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One bear was sighted near a private residence in Ikadakariyakitsu, Hirakawa City.

Hirakawa, Aomori

One bear sighted near a private residence (reported by Hirakawa City)

Hirakawa, Aomori

(Report) Emerged from bamboo grass on the east side of the town road. Noticing a car, it fled back into the bamboo grass.

Kosaka, Akita

Apple crop damage, tree trunk damage, feces confirmed (reported from Hirakawa City)

Hirakawa, Aomori

(From Ōwani Town) There was a sighting that a bear had climbed a cherry tree near Yamaguchi Oil, then climbed down, crossed the embankment and fled upstream.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

At around 7:00 a.m. on August 4, one bear was seen climbing a cherry tree in Nijigai, Owani Town.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

[Report] While traveling on the Jukai Line from Towada Lake toward Kosaka city, encountered a bear about 80 cm long on the road at the junction with the Sunagosawa Line. When I braked to stop, the bear slowly entered the brush.

Kosaka, Akita

While doing farm work, I witnessed one bear with brown fur and a body length greater than 1 m in a nearby apple orchard. It fled south.

Hirosaki, Aomori

[Post] One bear cub in the rice-husks

Kosaka Daichi, Akita

A bear was sighted in Otarube, Kosakamoyama, Kosaka Town.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

While driving, (the bear) crossed the road in front of me from the south to the north and left.

Hirakawa Tateyama, Aomori

Witnessed a dark brown bear about 1 meter in body length while working in the fields. It fled south.

Hirosaki, Aomori

One bear was seen moving in Ozawa Maesawa, Hirosaki City.

Hirosaki, Aomori

It ran off in the direction of Hirakawa.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

While working on the farm, I saw one juvenile bear about 50 cm long sitting on the bank of the Dobuchi River. It ran off to the east.

Hirosaki, Aomori

One bear was sighted moving in Ozawa Maezawa, Hirosaki City.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Around 3:15 p.m. on July 28, one bear was spotted moving in Kuradate Kawarada, Owani Town.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

[Post] A cub was at the roadside

Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kosaka-Kōzan Sugisawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture, around 3:35 PM on July 27.

Kosaka, Akita

[Report] Following last week, three bears (a mother and two cubs) were sighted.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

[Report] A single bear about 1.2 meters long was at the roadside of the town road on the west side of the rice fields and entered the forest west of the town road. In this area, encounters and sightings have been occurring in succession: an encounter in a paddy field on May 24, a sighting of one bear on May 31, a sighting of one bear on June 30, and a sighting of two bears—believed to be a parent and offspring—on July 1. It appears to use routes that include the south side of the Sunagosawa settlement and crossing the Sunagosawa River.

Kosaka, Akita

Around 4:10 PM on July 25, a bear was seen moving in Kosaka Sanezawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

Posted: A postal worker witnessed it while making deliveries.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

Was eating a watermelon.

Owani Hachimandate, Aomori

[Report] On the town road there was one young bear about 40 centimeters in body length. When it noticed the car, it looked at us once, then changed direction and went into the bushes of Yunotani-chi toward the Sunagosawa River, where it appears to have come from. No adult bear was seen. The cub was about the size expected for one born this year and jet black and clean, looking almost like a stuffed animal. The thought that the mother might be nearby was frightening.

Kosaka, Akita

(From Ōwani town report) There was a report that it ran off toward the river.

Owani Komaki, Aomori

A branch of the apple tree had been broken. In addition to several claw marks on the tree, footprints and droppings were found nearby. [Issued by Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

(From Ōwani town post) Ran across and fled through the area near Ameike Community Center (ski resort slope).

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

Around 10:00 on 2026-07-23, traces suggesting a bear appearance were found in Ikariseki Hisayoshi Shitaichitsu, Hirakawa City, Aomori, and apples were damaged.

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

Crossed from the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway to the northbound lanes.

Kosaka, Akita

On 2026-07-21 around 16:45, a bear was sighted moving in Kosaka Kogyo, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

One bear (just under 1 m in body length) was observed walking from the road in front of Ōwani Town School Lunch Center toward the mountain behind the lunch center.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

I didn’t actually see the bear, but when I went to check during the peach harvest period I found damage from feeding, and discovered a small amount of droppings that appear to be from a bear.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Ran off toward the mountain to the north.

Hirakawa, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Ikarigaseki Funaoka, Hirakawa City, Aomori, around 4 PM on July 17.

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

It poked its head out of the bushes on the left side facing the Kosaka direction, but it immediately withdrew when startled by the car.

Odate, Akita

A single bear about 80 cm in body length crossed the farm road and headed west.

Hirosaki, Aomori

A neighbor spotted one bear (body length approximately 1.0 m) / direction of travel: east / about 10 m from the nearest house

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A bear was sighted in Nagahayashi Jinba, Odate City, around 08:07 on July 15.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A driver who visited JR Jinba Station sighted one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) near the tracks / direction of travel: east / about 20 m from the above station

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

It crossed the tracks in front of the platform and walked toward the mountains.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Yakushido Minami Kumazawa, Hirosaki City, Aomori on July 15 around 12:30.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Sighted a bear about 1 m in length crossing the Dobuchi River heading toward the cemetery park (east).

Hirosaki, Aomori

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Kosaka Araya, Akita

Around 14:35 on July 14, a bear was sighted in Kozawa Maezawa, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, and was seen moving.

Hirosaki, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Nagahashiri Jamba, Ōdate City.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Report: A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in the rice-field ridge at 1 Murashita, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It was walking westward, eating grass along the ridge and beside irrigation channels, then climbed the west-side slope vegetation, crossed the town road, and entered the western woodland. When it spotted a light truck on the town road, it turned back into the vegetation and crossed the road at a distance to avoid it.

Kosaka, Akita

It was crossing the prefectural road from west to east.

Kosaka, Akita

One bear was sighted near a private residence in Ikadakariyakitsu, Hirakawa City.

Hirakawa, Aomori

One bear sighted near a private residence (reported by Hirakawa City)

Hirakawa, Aomori

(Report) Emerged from bamboo grass on the east side of the town road. Noticing a car, it fled back into the bamboo grass.

Kosaka, Akita

Apple crop damage, tree trunk damage, feces confirmed (reported from Hirakawa City)

Hirakawa, Aomori

(From Ōwani Town) There was a sighting that a bear had climbed a cherry tree near Yamaguchi Oil, then climbed down, crossed the embankment and fled upstream.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

At around 7:00 a.m. on August 4, one bear was seen climbing a cherry tree in Nijigai, Owani Town.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

[Report] While traveling on the Jukai Line from Towada Lake toward Kosaka city, encountered a bear about 80 cm long on the road at the junction with the Sunagosawa Line. When I braked to stop, the bear slowly entered the brush.

Kosaka, Akita

While doing farm work, I witnessed one bear with brown fur and a body length greater than 1 m in a nearby apple orchard. It fled south.

Hirosaki, Aomori

[Post] One bear cub in the rice-husks

Kosaka Daichi, Akita

A bear was sighted in Otarube, Kosakamoyama, Kosaka Town.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

[Post]

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

While driving, (the bear) crossed the road in front of me from the south to the north and left.

Hirakawa Tateyama, Aomori

Witnessed a dark brown bear about 1 meter in body length while working in the fields. It fled south.

Hirosaki, Aomori

One bear was seen moving in Ozawa Maesawa, Hirosaki City.

Hirosaki, Aomori

It ran off in the direction of Hirakawa.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

While working on the farm, I saw one juvenile bear about 50 cm long sitting on the bank of the Dobuchi River. It ran off to the east.

Hirosaki, Aomori

One bear was sighted moving in Ozawa Maezawa, Hirosaki City.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Around 3:15 p.m. on July 28, one bear was spotted moving in Kuradate Kawarada, Owani Town.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

[Post] A cub was at the roadside

Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kosaka-Kōzan Sugisawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture, around 3:35 PM on July 27.

Kosaka, Akita

[Report] Following last week, three bears (a mother and two cubs) were sighted.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

[Report] A single bear about 1.2 meters long was at the roadside of the town road on the west side of the rice fields and entered the forest west of the town road. In this area, encounters and sightings have been occurring in succession: an encounter in a paddy field on May 24, a sighting of one bear on May 31, a sighting of one bear on June 30, and a sighting of two bears—believed to be a parent and offspring—on July 1. It appears to use routes that include the south side of the Sunagosawa settlement and crossing the Sunagosawa River.

Kosaka, Akita

Around 4:10 PM on July 25, a bear was seen moving in Kosaka Sanezawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

Posted: A postal worker witnessed it while making deliveries.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

Was eating a watermelon.

Owani Hachimandate, Aomori

[Report] On the town road there was one young bear about 40 centimeters in body length. When it noticed the car, it looked at us once, then changed direction and went into the bushes of Yunotani-chi toward the Sunagosawa River, where it appears to have come from. No adult bear was seen. The cub was about the size expected for one born this year and jet black and clean, looking almost like a stuffed animal. The thought that the mother might be nearby was frightening.

Kosaka, Akita

(From Ōwani town report) There was a report that it ran off toward the river.

Owani Komaki, Aomori

A branch of the apple tree had been broken. In addition to several claw marks on the tree, footprints and droppings were found nearby. [Issued by Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

(From Ōwani town post) Ran across and fled through the area near Ameike Community Center (ski resort slope).

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

Around 10:00 on 2026-07-23, traces suggesting a bear appearance were found in Ikariseki Hisayoshi Shitaichitsu, Hirakawa City, Aomori, and apples were damaged.

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

Crossed from the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway to the northbound lanes.

Kosaka, Akita

On 2026-07-21 around 16:45, a bear was sighted moving in Kosaka Kogyo, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

One bear (just under 1 m in body length) was observed walking from the road in front of Ōwani Town School Lunch Center toward the mountain behind the lunch center.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

I didn’t actually see the bear, but when I went to check during the peach harvest period I found damage from feeding, and discovered a small amount of droppings that appear to be from a bear.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Ran off toward the mountain to the north.

Hirakawa, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Ikarigaseki Funaoka, Hirakawa City, Aomori, around 4 PM on July 17.

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

It poked its head out of the bushes on the left side facing the Kosaka direction, but it immediately withdrew when startled by the car.

Odate, Akita

A single bear about 80 cm in body length crossed the farm road and headed west.

Hirosaki, Aomori

A neighbor spotted one bear (body length approximately 1.0 m) / direction of travel: east / about 10 m from the nearest house

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A bear was sighted in Nagahayashi Jinba, Odate City, around 08:07 on July 15.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A driver who visited JR Jinba Station sighted one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) near the tracks / direction of travel: east / about 20 m from the above station

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

It crossed the tracks in front of the platform and walked toward the mountains.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Yakushido Minami Kumazawa, Hirosaki City, Aomori on July 15 around 12:30.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Sighted a bear about 1 m in length crossing the Dobuchi River heading toward the cemetery park (east).

Hirosaki, Aomori

[Post]

Kosaka Araya, Akita

Around 14:35 on July 14, a bear was sighted in Kozawa Maezawa, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, and was seen moving.

Hirosaki, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Nagahashiri Jamba, Ōdate City.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Report: A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in the rice-field ridge at 1 Murashita, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It was walking westward, eating grass along the ridge and beside irrigation channels, then climbed the west-side slope vegetation, crossed the town road, and entered the western woodland. When it spotted a light truck on the town road, it turned back into the vegetation and crossed the road at a distance to avoid it.

Kosaka, Akita

It was crossing the prefectural road from west to east.

Kosaka, Akita

One bear was sighted near a private residence in Ikadakariyakitsu, Hirakawa City.

Hirakawa, Aomori

One bear sighted near a private residence (reported by Hirakawa City)

Hirakawa, Aomori

(Report) Emerged from bamboo grass on the east side of the town road. Noticing a car, it fled back into the bamboo grass.

Kosaka, Akita

Apple crop damage, tree trunk damage, feces confirmed (reported from Hirakawa City)

Hirakawa, Aomori

(From Ōwani Town) There was a sighting that a bear had climbed a cherry tree near Yamaguchi Oil, then climbed down, crossed the embankment and fled upstream.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

At around 7:00 a.m. on August 4, one bear was seen climbing a cherry tree in Nijigai, Owani Town.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

[Report] While traveling on the Jukai Line from Towada Lake toward Kosaka city, encountered a bear about 80 cm long on the road at the junction with the Sunagosawa Line. When I braked to stop, the bear slowly entered the brush.

Kosaka, Akita

While doing farm work, I witnessed one bear with brown fur and a body length greater than 1 m in a nearby apple orchard. It fled south.

Hirosaki, Aomori

[Post] One bear cub in the rice-husks

Kosaka Daichi, Akita

A bear was sighted in Otarube, Kosakamoyama, Kosaka Town.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

[Post]

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

Black fur. Body length about 1.5 m. Fled toward the west.

Hirosaki, Aomori

While driving, (the bear) crossed the road in front of me from the south to the north and left.

Hirakawa Tateyama, Aomori

Witnessed a dark brown bear about 1 meter in body length while working in the fields. It fled south.

Hirosaki, Aomori

One bear was seen moving in Ozawa Maesawa, Hirosaki City.

Hirosaki, Aomori

It ran off in the direction of Hirakawa.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

While working on the farm, I saw one juvenile bear about 50 cm long sitting on the bank of the Dobuchi River. It ran off to the east.

Hirosaki, Aomori

One bear was sighted moving in Ozawa Maezawa, Hirosaki City.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Around 3:15 p.m. on July 28, one bear was spotted moving in Kuradate Kawarada, Owani Town.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

[Post] A cub was at the roadside

Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kosaka-Kōzan Sugisawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture, around 3:35 PM on July 27.

Kosaka, Akita

[Report] Following last week, three bears (a mother and two cubs) were sighted.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

While jogging toward Danburi Pond, the witness saw a bear fleeing east.

Hirosaki, Aomori

[Report] A single bear about 1.2 meters long was at the roadside of the town road on the west side of the rice fields and entered the forest west of the town road. In this area, encounters and sightings have been occurring in succession: an encounter in a paddy field on May 24, a sighting of one bear on May 31, a sighting of one bear on June 30, and a sighting of two bears—believed to be a parent and offspring—on July 1. It appears to use routes that include the south side of the Sunagosawa settlement and crossing the Sunagosawa River.

Kosaka, Akita

Around 4:10 PM on July 25, a bear was seen moving in Kosaka Sanezawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

Posted: A postal worker witnessed it while making deliveries.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

Was eating a watermelon.

Owani Hachimandate, Aomori

[Report] On the town road there was one young bear about 40 centimeters in body length. When it noticed the car, it looked at us once, then changed direction and went into the bushes of Yunotani-chi toward the Sunagosawa River, where it appears to have come from. No adult bear was seen. The cub was about the size expected for one born this year and jet black and clean, looking almost like a stuffed animal. The thought that the mother might be nearby was frightening.

Kosaka, Akita

(From Ōwani town report) There was a report that it ran off toward the river.

Owani Komaki, Aomori

A branch of the apple tree had been broken. In addition to several claw marks on the tree, footprints and droppings were found nearby. [Issued by Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

(From Ōwani town post) Ran across and fled through the area near Ameike Community Center (ski resort slope).

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

Around 10:00 on 2026-07-23, traces suggesting a bear appearance were found in Ikariseki Hisayoshi Shitaichitsu, Hirakawa City, Aomori, and apples were damaged.

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

One bear was seen moving from the Soma River into bushes in Kagisawa, Hirosaki City.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Bear moving from river into bushes observed from inside a car

Hirosaki, Aomori

Body length about 1 m. Fled eastward.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Crossed from the southbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway to the northbound lanes.

Kosaka, Akita

On 2026-07-21 around 16:45, a bear was sighted moving in Kosaka Kogyo, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted around 11:00 in Sakamoto-Akazawa, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, and was seen moving.

Hirosaki, Aomori

One bear (just under 1 m in body length) was observed walking from the road in front of Ōwani Town School Lunch Center toward the mountain behind the lunch center.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

I didn’t actually see the bear, but when I went to check during the peach harvest period I found damage from feeding, and discovered a small amount of droppings that appear to be from a bear.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Ran off toward the mountain to the north.

Hirakawa, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Ikarigaseki Funaoka, Hirakawa City, Aomori, around 4 PM on July 17.

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori

It poked its head out of the bushes on the left side facing the Kosaka direction, but it immediately withdrew when startled by the car.

Odate, Akita

A single bear about 80 cm in body length crossed the farm road and headed west.

Hirosaki, Aomori

A neighbor spotted one bear (body length approximately 1.0 m) / direction of travel: east / about 10 m from the nearest house

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A bear was sighted in Nagahayashi Jinba, Odate City, around 08:07 on July 15.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A driver who visited JR Jinba Station sighted one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) near the tracks / direction of travel: east / about 20 m from the above station

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

It crossed the tracks in front of the platform and walked toward the mountains.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Yakushido Minami Kumazawa, Hirosaki City, Aomori on July 15 around 12:30.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Sighted a bear about 1 m in length crossing the Dobuchi River heading toward the cemetery park (east).

Hirosaki, Aomori

[Post]

Kosaka Araya, Akita

Around 14:35 on July 14, a bear was sighted in Kozawa Maezawa, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, and was seen moving.

Hirosaki, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Nagahashiri Jamba, Ōdate City.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Report: A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in the rice-field ridge at 1 Murashita, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It was walking westward, eating grass along the ridge and beside irrigation channels, then climbed the west-side slope vegetation, crossed the town road, and entered the western woodland. When it spotted a light truck on the town road, it turned back into the vegetation and crossed the road at a distance to avoid it.

Kosaka, Akita

It was crossing the prefectural road from west to east.

Kosaka, Akita