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Daikoku Moriyama

大黒森山

14 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 3 weeks ago

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Yuzawa 松岡, Akita
News

In the afternoon of 2026-05-31, a bear was sighted in Shinmachi, Yuzawa City, Akita, and was seen moving.

Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

3 weeks ago
Yuzawa 松岡, Akita
Official

A single Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) was sighted within a residential property in the village and reported to the police. The bear ran east from the area. Police patrolled the vicinity but did not locate it and there were no nearby damages. The sighting occurred a few meters from a house; the bear’s body length was about 1.0 m.

Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

1 month ago
Official

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Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

7 months ago
Official

Observed a bear about 1 m in length. Its whereabouts afterward unknown. About 5 m from a house.

Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

8 months ago
Official

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Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

8 months ago
News

A bear appeared in the Matsuoka Hachimanbayashi area of Yuzawa City in the early hours of Oct 17.

Matsuoka Hachimanbayashi, Yuzawa City, Akita

8 months ago
Official

About 170 cm tall and 100 kg; likely a male Asian black bear. It drank water at the river, climbed a tree to nap. It was only a short distance from a house.

Yuzawa 石塚, Akita

8 months ago
Official

About 120 cm long. Sighted near a house. It was startled by a car, crossed the river, and headed back into the mountains.

Yuzawa, Akita

9 months ago

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