Obanazawa~Semboku 하이킹 루트

Bear sighting / Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown

Mogami, Yamagata

(Post) Crossed the road and went into the stream.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

[Report] Crossed the area near the Lower House inner IC entrance from right to left as seen by a witness, which on the map is from north to south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 200 m to a private house.

Yuzawa Shimo-Innai, Akita

In the rice field, about 1 m in body length, moving away toward the south (where houses are located). Approximately 20 m from the nearest home.

Senboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Tazawako Obonai-machi Tada, Senboku City, around 8:45 a.m.

Senboku, Akita

On the residential property; body length approximately 0.8 m; direction of departure: north; distance to the house: approximately 3 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kakunodate-machi Shimonobe Kikketanda, Semboku City.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

[Post] Sighted when getting out of the car

Yuzawa, Akita

It crossed from Ōse Kurano Bridge heading toward the mountains.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

After 12:00, it was seen on the road in front of Bōchū Community Hall. Startled by the sound of a tractor, it ran off toward the mountain. Body length about 1 m. About 1 m from a private house.

Yuzawa, Akita

Observed a cub crossing the road / Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Mogami Tomisawa, Yamagata

Reported by the ward mayor: a bear was sighted walking near the Tsuruko headworks / Environment: near houses / Size: cub

Obanazawa Tsuruko, Yamagata

A single bear about 1 m tall was sighted. Direction it fled is unknown. Distance to residential house: 10 m.

Daisen Kami-Uguisuno, Akita

A bear about 1 m in size was sighted near Nakasen Community Center Uginono Branch. Direction it ran is unknown. Distance to the nearest house: 30 m.

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Shimoogino Kamimura, Daisen City, Akita, around 6:00 AM on June 10.

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Matsuokabochu, Yuzawa City.

Yuzawa, Akita

One bear about 1 meter long. Approximately 5 meters from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Posted: It was in the river under the bridge. Appeared to be an adult. It was large.

Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita

One bear approximately 0.6 m in body length. About 50 m from a residence. Direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

A child, while returning from school, sighted an animal believed to be a bear in a field. / Body length approximately 50–60 cm / About 10 m from a residence.

Misato 六郷, Akita

A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.

Yuzawa, Akita

Moved through the rice fields and entered the grounds of a vacant house.

Yokote 十文字町腕越, Akita

A bear that had been missing since the morning was seen emerging from nearby woods. The bear moved toward the Chūō housing complex and the Jūmonji Nursery School area. Its whereabouts after that are unknown.

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

[Report] While working in the fields, an almost 1-meter-long young bear ran off toward Yamada Elementary School.

Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita

[Report] Moved along a farm road and into the woods

Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita

Crossed the road about 500 m before the Jūmonji Interchange tollbooth toward the Yokote side.

Yokote 十文字町, Akita

[Report] While traveling on the Tohoku-Chuo Expressway from Yokote toward Yuzawa, an adult bear crossed from the west to the east (toward National Route 13). (Posting may be delayed due to heavy traffic to the site.)

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

[Post] (No description of circumstances)

Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita

Witnessed entering the brush (woods) on a highway embankment. Body length 70–80 cm.

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

While driving from the Nashinoki three-way junction toward Nishihara, I saw someone walking.

Yokote 十文字町西原二番町, Akita

A woman driving on National Route 13 in Nashi, Jūmonji-machi, Yokote City, spotted one bear crossing the road westward.

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

[Report] While thinning apple trees, a bear about 1 meter long ran toward the railroad (west) about 10 meters in front of me. It quickly crossed the tracks and disappeared.

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

A farmer working in an apple orchard spotted a single bear about 1 m in body length at a distance of roughly 20 m. The bear then went off toward the woods to the east.

Yokote Sotonome, Akita

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Obanazawa Oshikiri, Yamagata

One bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. Direction it left is unknown. Approximately 5 m from a nearby house.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Ogata, Akita

A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted and moved off to the south. It was about 50 m from a nearby building.

Senboku, Akita

On 2026-06-05 around 16:30, one bear was seen moving in Yamada Yūgaoka, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.

Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita

A bear approximately 60 cm in body length, appearing to have just finished climbing up a slope on the road in front of the dispensing pharmacy, was observed. When it made eye contact with the observer, it descended the slope and fled eastward into a rice field. The distance to the nearest house is about 200 meters.

Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita

A bear was sighted in Tazawako-Umezawaofu, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture, around 8:30 AM on June 5, and it was seen moving.

Senboku Tazawako-Umezawa, Akita

One bear approximately 1.5 m in body length. It departed toward the northern mountain area. Distance: 10 m.

Senboku Tazawako-Umezawa, Akita

On the evening of 2026-06-05, a bear was sighted moving in Tazawako Sotsuda Shibakura, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku, Akita

[Post] I saw a dark shape and, on checking, confirmed a 40–50 cm bear on the temple grounds.

Misato 六郷, Akita

One bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted on the embankment of the Yokote River. The bear departed to the north.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

Around 17:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Mutsunari Otoriyama Shita, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, and it was seen moving.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

Observed a bear slowly walking north along the river-management road (the road on top of the embankment). The bear noticed a small pickup truck that came from the south and slowly entered the riverside brush. The river area is unmanaged and the brush is thick, so it was impossible to determine how the bear moved after that. The bear’s body length appeared to be about 1.4 m.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

Report: I was walking along the embankment road behind the house toward the downstream side of the Yokote River when a small pickup truck approached from behind, so I went down into the brush on the embankment; after that I could not confirm (the animal/thing).

Yokote Yawata, Akita

A single bear about 1 meter long was sighted and walked off to the east. It was approximately 20 meters from nearby houses.

Senboku Tazawako-Okazaki, Akita

Sighted mother-and-cub bears / Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult and cub

Mogami Honjo, Yamagata

Posted: Found along the riverbank; whereabouts since then unknown.

Senboku Nishikicho-Kobuchino, Akita

Spotted a bear about 1 m in size in the riverside brush on the right bank of the Kawaguchi River. It moved eastward along the river.

Daisen Itaminai, Akita

Post: About 1 m in body length — ran off into the bushes toward Miiri nursery school

Yokote 杉目, Akita

A bear over 1.2 m in body length was seen entering the thicket north of Miiri Nursery School by a patrolling police officer. (Spotted while driving on the prefectural road. The bear was moving from east to west.)

Yokote 杉目, Akita

Crossing the road from the side opposite Yokote High School and entering the bushes

Yokote 杉目, Akita

Witnessed a cub about 70 cm long in a rice paddy. Drove it toward the river using a kei truck’s horn. Distance to the nearest house: 100 m.

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

Several children (multiple) on their way home from school sighted an animal believed to be a bear and reported it fled eastward. City officials patrolled the area but did not find it. Body length unknown.

Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita

Sighted in a rice field.

Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita

A bear was sighted in Ota-machi Kunimizakuraushi, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.

Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita

[Report] One bear approximately 1.2 m long sighted. Distance to the nearest house: 10 m. Direction of departure: unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

[Report] Observed one Asiatic black bear (approx. 1.2 m in body length) walking along the riverbank. The bear crossed the river and then left into the brush to the north.

Yuzawa, Akita

Sighted in the river channel, body length approximately 0.8 m, direction when leaving unknown, approximately 200 m from a residence

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita

Environment: farmland / Size: juvenile

Obanazawa Hosono, Yamagata

[Post] (Posted at 18:45, no description of the situation. Because address information below the municipality level was missing, it has been supplemented.)

Misato 金沢東根, Akita

Cub sighted at school bus stop / Environment: Near residences / Size: Juvenile

Mogami Wakamiya, Yamagata

One approximately 1-meter-tall bear was sighted. It ran east and entered the brush. Distance to the nearest residence: 100 meters.

Daisen Toyokawa, Akita

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Yuzawa 字角間沢, Akita

A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.

Yuzawa 字稲荷山, Akita

Spotted a bear while driving. It appeared to be trying to enter a building. Size and direction of travel unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Obanazawa Gobono, Yamagata

Sighted at the railroad crossing near Kurata Factory. It ran away toward Yuzawa Station, parallel to the tracks. About 10 meters from a house.

Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita

Two bears were sighted crossing a road in Koganehara, Yuzawa City, Akita.

Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita

A bear was sighted in Sugasawa-shinjo Sunada, Yuzawa City, and was seen moving.

Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita

[Report] Appeared near the Shinjo railroad crossing in Yuzawa City, headed along the farm road toward Yuzawa Station, crossed the tracks, and entered the Ugo Transportation parking lot. The bear believed to be the adult female is about 1.0–1.1 m in height; the bear believed to be a cub is about 0.7–0.8 m in height.

Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita

[Report] Witnessed on the opposite side of the national highway from Yuzawa-kita police box. The witness was driving and passed by quickly, so the body length, number of bears, and movements are unknown. Estimated to be within 10 meters of a house.

Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita

One bear was sighted at Sugisawa Mori Michiue in Yuzawa City, Akita.

Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita

A mother and cub bear crossed the road from west to east. Their body lengths were about 1 m and about 0.3 m, respectively. They departed heading east. The nearest building is approximately 500 m away.

Senboku, Akita

A mother and cub crossed the road from west to east. Their body lengths were about 1 m and about 0.3 m, respectively. They left heading east. They were approximately 500 m from nearby buildings.

Senboku, Akita

[Report] When I drove home, it ran away from in front of my house toward the grassy area. It looked small, so it appeared to be a cub. It was dark, so I couldn’t take a photo.

Yokote Akasaka, Akita

A witness saw a bear entering the Uchidorigawa River from the dam side of Butsuzawa Reservoir / body length about 1.0 m / about 200 m to the nearest house

Misato 金沢東根, Akita

A bear about 60 cm long was sighted near the Yuzawa High School ski jump. The bear went into the mountain. Distance to the nearest houses is about 100 meters.

Yuzawa 字東松沢, Akita

When I drove by, it stuck only its face out of the snow-melting ditch, then quickly pulled back in. At first I thought it was a raccoon dog, but its face (head) was completely black, so I posted because it might be a bear cub.

Yuzawa, Akita

Environment: farmland / Size: unknown

Mogami Tomisawa, Yamagata

An animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Iwasaki Mori-ai, Yuzawa City.

Yuzawa, Akita

In the afternoon of 2026-05-31, a bear was sighted in Shinmachi, Yuzawa City, Akita, and was seen moving.

Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

A bear about 1 m in size was sighted near the Murasho plant. It ran off to the south. Distance to the building: 20 m.

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

Witnessed a bear about 1 m tall running south along the prefectural road. Distance to the house: 10 m.

Daisen Nagano, Akita

[Report] Spotted a bear about 1.2 m tall. It left heading south along the riverbank.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

While driving, I saw one cub about 50 cm long. It headed toward Kakunodate along the national highway. Distance from houses: 50 m.

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

At around 10:35 on May 30, a bear was seen moving in Kakunodatemachi Iwaseshitano, Senboku City, Akita.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

[Report] A friend contacted me saying there appeared to be a bear on the riverbank behind my house. I looked from a second-floor window and saw a bear walking along the bank from downstream toward the iron bridge. When I shouted loudly, it hurriedly went down the embankment toward the river, and its whereabouts after that are unknown. There happened to be an angler under the iron bridge about 100 meters away; the police arrived, issued a warning, and the angler left. It was a large bear for an adult. It was within 10 meters of a house.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Walked within the property toward the river; body length approximately 1 m; direction of departure west (toward Hinokinai River); distance to the nearest house about 1 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

[Post]

Daisen Nagano, Akita

I was standing in the river fishing and, as I was about to get out, I stopped to look at my phone for a moment when something moving caught the corner of my eye — a bear! It was about 1 meter in size. Before I noticed it, the bear was in the river about 20 meters away. When our eyes met, the bear seemed startled and raced out of the river, fleeing into the bushes. After that, the bear appeared to be panicked and was running back and forth on Nagano Bridge (when I told a local I met at the Nakasen roadside station about the bear, they said they had just seen a panicked bear on the bridge).

Daisen Nagano, Akita

[Post]

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

Environment: Public facility / Size: Juvenile

Obanazawa, Yamagata

[Report] From the area near Kawahara Hall, the bear crossed the rice fields from around the Wabisakura signboard, headed toward the fields, and is wandering near houses.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

I didn't see the bear itself, but there were bear tracks on the rice paddy embankment and in the field next to my house. From the direction of the tracks, it likely moved from west (Tamagawa direction) to east (toward AEON Nakasen store).

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

Two bears were sighted near the mountainside on the east side of the batting center. Their subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Distance to the nearest house: approximately 5 meters.

Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita

[Report] A bear about 1 meter long was sighted walking north along a gravel road.

Yokote 金沢中野, Akita

Around 7:40 on May 30, a bear was sighted in Nagano, Daisen City.

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

A bear crossed the road. Body length unknown. It departed heading east. Approximately 30 meters from nearby houses.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

[Post] Under the bridge

Daisen Nagano, Akita

A surveillance camera at the Asakura water level observation station near Otorii Bridge captured one bear of unknown length moving downstream along the Yokote River.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

Witnessed crossing the road from brush near Yokote High School and entering brush on the east side. Body length approximately 1 m.

Yokote 杉目, Akita

[Report] There were footprints in the field on the property of my home.

Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita

There were footprints in the garden on the property.

Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita

Witnessed a bear between the tennis courts and the field at Ootori Park. The bear went into the northwest brush. Body length approximately 1 m.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Otori-cho, Yokote City, Akita, around 8:05 a.m. on May 29.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

A bear was sighted in Mutsunari Hachimandada, Yokote City, Akita on May 29 around 12:50 PM.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

Multiple people saw a bear from the Yokote High School side enter the brush on the south side. About 1 m in length.

Yokote 杉目, Akita

At around 3:50 PM on May 28, a bear moving was sighted in Mutsunari-Tsuruyachi, Yokote City.

Yokote 杉目, Akita

[Post] Walking along the embankment

Daisen Nagatoro, Akita

[Report] While driving, I spotted a bear running along the sidewalk on the Ichōgi Park side.

Misato, Akita

One bear was seen moving in Naniwa Ichijoki, Misato Town.

Misato, Akita

A bear was seen moving around at Kitanagano Nakagawara, Daisen City, around 7:30 a.m. on 2026-05-28.

Daisen Nagano, Akita

One bear about 1 m in size was seen coming out of the Tamagawa riverbed and entering a nearby thicket. Distance to the nearest house: 200 m.

Daisen Nagano, Akita

Two bears (a parent and a cub) were sighted on a city road near 10 Narusawa, Narusawa, Yuzawa City. The bears fled toward the mountain to the southeast. The adult measured 1.0 m in body length; the cub measured 0.6 m. The sighting occurred about 10 m from a residential area.

Yuzawa 成沢, Akita

[Post] There were footprints in the field, so I sent the photos to an acquaintance in the hunters' association to check. He said they were bear footprints and seemed fairly fresh.

Yokote, Akita

Bear-like animal tracks were found in Dai-Ichinoseki, Yokote City.

Yokote, Akita

A bear about 60–70 cm was seen walking near a house. It was observed walking toward the west (river). Afterwards it was reported to have climbed up the levee. Distance to the residence: 20 m.

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Furukawabata, Shimogungo, Daisen City, and was seen moving.

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

[Report] Two bears in front of a house's garage

Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1 meter in length. Direction it left is unknown. About 10 meters from a nearby residence.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Witnessed moving from along the railway toward the national highway. Size unknown. Distance from residences: 200 m.

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

[Post]

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

A bear emerged from the brush on the right but quickly became out of sight.

Yuzawa 成沢, Akita

Around 08:40 on May 26, a bear was sighted in Narusawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.

Yuzawa 成沢, Akita

A bear was sighted in Iwasaki Chitose, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, around 8:00 PM on 2026-05-26.

Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita

On 2026-05-26 afternoon, one bear was seen moving in Naganoarai, Daisen City, Akita.

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

A single bear about 1 m in length was sighted near the gazebo on the north side of Hiruzomonuma. Direction of departure unknown. Approximately 170 m from the nearest house.

Yokote 金沢中野, Akita

One bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted and left heading north. Distance to the residence was about 10 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Around 16:20 on 2026-05-25, one bear crossing a prefectural road was sighted by a woman in her 70s in Mizunomezawa, Kakunodatemachi, Senboku, Akita.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Spotted a bear moving north. Body length unknown.

Yokote 金沢中野, Akita

At around 3:55 PM on May 25, a bear was sighted in Yasumoto Shimogoshono, Yokote City.

Yokote 安本, Akita

A bear was sighted in the parking lot of Astimo Co., Ltd. Body length unknown.

Yokote 安本, Akita

I witnessed an adult bear about 1 meter long crossing the front of my house through the former orchard and entering the snowbreak (windbreak) trees alongside the JR East railway tracks.

Yokote 安本, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Yasumoto Minaminihe, Yokote City.

Yokote 安本, Akita

[Correction] One bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted moving eastward in the order of Shimosaichūmura, Tarogoya, and Hyūga. *Multiple sightings reported. Incorrect: westward Correct: eastward

Yokote 下境, Akita

Around 11:40 on May 25, one bear was sighted moving in Shimokagari-Hinata, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.

Yokote 下境, Akita

Observed a bear crossing Prefectural Route Nozaki-Jumonji and entering the grove of Yotsuya Rural Park. Body length approximately 1 m.

Yokote, Akita

Witnessed one bear entering the woods from near a cemetery. Body length unknown because the sighting was from a distance.

Yokote, Akita

At around 8:30 on May 25, a bear was seen moving in Ueno, Kakunodate-machi, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

(Posted) It ran along the side of the building toward the back.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Body length approximately 50 cm, direction of departure unknown, distance to the building approximately 10 m

Senboku, Akita

[Report] One bear sighted; body length unknown

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

[Post] One bear of unknown body length sighted

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

Around 06:50 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Tazawako Kataichinowatari, Semboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

An approximately 50 cm-long animal was rummaging through the garbage at the trash collection point. Direction of departure unknown. Approximately 3 m from a residence.

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

[Post] Witnessed it leaving from a nearby farm road and going into the cemetery.

Yokote, Akita

According to Akita Prefecture, around 04:18 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Taiyū Tamura, Yokote City, Akita, and was seen moving.

Yokote 百万刈, Akita

While traveling on the prefectural road, a single bear approximately 1.5 m in length was observed in the parking lot of Taiyū Nursery School. It then departed to the west. The distance to the nearest residence was about 10 m.

Yokote, Akita

A bear was sighted in Taiyū Shinmachi, Yokote City.

Yokote, Akita

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

While driving on National Route 108 from the Miyagi side toward Yuzawa, I sighted a single small bear about 50 cm in size near the road, just under 1 kilometer before Akinomiya Sanso. The cub came out onto the road from the right, uphill side (opposite the river). It encountered my car, panicked, and returned up into the hillside on the right.

Yuzawa, Akita

[Post] A bear cub was running through the rice field. Diagonally across from the fire station.

Senboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita

Around 15:00–16:00, sighted in the vicinity of residences. Escape route and body length unknown. Distance to the nearest house: 10 m.

Yuzawa Akinomiya, Akita

A bear was sighted in Akinomiya Minase, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, on the afternoon of 2026-05-24.

Yuzawa Akinomiya, Akita

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Senboku Tazawako-Tazawa, Akita

While driving, a bear emerged from the brush and ran off toward the Tamagawa area.

Daisen Yariminai, Akita

A single bear about 60 cm crossed the prefectural road and ran off to the west. Distance to the nearest house: 50 m.

Daisen Toyooka, Akita

A bear was loitering in front of a house entrance. Body length approximately 1.5 m. Direction of departure unknown. Distance to the house about 1 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kakunodatemachi Kawaranakakawara, Senboku City, around 6:00 AM on 2026-05-21.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

[Post]

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Sighted in fields around homes; departed toward the mountains. / Size: cub

Mogami Honjo, Yamagata

[Post] There is one adult bear in the forest

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

[Post]

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Around 6:50 on 2026-05-20, a bear was sighted in Shimonobaru Kakekakida, Kakunodatemachi, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult and cub

Obanazawa Nyu, Yamagata

Sighted near the junior high school athletic field; crossed the road and went up into the hills / Size: Unknown

Mogami Honjo, Yamagata

A bear was in a farm field. Body length unknown. It departed toward the southeast. It was about 100 meters from nearby buildings.

Senboku, Akita

It was wandering near a prefectural road. Body length approximately 1 m, direction of departure unknown, distance to buildings 10 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Yokote construction firm Hasshin Kensetsu used a drone equipped with an infrared camera to survey bear habitat and captured footage this spring of three bears believed to be a parent and two cubs. The drone detects heat signatures and is used for locating bears in forests and investigating sites of human-bear incidents.

Yokote Akagawa, Akita

Posted: Spotted in the rice fields. It came from the Yokosawa area and ran off toward the Kawaguchigawa River.

Daisen Otacho-Yokosawa, Akita

[Report] One cub-like bear sighted on the riverbank embankment. Several police cars are on the scene.

Daisen Otacho-Komaba, Akita

One Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) was sighted near YUZAWA Clean Center Co., Ltd., and the police were notified. The bear ran off to the east. Police are patrolling the area. The sighting location was about 300 m from residences; the bear’s body length was 1.0 m.

Yuzawa 下関, Akita

Posted: It was sitting on the mountainside facing the road. When a car passed, it returned up the slope. Body length about 1 meter.

Yuzawa 酒蒔, Akita

[Post] (Posted May 19, 16:57; no description of situation)

Misato 境田, Akita

I spotted a small bear about 50 cm long in the bushes, but it soon disappeared from the area. The direction it went is unknown.

Daisen Yotsuya, Akita

A single Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) was sighted within a residential property in the village and reported to the police. The bear ran east from the area. Police patrolled the vicinity but did not locate it and there were no nearby damages. The sighting occurred a few meters from a house; the bear’s body length was about 1.0 m.

Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

A witness looked east from their home toward the cemetery and saw a bear eating something. The bear then went off into the woods to the east. Body length approximately 60 cm. About 20 m from a residence.

Misato 六郷東根, Akita