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8 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 2 days ago

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Yokote 黒川, Akita
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A bear about 1 meter long crossed the road in front of the Oasis Hall in Kurokawa heading south and ran off toward the rice fields.

Yokote 黒川, Akita

2 days ago
Tokiwa Nursery School, Akita
News

At around 07:25 on November 18, 2025, one bear was spotted in a rice field in Kurokawa, Yokote City by a person in a car. The bear was about 150 meters from Tokiwa Nursery School, and Yokote Police are warning local residents to be cautious.

Tokiwa Nursery School, Akita

6 months ago
Yokote 黒川, Akita
Official

[Post] Bear moving near the back of a house (running along the embankment).

Yokote 黒川, Akita

6 months ago
Official

A bear was sighted in a farmland about 100 m from a municipal road (length unknown). It then ran toward the woods along the Yokote River. Nearest building about 200 m away. (Note: earlier sighting near the Tokihan Nursery School was corrected after inquiry.)

Yokote 黒川, Akita

6 months ago
Official

[Post] About 100 m to a house.

Yokote 黒川, Akita

10 months ago
Official

Correction: date/location for 7/18 were wrong. Spotted a bear on the riverbank; size and departure unknown. About 100 m from a house.

Yokote 千本野, Akita

10 months ago
Official

While patrolling, saw a bear in the woods near a farm road. The bear fled toward the eastern woods; body length about 1.0 m; about 300 m to a house.

Misato 元村, Akita

1 year ago
Official

Footprints crossing an unplanted field from northwest to southeast; body length unknown; about 350 m to the house.

Misato 元村, Akita

1 year ago

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