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Shouichi Kurai Inari Jinja

正一位稲荷神社

86 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 week ago

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Rice field / body length 1 m / 60 m from a residence / approximately 100 m from the witness While driving on a municipal road, a bear was spotted in a rice field. The bear entered the forested area to the south.

Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

1 week ago
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

5 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

5 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

6 months ago
Kazuno, Akita
Official

An employee saw a bear about 1.5 m long inside the store during lunch. The witness was about 5 m away. A loud bang was heard as the employee evacuated outside. Later, one window was found broken. The bear was not seen inside the store. It is believed the bear entered through the automatic doors, broke a window, and left.

Kazuno, Akita

7 months ago
Official

Rice-field path; length about 0.5 m; 100 m from a house. Bear walking along the rice-field path; observer about 100 m away.

Kazuno, Akita

7 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

7 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

7 months ago

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