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Shrine or Temple Akita

Tenri Kyou Kemanai Fun Kyoukai

天理教毛馬内分教会

71 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 2 weeks ago

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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

2 weeks ago
Kosaka Araya, Akita
Official

Rice paddy / Body length 1 m / 200 m from a residence / 50 m from sighting Vehicle was driving on the road when a bear was discovered in the rice paddy. The bear moved west toward the direction of a waste processing facility.

Kosaka Araya, Akita

3 weeks 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

3 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

3 months ago
Kazuno 横道, Akita
Official

One bear about 60 cm in length was observed moving east. The distance from the observer was about 50 m, and the distance to the nearest house was about 20 m.

Kazuno 横道, Akita

6 months ago
Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita
Official

While driving, a witness saw a bear about 1.5 m long, which then moved west. The observer was about 30 m away; the nearest house was about 10 m away.

Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita

6 months ago
Kazuno 森崎, Akita
Official

A bear about 1 m long was spotted in front of the workshop; later it moved northwest toward the Jiru River. Distance to the observer about 30 m; distance to the nearest house about 40 m.

Kazuno 森崎, Akita

6 months ago
Kosaka Araya, Akita
Official

[Posted] It was eating chestnuts when heading to the fields.

Kosaka Araya, Akita

6 months ago

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