moving north through the plaza, crossing the national highway and heading north. Distance to the witness approximately 100 m.

Kazuno 横道, Akita

2 months ago
Kazuno 土ヶ久保, Akita
Official

Municipal road / body length 1.2 m / 20 m to a house / about 100 m from the witness. It was walking along the rice-field path under the highway toward the houses. The black thing in the center of the attached photo is the bear.

Kazuno 土ヶ久保, Akita

2 months ago
Kazuno 横道, Akita
Official

A driver passing nearby reported spotting a cub. After that, the bear headed toward the eastern forested hills. The distances to the witness and to the nearest house were about 30 meters each.

Kazuno 横道, Akita

4 months ago
Towada Kemmanai (Aza Kashiwazaki), Kazuno City, Akita
News

At around 08:50 on February 9, 2026, workers removing a snow-collapsed shed at a vacant lot in Towada Kemmanai (Aza Kashiwazaki), Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, spotted a bear about 60 cm long. The bear moved to an adjacent parking lot, was seen by a city employee, and was captured by a hunting association member who had been called in.

Towada Kemmanai (Aza Kashiwazaki), Kazuno City, Akita

4 months ago
Kazuno 土ヶ久保, Akita
Official

[Post] In a store's premises; about 1 m long; about 5 m from houses. While traveling on the national road by car, spotted a bear very near the store. Witness distance about 20 m.

Kazuno 土ヶ久保, Akita

7 months ago

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