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Inari Jinja

稲荷神社

38 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 2 weeks ago

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Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Official

Rice field / body length 1 m / 300 m from houses, etc. / 40 m from observer While driving on a municipal road, the observer spotted a bear in a rice field.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

2 weeks ago
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Official

Field adjacent to a private residence / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness: A bear about 1 m in length was seen from inside a house walking north through a field.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

2 weeks ago
Kazuno, Akita
Official

Vacant lot / Body length 1 m / 20 m from a house / 30 m distance from eyewitness

Kazuno, Akita

1 month ago
News

At around 18:10 on May 21, 2026, a man in his 70s at home spotted a roughly 1‑meter bear in a grove in Hanawa, Kazuno City (Shintomei). According to the Kazuno police, the bear was about 30 meters from nearby houses, and the police have urged residents to be cautious.

Kazuno, Akita

1 month ago
Kazuno, Akita
Official

On private residential property / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness. Witness observed a bear walking toward the back of the shrine.

Kazuno, Akita

1 month ago
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Official

Vegetable garden on private property / Body length 1 m / 15 m from house / 15 m distance from witness I observed a bear lingering in the vegetable garden on my property. I was frightened and went indoors. I have not been able to confirm what the bear did afterward.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

1 month ago
Official

Between 16:30 on 10/25 and 10:00 on 11/4, a bear ate 500 apples.

Kazuno 小枝指, Akita

7 months ago
Official

During farm work, confirmed damage to apples by bears. Several bear droppings found in the orchard. Damage: about 200 fruits, branch breakage (one large tree). Loss from the evening of 10/8 to the morning of 10/15.

Kazuno 根市戸, Akita

8 months ago

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