Sakata~Noshiro 드라이브 루트

Environment: Industrial area / Size: Adult

Sakata 宮海, Yamagata

Two bears were sighted near Senaga-jima in the Kujukushima area. Each was about 1 meter in body length.

Nikaho 田の神, Akita

Around 7:00 on 2026-06-14, a bear was sighted in Ōshima, Kisakata-machi, Nikaho City.

Nikaho 田の神, Akita

(Posted) Crossed while driving—went toward the side with the pond.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

A bear was sighted in Terauchi-Ko, Akita City.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

A black bear, about one meter tall, appeared to head toward the cemetery.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

On my way by car toward Iwami Sannai, I discovered a bear on the road to the left.

Akita, Akita

A bear about 60 cm in body length hid in the bushes beside the road.

Nikaho Kisakatamachi-Nishinakanosawa, Akita

When the brake lights of the car in front turned on, I saw a cub run from the road into the brush. As I drove past that spot, the cub was looking toward the road.

Noshiro Gongendai, Akita

On the way back from the airport, it was in the back of the field. It was looking toward the road. I don't think it was a cub.

Yurihonjō 岩城君ヶ野, Akita

(Posted) It was in the parking lot.

Yurihonjō, Akita

I saw a 1-meter-tall bear on the premises. It left in the direction of the Chuo Interchange. It was very close to the building.

Akita, Akita

Posted: In front of a private home's entrance. Police have been notified.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Near a private residence

Yurihonjō, Akita

(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange

Akita, Akita

Around 6:30 PM on June 13, a bear was seen moving in Asanai Kaminoyama, Noshiro City.

Noshiro Gongendai, Akita

A bear moving was sighted in Hatanosawa, Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City, around 10:03 on June 13.

Akita, Akita

When I was about to go to the convenience store, it ran across the parking lot.

Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita

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Akita, Akita

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Akita, Akita

[Report] While walking my dog, I heard rustling in the bushes; when I looked, a bear stuck its head out. I heard it prowling in the undergrowth for a while.

Akita, Akita

I sighted one 1‑m bear that came out of the woods on the west side of the house and was walking on the road. It then returned to the woods to the southwest. Distance from the nearest building: 5 m.

Akita, Akita

Posted: Heading toward Akita City, it came out from the left, crossed the road, and crossed to the right.

Ikawa 赤沢, Akita

[Post] While driving toward the Yokoyama-Kanaashi Line, I saw it in the bushes beside a field. Body length about 1 m.

Akita, Akita

The bear crossed the slope near yesterday’s sighting, passed through residences, and left eastward along the drainage channel. Body length 1.2 m. One individual. Distance from building: 5 m.

Akita, Akita

Spotted a bear about 1 meter long in the brush beside the prefectural road. It fled into the brush on the south side.

Nikaho 鳥屋森, Akita

While driving, I sighted one bear approximately 1.0 m in body length. It departed into brush to the north. Nearest residence is 300 m away.

Akita, Akita

Environment: Near human residences / Size: Adult

Yuza 青塚, Yamagata

An adult bear was sighted in Hikoshi, Yuza Town, and tracks believed to be from the bear were also found in a field.

Yuza 青塚, Yamagata

Posted: Walking right beside the river and wading in it. Body length about 1.6 m.

Akita, Akita

Crossed in front of the car and went into the brush

Noshiro, Akita

There was one by the side of the road. About 80 cm. It didn't run away even when cars passed.

Akita, Akita

[Post] While driving through, an adult bear about 1–1.5 m long crossed (in front of me) from the forest.

Akita, Akita

Bear tracks from one bear were found on the coast. The tracks go from north to south through the brush for about 380 m. Track width approx. 10 cm, length approx. 15 cm.

Nikaho Ryozenji, Akita

Posted: It went down the road toward the houses.

Akita, Akita

An adult bear was sighted in a field in Sakanobe-Shinden, Sakata City, and the field owner reported it to police.

Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata

One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted within the facility grounds. Direction of departure is unknown. Approximately 10 m from the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted by a man on a facility premises in Goshono-Shimoshutsutsumi, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Post] While driving toward Izumi, I thought something was in front of me — it was a bear. It ran off toward the funeral hall area.

Akita, Akita

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Yurihonjō, Akita

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Yurihonjō, Akita

A bear about 1.5 m tall walked north along the road in front of the shipping company.

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

[Report] It appeared to be a cub, as it was relatively small. It crossed the limited-access road and entered the brush toward the parking lot of Akita Prefectural Central Park.

Akita, Akita

[Post] A large, solid adult (bear); showed no sign of trying to run away.

Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult

Sakata 黒森, Yamagata

Body length about 1 m; distance to houses about 140 m; headed east

Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita

Encountered a bear about 1 meter tall while walking. It went off to the south.

Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita

(Report) It was on the road ahead while I was driving. When it noticed the approaching car, it immediately ran into the bushes.

Mitane Amasegawa, Akita

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Akita, Akita

Sighted one bear eating cherry fruits. Body length approximately 1 meter.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

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Yurihonjō 古川端, Akita

On the night of June 10, one bear was spotted on a sidewalk in Kinoura Toranagane, Nikaho City.

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

Bear sighted on the road. Went east. Body length about 1 m.

Nikaho 三丁目塩越, Akita

Spotted a bear on the road. Body length about 1 m. It walked from north to south.

Nikaho Hirasawa, Akita

[Post] While driving from the Kawabe area toward Akita Chuo IC, a cub about 50 cm long was walking on the sidewalk.

Akita, Akita

Bear droppings believed to be from a bear were discovered on the path between the park and the daycare center.

Akita, Akita

[Report] An animal believed to be a bear ran off

Akita, Akita

Distance to house: 10 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m.

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

Distance to houses: 300 m. Bear length: 1.5 m. Found under the highway. Moved toward the mountain side.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Distance to house: 100 m; Bear body length: 1.0 m

Yurihonjō 浜ノ町, Akita

One bear was seen swimming in the Koyoshi River in Idodori, Yurihonjo City, from a riverside parking area.

Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita

While driving, I spotted a bear about 1 m in length in a rice field. It left toward the forest to the east. There are no buildings nearby, but there is a building approximately 400 m to the west.

Akita, Akita

Encountered a bear about 100 meters before the traffic signal heading from the golf practice range toward Yokogane Line. The bear was approximately 60–80 cm and climbed over the fence from the road into the thicket.

Akita, Akita

[Post] A bear appeared on campus

Yurihonjō 梵天谷地, Akita

Distance to houses: 500 m Height: about 1 m

Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita

[Report] One cub approximately 50 cm long. Spotted emerging from the road shoulder while driving on the Akita Expressway toward Noshiro. Turned back and left.

Akita, Akita

Body length: 1 m; distance to human residence: approximately 10 m; departed toward the forest to the north.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Bear sighted on middle school grounds: one bear, approximately 50 cm; left the area and went into the forest about 20 m east of nearby residences.

Akita, Akita

60 cm, one bear, left toward the forested mountain area 10 m west of nearby building

Akita, Akita

Distance to houses: 10 m; Body length: approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō 観音町, Akita

Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 400 m

Yurihonjō 北裏地, Akita

In Yurihonjo City Tsurunuma, a woman fell and injured her arm after being startled by a bear on her home premises.

Yurihonjō Tsurunuma, Akita

Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m

Yurihonjō 和泉町, Akita

Body length: approximately 1 m; Distance to houses: approximately 10 m

Yurihonjō 和泉町, Akita

Distance to houses: 5 m; body length: approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Around 13:30 on 2026-06-09, a bear was sighted in Matsugasaki-Miyanogo, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita

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Yurihonjō, Akita

Distance to nearest house: 5 m; Body length: approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō, Akita

[Post] A bear about 1 m (tall)

Akita, Akita

(Post) Walked slowly eastward through the grassy area.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Distance to houses: 10 m; Bear body length: 1.0 m; Moved north

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Distance from houses: 10 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m. Departed traveling from east to west.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

It ran along the farm road. It wasn't that big.

Akita, Akita

[Post] It was walking right next to the railroad tracks. I couldn't tell whether it was a cub about 1 meter long or a full-grown bear.

Akita, Akita

Body length about 1.2 m. Distance to the house about 5 m. Headed onto the grounds of a nearby residence.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Was running eastward in front of Yasuragi-en

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

[Report] Spotted while driving. Its fur was shining black from the rain. I don’t think it was a meter tall. It was walking eastward through a residential property.

Akita, Akita

One bear cub ran across the rice paddy toward the mountain.

Nikaho Innai, Akita

Body length approximately 1 m. Distance to houses approximately 10 m. Headed toward the north-side road.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

[Report] Was climbing a tree at a private house. Came down from there and ran west, destination unknown. Body length about 1 m. Distance to house: 0 m.

Akita, Akita

Was walking like a dog. About 7 meters from a house. Believed to be the same individual as the nearby bear.

Akita, Akita

Distance to houses: 30 m. Body length: about 1 m. Entered the bamboo grove on the south side.

Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita

At around 10:00 on 2026-06-08, a bear was seen moving at Ishiwaki Benkeigawa in Yurihonjo, Akita.

Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita

At a chicken coop in Kawabe Moriyama-ne, Akita City, a bear ate 9 of 20 chickens. The about-1m bear stayed at the scene and was culled as a nuisance animal.

Akita, Akita

Sighted within residential property. Bear approximately 1 m in size.

Akita, Akita

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Akita Shogunno-aoyamacho, Akita

A man spotted one bear about 1 meter long crossing a city road from east to west in Tsuchizakiminato-kita 2-chome, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the premises of Akita Bank Kōhoku Branch. The distance to the building was about 5 meters. It left toward the residential area to the west.

Akita, Akita

An elderly man saw one bear about 1 meter long crossing the road on a city road in Tsuchizakiminato-kita, Akita City.

Akita Iijima-Naganonakacho, Akita

[Post] I thought I saw something move in my car mirror, and when I looked closely there was a bear.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Ishiwaki Yamanokami, Yurihonjo City, Akita, and was seen moving.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Tsuchizakiminato-kita 6-chome, Akita City.

Akita Kohoku-shincho, Akita

Distance to houses: 10 m; body length: about 1 m; headed in the direction of National Route 7.

Yurihonjō 片町, Akita

Distance from houses: 0 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m. Fled toward the mountain forest to the north.

Yurihonjō 葛法, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.5 m Distance to houses: approximately 5 m Crossed the road and left to the south

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m Departed to the east

Yurihonjō 南福田, Akita

[Report] While doing farm work, I witnessed a bear that crossed the Kawarashi Bridge from the village side, crossed the prefectural road, and moved toward the rice fields. One bear about 1 m (in size).

Akita, Akita

Observed one bear moving toward the woods to the north. Body length approximately 1 m.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

Sighted while driving. It was running along the road next to the rice fields. It appeared to be an adult, over 1 meter in length.

Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita

Body length: approximately 1 m. Distance to houses: approximately 10 m. Departed toward the woods to the south.

Yurihonjō 南福田, Akita

A bear was sighted on the premises of a special nursing home in Harabutazawa, Noshiro City.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 70 m Direction of movement: unknown

Yurihonjō 南福田, Akita

Around 10:15 on June 7, a bear was sighted moving in Yanagita-Otomosawa, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Observation: A bear ran across the road from the western grassy area toward the eastern hillside on the route from Taihei Hatta to Soegawa, crossing at a distance of about 1 meter from me. An elderly man was working in the nearby western grasses, so I immediately called out and warned him.

Akita, Akita

Near the 129 km marker on the Akita Expressway, outbound lane: a collision between a bear and a vehicle. The bear was crossing from left to right (west to east) and the vehicle could not avoid it, with the rear of the vehicle striking the bear. Direction the bear went after the incident is unknown.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Body condition: 1 m. While heading from Gojome toward Kami-Iwakawa, (the bear) was 1 m beside a house. It ran from along the road toward the mountains.

Mitane Kamiiwakawa, Akita

[Report] While driving from Kyowa toward Akita City, I sighted an individual approximately 1 meter in body length.

Akita, Akita

Around 06:17 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Yuwa-Tsubakigawa Komasakadai, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Posted] Encountered it as I left the workplace to go home.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

Witnessed a bear walking on the road from south to north. Body length approximately 1 m.

Nikaho Hata, Akita

While riding my motorcycle, a bear about 1 meter tall ran alongside me as if fleeing — I panicked.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Sighted while driving

Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita

Distance to houses: 700 m. Body length: approximately 1 m.

Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita

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Akita, Akita

A juvenile bear about 40 centimeters long suddenly crossed the road at speed from the farm side.

Noshiro Makabechi, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.5 m Distance to houses etc.: approximately 20 m Left from the north side toward the south

Yurihonjō 荒町, Akita

[Post] Near Koto Oka General Gymnasium — Road leading to Kinbutsubai Park

Mitane, Akita

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Mitane, Akita

[Report] A bear that came from the direction of the town office left heading toward the mountain.

Gojome 川崎, Akita

[Report] While traveling from Akita Minami IC toward Akita Chuo IC, a bear crossed from the left to the right. Adult bear, 1.5 m — size comparable to bears at Kuma-Kuma Park.

Akita, Akita

[Report] In front of Kawabe Junior High School gate: a cub about 80 cm ran from the Raikochi apartment complex toward the grove of mixed woods.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya Raiguchi, Akita City, around 08:40 on 2026-06-06.

Akita, Akita

I spotted a bear about 50 cm at the shoulder on the ground. It ran south toward the shrine. It was close to the building.

Akita, Akita

While driving on a municipal road toward Yurihonjo City, I observed one bear walking across a rice field from east to west. Estimated body length about 1 meter.

Nikaho Serida, Akita

Around 8:10 a.m. on June 6, a bear was seen moving in Serita Shin-Suwanomae, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture.

Nikaho Serida, Akita

Distance to residence: 50 m. Body length: 1.0 m. Witnessed walking from west toward the mountains to the east.

Yurihonjō, Akita

[Report] While attempting to cross the road along Route 13, it noticed a car and descended the slope.

Akita, Akita

While driving on National Route 13 from Akita toward Omagari, a bear entered the highway from the shrubs on the small hill on the left, tried to cross the road to head toward Wada Station, but was blocked by the central divider fence. It attempted two or three times to ram through the fence to get out but couldn’t, and then fled back into the shrubs on the hill it had come from.

Akita, Akita

It crossed in front of my car, almost colliding with it. Its body length is unknown.

Hachirogata Masaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kanada, Kanazawa Horinai, Akita City, and was seen moving.

Akita, Akita

A bear about 1.0 m in body length was sighted on the premises. It left toward the forest to the north. It was 50 m from the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

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Yurihonjō, Akita

It (the bear) walked leisurely from the rice paddy toward the mountains.

Akita, Akita

One bear was seen moving in Kanaashi-Iwase-Oomote, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Iwaki-Niko, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.

Yurihonjō 岩城二古, Akita

Distance to houses: 140 m; Bear body length: 1.0 m; Escaped toward the western forest

Yurihonjō, Akita

It ran from the direction of the river, crossed the road, and headed toward the parking lot behind the facility.

Yurihonjō Higashi-Ayukawa, Akita

[Report] While driving, observed a creature that appeared to be a bear cub walking on the road; it moved toward the mountains and disappeared.

Akita, Akita

Distance to houses: 10 m. Body length: about 1 m. Moved eastward along the railroad tracks.

Yurihonjō 薬師堂, Akita

(Post) One adult female bear and two cubs were running toward the national highway.

Yurihonjō Higashi-Ayukawa, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.0 m Distance to houses: approximately 20 m Crossed the highway from the seaside and left eastward.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Report: Encountered a bear about 1 m in body length while walking in a park. Distance approximately 50 m. It left heading southeast.

Akita, Akita

Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted in a park in Goshosodai 2-chome, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

While waiting at a traffic light, it crossed from the bushes on the right to the bushes on the left. The right side is the national highway side.

Akita, Akita

Around 6:24 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted moving in Shimohama Nagasawa Urata, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.

Akita, Akita

A bear approximately 1.2 m long was in the rice field to the east across from the house. After heading north, it left toward the river to the east. Distance from the building: 30 m.

Akita, Akita

A black bear about 1 meter long crossed a field from the mountain behind a house and moved back toward the mountain.

Akita, Akita

I was walking when I spotted one in the bushes. When I made a noise, it ran off toward the north (the prefectural road side).

Akita, Akita

One bear was seen moving in Taihei Hatta Fuzunosaki, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Report] A single Asiatic black bear (about 70 cm) entered the forest.

Akita, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long was on the front porch. Startled, I went into the house and watched; it then entered the neighbor’s property. It was about 10 meters from the building.

Akita, Akita

One bear was sighted in Taihei Hatahata, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Report] A bear about 80 cm in size was found in front of a house entrance. It then headed toward the stream and left.

Akita, Akita

A bear about 80 cm in body length crossed the road to the north. Distance from the building: 10 m.

Akita, Akita

Body length about 1.2 m. Distance to the nearest house about 1,500 m. Headed from the rice field toward the forested mountains to the north.

Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita

[Report] A single bear cub suddenly appeared from the bushes as it joined National Route 13 from the Amano side.

Akita, Akita

Report: An adult bear was spotted on the roadside.

Akita, Akita

Witnessed a bear leaving eastward from the parking lot. Body length approximately 1 m. 5 m from the building.

Akita, Akita

[Post] While driving, there was only a small bear cub wandering around the center of the road.

Akita, Akita

Around 10:00 on 2026-06-04, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

A 50 cm-long cub was walking along the road. It ran off toward a forestry road.

Akita, Akita

Around 08:55 on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted in Fujisaki Ebigasawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita

Body length approximately 0.5 m. Distance to houses approximately 150 m. Situation: Witnessed on the slope on the east side.

Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita

[Post] Was walking

Yurihonjō 小防ヶ沢, Akita

Around 6:50 a.m. on June 4, a bear was seen moving in Okawa-cho, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō Okuwamachi, Akita

There was a bear about 50 cm tall.

Akita Hodono-Kanasamachi, Akita

[Report] Kumano Shrine, Iwaki-Kameda, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture

Yurihonjō Iwaki Kameda Kamedamachi, Akita

Around 00:15 on June 4, a bear was sighted in Iwaki Kameda Atagomachi Takajocho, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō Iwaki Kameda Kamedamachi, Akita

Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Kanadashi-Horiuchi, Akita City. It was seen moving.

Akita, Akita

Around 11:00 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was seen moving in Yakushido Dounoshita, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō 薬師堂, Akita

Around 13:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Goshono Tsutsumidai 1-chome, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

(Posted) Ran away

Akita, Akita

Distance to houses: 10 m. Bear body length: 1.5 m. Fled toward the cemetery on the north side.

Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita

Posted: Came out from the brush trying to cross the road. When the car horn was sounded, it went back into the brush. Body length about 1 m.

Akita, Akita

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

Body length: about 1.0 m Distance to residence: about 20 m Departed toward the sea

Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita

While patrolling rice fields by car on a farm road, I encountered a bear that had come down from the mountain on the west side onto the road. It noticed me and climbed back up the west-side mountain. Body length just under 1.0 m.

Akita, Akita

[Report] After finishing work, while driving as usual, I saw a bear crossing the roadway.

Akita, Akita

Moved from the grassy area in the center of the neighborhood toward the Inari shrine on the mountain side. Nearby is the Kitanoda Park Arena tennis courts.

Akita, Akita

Was walking in the middle of a rice paddy. When I honked the horn, it ran away behind a shrine. Body length about 1 m.

Akita, Akita

Around 5:25 PM on 2026-06-03, a bear was sighted in Kawabe-Kitanoda-Takaya-Odaka, Akita City, and it was seen moving.

Akita, Akita

[Report] I was running near a place with a firefighter’s shed, then it went into a private house.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Around 4:20 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagida-Otomozawa, Akita City, and was seen moving.

Akita, Akita

It ran out onto the highway. It ran across to the opposite lane and fled.

Akita Yanagida, Akita

[Post] A bear about the size of a small cub was sniffing the grass on the sidewalk. I didn't see any sign of its parent.

Akita, Akita

On 2026-06-03 around 15:40, a bear was sighted in Owamihiratootorimaki, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.

Akita, Akita

Two bears sighted in a vacant lot beside the regional farm road. Two bears, each about 1.2 m in body length. Direction of departure unknown. 10 m from a building.

Akita, Akita

While driving on Route 13, I saw the face of one bear in the bushes directly across from Boatpia Kawabe.

Akita, Akita

Around 1:45 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Maeda, Kawabe-Kitanoda Takaya, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

One bear was spotted moving in Ashikawa Kubogawahara, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Body length approximately 1 m; distance to houses approximately 10 m; Situation: headed toward the mountains to the south.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Witnessed from inside a car. It slowly moved toward the north embankment.

Akita, Akita

Body length approximately 1.0 m. Was climbing a tree near Tsurumai Stadium.

Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long fled east through the rice fields near Mimori railroad crossing.

Nikaho Mitsumori, Akita

Crossing the road

Mitane, Akita

Body length approximately 1 m. Distance to houses approximately 10 m. Situation: Headed east toward the mountain.

Yurihonjō 親川, Akita

Number of animals unknown

Yurihonjō 親川, Akita

[Post] About 80 cm in length — a small bear cub was walking through the brush between houses.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Near Kotomozawa Bridge, a black bear cub was standing on the sidewalk. It ran into the woods just before a vehicle passed by.

Akita, Akita

I witnessed a cub walking away in the direction of the community center. It was 30 meters from a private house.

Akita, Akita

Body length about 1.0 m. Headed north from the Otaki (Co., Ltd.) parking lot.

Yurihonjō 浜三川, Akita

According to Akita Prefecture, a bear was sighted in Kawaguchi Shobosaki, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō Akanumashita, Akita

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Yurihonjō 八幡下, Akita

Distance to residence: 5 m; Body length: approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita

Around 5:50 AM on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoyamaeda, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

I spotted a bear on the Akita Road. It walked off to the north. One bear about 1 m (tall). Approximately 1 km to the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

[Report] At around 3:30 AM, a black animal about 50 cm ran off to the east.

Akita Izumiichinotsubo, Akita

At around 1:20 PM on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Kitanodakoya Kuronuma Shimotsutsumishita, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Around 11:00 on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Wada Shikida, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

One bear was seen moving in Kamishinjo Nakasodegawa, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Ogawa-Oigata, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō 親川, Akita

Around 11:00 on June 3, in Oshikawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture, a man in his 90s was bitten on the hand and shoulder by a bear while working in a field and suffered minor injuries.

Yurihonjō 親川, Akita

Around 11:00 on 2026-06-03, a bear appeared in Oikawa Miyano-shita, Yurihonjo City, Akita, and attacked a person.

Yurihonjō 親川, Akita

Around 2:40 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagita Ishigami, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Around 10:55 on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Yamagomori, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

A creature that looked like a bear cub was near the Welfare Hall of Akita National College of Technology.

Akita Iijima-Naganonakacho, Akita

A bear cub about one to two times larger than a cat walked toward the community center.

Akita Kohoku-matsunocho, Akita

(Post) Was running in the parking lot within the Silver Area (near the tree). Went off somewhere immediately.

Akita, Akita

An ALSOK patrol officer sighted a bear approximately 1.5 meters long in the parking lot northeast of the Cosmo Koki factory. The bear left heading toward the mountain to the north. It was 150 meters from the factory.

Akita, Akita

An ALSOK patrol spotted a 1.5-meter-long bear in the parking lot northeast of the Cosmo Koki factory. The bear left heading toward the mountain to the north. It was 150 meters from the factory.

Akita, Akita

An ALSOK patrol spotted a bear about 1.5 meters long in the parking lot northeast of the Cosmo Koki factory. The bear left heading toward the mountain to the north. It was 150 meters from the factory.

Akita, Akita

[Report] On campus

Yurihonjō 梵天谷地, Akita

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Yurihonjō 鮎瀬, Akita

Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to residences: approximately 500 m

Yurihonjō 荒町, Akita

Distance from houses: 10 m, Bear body length: 1.5 m

Yurihonjō 浜ノ町, Akita

A woman in her 70s spotted one bear on a city road in Idori, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita

Posted: In front of Tersa. The same bear is in the same spot. It’s been watching constantly.

Akita, Akita

[Post] A bear and her cub were along National Route 13.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Location: between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 m from the main entrance of Tersa. Observed one adult Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma). Bear size about 1.0 to 1.2 m. Probably the same individual seen on May 29. Weather: clear. Temperature: 24°C.

Akita, Akita

Distance from houses: 100 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m. Fled from west to east into the mountains.

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

Approximately 1.0 m in body length. Sighted at Mitsukimori Park.

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

[Post] My daughter said she saw it while coming home from school. Near the entrance to Pinocchio Park.

Akita, Akita

A bear about 1.0 m long that was swimming in the Koyoshikawa River was sighted coming ashore near Honjo Port.

Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita

Body length about 1.0 m. A bear was sighted swimming in the Koyoshi River southwest of Sugawara Hospital.

Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita

A bear over 1.5 m long ran at high speed, crossed the road, and went down toward the Red Cross Hospital side.

Akita, Akita

Crossing the road near the wind turbine

Noshiro 字塞ノ神, Akita

Observed one approximately 1-meter-tall bear. It fled to the east.

Noshiro Makabechi, Akita

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Yurihonjō Sakanamachi, Akita

A badly damaged unidentified body was found on a hillside behind a residential area in Kawabe-Wada, Akita City.

Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita

One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted 100 meters north of the residence. The bear walked off continuing north.

Akita, Akita

In Kawabe-Wada, Akita City, a 73-year-old woman was attacked by a bear and died while mowing grass.

Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita

While weeding on the property, I was attacked.

Akita, Akita

A woman was found dead in a mountain forest near her home in Kawabe-Wada, Akita City, and investigators considered that she may have been attacked by a bear.

Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita

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Yurihonjō, Akita

Spotted a bear from the kitchen. Direction when it left unknown. The screen door was torn. One bear about 1 m (long/tall).

Akita, Akita

Saw a bear from the kitchen. It left and its whereabouts are unknown. The screen door was torn. About 1 m (away/long).

Akita, Akita

Observed one bear. Body length unknown. Direction of departure unknown.

Akita, Akita

Around 4:00 AM on June 2, a bear was sighted in Kawabe Moroi Nakamichi, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Crossing in front of a car

Akita, Akita

A young bear poked its head out from the woods, then disappeared back into the trees.

Akita, Akita

I went outside and it walked past the front of the entrance.

Akita, Akita

Witnessed on the slope near Honjō Park

Yurihonjō 尾崎, Akita

Approximately 1.5 m long. Headed from Ozaki Ground toward Honjō Park.

Yurihonjō, Akita

At around 1:50 on the 1st, a bear sighting was reported in Omote-Ozaki Town, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita

Body length approximately 1.5 m; distance to houses 30 m; situation: headed toward Kadare

Yurihonjō, Akita

Inside Honjo Park, climbed up toward the Shushinkan direction

Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita

Posted: It ran off immediately. I only saw one, but there are fields and such nearby.

Akita, Akita

[Post] Around the 77.3 km marker on the Akita Expressway, moving from the road into the mountains

Akita, Akita

Distance from houses: 10 m. Bear body length: 1 m. It ran off toward the mountain behind.

Yurihonjō 小防ヶ沢, Akita

A woman in her 50s driving a car spotted a bear about 1 meter long at Honjo Park in Osaki, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō 切通, Akita

A bear was sighted in Osaki, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita

[Post] Two cubs with their mother bear

Akita, Akita

While driving, a single bear about 60 cm crossed the road from north to south and then left into the woods on the south side. There are no buildings nearby.

Akita, Akita

Two bears about 1.0 m and 0.5 m in body length crossed the road heading west.

Katagami, Akita

A bear was sighted in Nisimemecho Amashibaki Kitazawa, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

Bear body length: 1.0 m Distance to residences: 20 m

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

A man in his 40s preparing for grass-cutting saw one bear sitting inside a shrine grounds in Nishime-cho Amihashi, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

One bear was seen moving in Shimokitate Hotokawa Ubagasawa, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Tenno Kitano, Katagami, Akita, around 06:30 on May 31.

Katagami, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kamishinjo Gojuttō Kobayashi, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

It was on the road, so I honked the horn and it ran off into the woods on the Sky Dome side.

Akita Yuwa-Tsubakikawa, Akita

Body length: approximately 1 m; Distance to houses: approximately 300 m; Crossed the road from the mountain/forest side toward the seaside

Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita

Sighted on the road from Shiki no Machi toward Motokiyama. Near a bamboo grove. It ran off when a car approached.

Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita

A bear was sighted in Motokiyama-ne, Showa Okubo, Katagami City, and was seen moving.

Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita

[Report] One bear sighted. Direction of departure unknown.

Akita, Akita

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Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

Distance to houses: 250 m Body length: approximately 0.6 m

Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita

Distance to the house: 1 m Body length: approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

It came out of the grassy thicket, noticed the car, and turned back.

Akita, Akita

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Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

[Report] One bear sighted. Direction of departure unknown.

Akita, Akita

Was attempting to cross the road. Noticed a car and went into the brush on the north side.

Ikawa 赤沢, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Sakamoto-Onoji, Ikawa Town, Akita Prefecture, around 6:18 a.m. on May 30.

Ikawa 坂本, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Yuwatsubakigawa Okutsubakidai, Akita City, around 03:51 on May 30.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Saw a bear crossing the prefectural road from north to south. Size about 80 cm. Moved into the woods on the east side.

Akita, Akita

While driving, after passing the entrance to Motokiyama Park — I spotted a bear in the brush on the left between there and the point where the road begins to descend toward the traffic light.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita

I spotted it in the grassy area near where I passed Motokiyama Park. It was about the size of an adult, not a cub.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita

[Report] The location was between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 meters from the main entrance of Tersa. I sighted one adult Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma). The bear’s size was about 1.0–1.2 meters. The bear entered the park-side thicket once, but then returned to the same spot. After that it repeated disappearing into and reappearing from the thicket three times, and finally disappeared into the thicket. At that time, there were only a few cars in the parking lot. Also, traffic between Tersa and Aeon was not heavy. Weather: clear. Temperature: 18°C.

Akita, Akita

Posted: Parking space for Kuroneko Yamato truck

Akita, Akita

A family of Asian black bears (Tsukinowaguma) was wandering around a Yamato Transport truck. The adult was about 120 cm and the cub about 60 cm. The bears wandered for about five minutes before leaving to the south.

Akita, Akita

Around 13:30 on 2026-05-29, a bear was sighted in Nishimecho Deto Hamayama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Bear approximately 1 m in length, about 1 m from a residence — one bear spotted in front of a house entrance.

Yurihonjō, Akita

[Report] A single bear ran from the rice field toward the mountain on the road between Toyoiwa Rice Center and Hihaisto.

Akita, Akita

[Post] A giant bear

Akita, Akita

Distance to houses: 200 m; Bear body length: 1 m

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

Body length approximately 1.5 m; distance to houses approximately 10 m.

Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita

Body length approximately 1.5 m; distance to residence approximately 50 m.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Body length approximately 1.5 m. Sighted on the sandy beach on the west side of the gas station. Direction of departure unknown.

Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita

On 2026-05-28 morning, a bear was seen moving in Kanazawa Kata, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

One bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was observed crossing Akita Showa Line from the rice paddy on the southwest side of the sighting location and leaving toward the rice paddies to the northeast. Distance from the nearest building: 50 m.

Akita, Akita

[Report] While driving on the road between rice paddies, a bear about 1 meter long was running. There are houses nearby.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kanazotakaoka Inaribayashi, Akita City, around 08:30 on May 28.

Akita, Akita

As I was about to get out of the car, I noticed it walking past alongside the driver's door.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Nishimemachi Numata Shindo-shita, Yurihonjo City, Akita, around 5:00 PM on May 28.

Yurihonjō, Akita

On 2026-05-28 at night, a bear was sighted in Goshono Jizodai 4-chome, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Report] One cub about 60 cm

Akita, Akita

At around 21:53 on 2026-05-27, a bear was sighted in Shimokitate Tomogawa Urugasaki, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Distance to nearest house: 1,000 m. Body length: 1 m. Collided with a moving vehicle and then departed.

Yurihonjō 西目町出戸, Akita

Around 19:35 on 2026-05-27, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kamikita-Saruta Futatsudera, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Post] While driving, a black animal that appeared to be a bear was moving in the woods. Body length over 1 m.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Spotted a bear from inside a car near the river. It seemed agitated, swinging its head back and forth. Size was under 1 meter, thin build.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kamikita-te Funo-Wakinoda, Akita City, around 18:45 on May 27.

Akita, Akita

A fairly large bear. It was fat. There is also a school for students with disabilities nearby.

Akita, Akita

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata

Saw it while driving; when I honked the horn it ran away.

Akita, Akita

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Sakata 十里塚, Yamagata

Distance to houses: 10 m. Condition of the bear: one individual. Crossed the national road from south to north and moved toward the subdivision area.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Staff at a geriatric health care facility for the elderly sighted a 1.5-meter bear on a path south of the facility, about 50 meters from the facility. The bear left heading toward the southern mountains.

Akita, Akita

[Report] R7, from the highway side toward Motokiyama Park

Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita

A bear was sighted in Goshono-Motomachi 1-chome, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Report] While taking an early-morning walk, I spotted one bear. It's on an elementary school student’s route to school, so I think it's dangerous.

Akita, Akita

Around 7:40 PM on 2026-05-27, a bear appeared in Nishimemachi Degosaruta, Yurihonjo City, Akita, and collided with a car.

Yurihonjō 西目町出戸, Akita

A bear was sighted in Minamigaoka 2-chome, Akita City, on 2026-05-27 afternoon.

Akita, Akita

One bear walked along the boardwalk at Takeshimagata and fled north into the rice fields.

Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita

A bear about the size of a cub was seen walking.

Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Shikado, Mitane Town.

Mitane Kado, Akita

(Report) Crossing the prefectural road from south to north while running. Body length 1.0 m–1.2 m. No houses nearby.

Mitane Kamiiwakawa, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kuromori, Sakata City.

Sakata 黒森, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Sakata 黒森, Yamagata

While driving on Prefectural Route Akita-Kitanoda, I saw one bear about 50 cm crossing from east to west. It was 30 m from the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

Around 8:20 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Nishimecho Dedomahama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to dwelling: approximately 500 m

Yurihonjō, Akita

Near the intersection in front of Kinpo Junior High School — sighted a bear walking toward the sea along the road.

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

On 2026-05-26 around 06:50, one bear was seen moving in Konoura Korota, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture.

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kurokawa Iwataka, Nikaho City, Akita, around 17:30 on May 26.

Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakōya-Kanda, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Post: Nights of May 25–26 — At Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine honeybees built a nest, and a bear that targeted them appeared over two nights. There were multiple bear claw marks on the shrine’s lower wall panels.

Akita, Akita

There's a big bear outside the house.

Akita, Akita

Around 20:25 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Goshono-Jizoden 4-chome, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Post] Road between Refresh Garden and Goshono Gakuin. A 50–60 cm Asian black bear (tsukinowaguma).

Akita, Akita

[Post] I think it was a female bear with cubs. It ran in front of the car for a short distance, then left the road and went into the grass.

Akita, Akita

Ran from the road to the back of the house and headed into the mountains.

Akita, Akita

[Post] Moon-ringed bear droppings. Two round pieces.

Akita, Akita

[Report] While walking in the park, I saw a skinny adult bear and one cub. At first the adult looked like a large black dog. The adult was about 1 m and the cub about 0.5 m in size. After that the bears went into the brush on the Yayoi-kko Village side.

Akita, Akita

On a private road, one bear about 60 cm was sighted. It left toward the mountains to the east, 20 m from a house.

Akita, Akita

[Post] A bear cub was running along the farm road.

Yurihonjō 陳ケ森, Akita

Around 5:05 PM on 2026-05-25, one bear was seen moving in Magarisawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō 曲沢, Akita

A 1.0‑m bear was sighted on the roadway. It then moved away into the woods to the west. It was 400 m from the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

In Maekawa-Sakaida, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture, one bear was seen moving around.

Nikaho Maesawa, Akita

One bear crossed the highway from west to east.

Nikaho Otake, Akita

Post: One newborn bear emerges from the bushes but soon returns

Akita, Akita

While mowing, I spotted one bear about 1.0 m in body length. It moved northwest.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita

One bear approximately 1.0 m in length sighted; moving south.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawafunabashi, Akita

One bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was sighted. It was reported to have moved north.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita

Two bears approximately 0.8 m and 0.5 m in length were sighted on a farm road near Kusaochi Shrine.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1.0 m in size on the roadway. It then left heading toward the river to the north. 10 m from a house.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Body length approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita

One bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Aikawa, Akita City.

Akita Yuwa-Aikawa, Akita

[Report] Was walking on the municipal road in front of a house. Destination unknown.

Akita, Akita

A bear about 1.5 meters long was running. It went into the forested mountain area.

Akita, Akita

Around 8:00 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted moving in Yuwa-Aikawa Mukaidai, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kanazawa-Takaoka Inari Hayashi, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Around 7:00 on May 25, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Chibarayama, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Around 12:35 on 2026-05-25, a bear was seen moving in Showa Toyokawa Tsukinoki Omiya, Katagami City, Akita Prefecture.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawafunabashi, Akita

Around 8:00 on May 25, a bear was sighted in Fukuyama-Yokoyama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita

On the morning of 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Showa Toyokawa Tsukinokizawa, Katagami, Akita.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita

[Report] While driving on National Route 285 toward Kamikoani, I almost ran over a bear near the center line but was able to avoid it.

Gojome 富津内富田, Akita

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Yurihonjō 北ノ股, Akita

At around 16:47 on May 24, a bear was seen moving in Kanehanyu, Kawabe Toneyoshi, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Post] A bear was walking on the sidewalk while a car was driving.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Observed two individual bears remaining on the roadway at the rear of a line of vehicles stopped at a traffic signal.

Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita

Post: An adult (over 1 m) crossed the road.

Akita, Akita

Witnessed a mother and cub bear east of the municipal road

Nikaho, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long crossed the Akita Expressway northbound.

Akita, Akita

[Post] Attempting to cross a highway

Akita, Akita

Around 20:30 on 2026-05-24, a bear was sighted in Yuwaaikawa, Akita City.

Akita Yuwa-Aikawa, Akita

A bear was sighted moving around 12:40 in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Karuizawa, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Posted]

Akita, Akita

Sighted one bear swimming across Kurogata and walking toward the eastern mountains. About 1 m in length. Near Kunpu-en.

Nikaho Innai, Akita

Body length: approximately 0.8 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m Went back into the forest

Yurihonjō 内黒瀬, Akita

[Report] One bear about 1 meter. It crossed the river and entered the mountain across the way.

Akita Yuwa-Tsubakikawa, Akita

Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m

Yurihonjō 内黒瀬, Akita

Crossed the roadway and entered the bushes.

Akita, Akita

A bear (1 m) crossed the road in front of Wannam Pier and departed to the southeast. It was 10 m from nearby buildings.

Akita, Akita

A bear (1 m) crossed the road in front of WanNyapia and left heading southeast. It was 10 m from the nearby building.

Akita, Akita

Report: One bear sighted. Size and direction of departure unknown.

Akita, Akita

Distance to houses: 100 m; Body length: approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita

[Post] The moment the carcass of a wild boar that had been floating in the pond washed up on the shore, a bear emerged from the undergrowth and was devouring it.

Akita, Akita

One bear sighted on the west side grounds of Meio High School. Body length 1.0 m. Departed into the southern thicket. Distance from school building: 30 m.

Akita, Akita

Spotted a bear (1 m) while walking. The bear then left toward the north into the brush. 30 m to the nearest house.

Akita, Akita

700 meters from a private residence

Nikaho Kisakatamachi-Hongo, Akita

Body length 1.2 m. Was in the field; later left the area.

Mitane Ukawa, Akita

[Report] One approximately 1-meter bear sighted. Direction of departure unknown.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kaminotegofuruno Fukadazawa, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Traveled from north to south through the T-shaped intersection at Otake Hall. Body length approximately 50 cm.

Nikaho Otake, Akita

A passerby sighted one bear, approximately 70 cm. It was 10 m from Nissan Motor Company. The bear departed toward the Terauchi direction.

Akita Yabase-Miwacho, Akita

(Posted) Appears to be a cub; ran off toward the New National Highway direction.

Akita Yabase-Shinkawamukai, Akita

Distance to houses: 50 m. Body length: 1 m. Fled westward.

Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita

While traveling from Toraike Katagami toward Prefectural Route Oga-Shōwa Iidagawa, one bear about 0.7 m in body length was observed. It moved in the direction of the western woodland.

Katagami Iitagawa-Shimoabukawa, Akita

Bear body length: 1.0 m. Distance to residences: 50 m. It walked away toward the mountain.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Likely passed by a house and headed toward the mountains.

Nikaho 鳥の海, Akita

One bear moved from in front of Shisumiike Hall toward the pond. Body length approximately 1 m.

Nikaho 鳥屋森, Akita

Bear body length: 0.8 m Distance to homes/buildings: 50 m

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Observed while driving. Spotted one bear approximately 50 cm in body length crossing a T-intersection from north to south. It left heading into the woods to the south. Nearest building: 300 meters away.

Akita, Akita

Report: Found an adult bear in the field. When I honked the horn it ran off toward the north.

Mitane Ukawa, Akita

While eating, believed to be a parent and child.

Akita, Akita

Around 4:00 PM on 2026-05-22, a bear was seen moving in Kisakata-machi Yotsumii, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture.

Nikaho 鳥屋森, Akita

Around 11:00 on May 22, a bear was sighted in Ukawa-Nakadate, Mitane Town, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.

Mitane Ukawa, Akita

A bear was sighted in Ishiwaki Yamanokami, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Around 8:00 PM on 2026-05-22, a man walking on the Akita Tenno Line (Shin-kokudo) in Yabase, Akita City, spotted a bear about 70 cm long. The bear went north.

Akita Yabase-Dojonumamachi, Akita

Around 18:40 on May 21, a woman in her 60s at home spotted a bear about 1 meter long in a field in Takasaki, Gojome-machi, Akita Prefecture (Takasaki aza Suzumedate Shimokawara). According to the Gojome police, the bear was about 10 meters from a nearby house, and the police have warned residents to be cautious.

Gojome 字上町, Akita

A bear was sighted in Takasaki Tanaka, Gojome Town.

Gojome 字上町, Akita

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Gojome 字上町, Akita

Distance to houses: 10 m; Body length: about 1 m

Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita

[Post] Running along the rice paddy ridge

Akita Yotsugoya-Koaji, Akita

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Akita, Akita

A cub went from my yard into the bushes to the east. Body length about 50 cm.

Nikaho 上狐森, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kogamori, Kisakata-machi, Nikaho City.

Nikaho 上狐森, Akita

A single bear cub was seen in the woods beside the road. Its body length was about 50 cm.

Nikaho 上狐森, Akita

Around 15:00 on May 21, 2026, a bear about 60 cm long was sighted in a rice field in Matsuba, Kisakatacho, Nikaho City by a woman in her 50s driving a car. According to the Yurihonjo Police, the site is about 140 meters from the nearest building, and other sightings have been reported nearby; the police are urging residents to be cautious.

Nikaho 上狐森, Akita

Observed a large bear in a field. One bear. Direction of departure unknown. Distance from building: 50 m.

Akita, Akita

A facility user sighted a bear on the perimeter road. Body length 60 cm. Appeared small. Left heading south. Distance from the building 50 m.

Akita, Akita

Officer on patrol sighted it. Body length about 1.0 m. One individual. Departed toward the northwest.

Akita, Akita

A police officer on patrol sighted a bear. Approximately 1.0 m in body length. One individual. It left heading west.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Ran along a path and entered a private home's yard.

Akita, Akita

Spotted a bear walking from my property to the neighboring lot. Body length 1.0 m. One bear. Moved east and left. Distance from the building: 5 m.

Akita, Akita

One bear sighted on the premises. Body length 1.0 m. Left heading east. Distance from buildings: 2 m.

Akita, Akita

While driving, I sighted one bear. Body length 1.0 m. It departed to the south. Distance from the building: 5 m.

Akita, Akita

Left south along the city road adjacent to Gosho-no Third District Park. Body length 1.0 m. One individual. Distance from the building: 10 m.

Akita, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.0 m Distance from houses: approximately 10 m Left heading toward Ishiwaki Ground

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Spotted a bear while driving. Body length 1.0 m. It departed to the west. 10 m from the building.

Akita, Akita

On 2026-05-21 around 10:55, a bear was seen moving in Ishiwaki Benkeigawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita

After running along the road, it went into the yard of a private residence.

Akita, Akita

Spotted a bear while driving. Body length 1.0 m. One bear. Moved away to the west. 10 m from the building.

Akita, Akita

While on duty, one bear was sighted on a municipal road. It was wandering around the area. Body length approximately 1.0 m. Direction in which it left unknown. Distance from buildings: 5 m.

Akita, Akita

At around 10:50 on the 21st, a man in his 50s working nearby spotted a single bear about 1 meter long in Goshono Jizoida 2-chome, Akita City. The Akita East Police warned residents and patrolled the area by patrol car, noting that a junior high school and high school are approximately 300 meters away.

Akita, Akita

At about 10:35 a.m. on May 21, a bear approximately 1.2 meters in length was sighted by a man in his 70s at a park in Nyudojima, Kisakata-cho, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture. According to the Yurihonjo police, the bear was about 10 meters from a nearby house, and the police have warned residents to be cautious.

Nikaho 象潟島, Akita

Witnessed one bear running inside Nyudojima Children's Park. Body length approximately 1 m.

Nikaho 象潟島, Akita

Distance to the nearest house: 10 m Body length: approximately 1 m After being sighted, fled toward the bamboo grove

Yurihonjō 巣組, Akita

It was crossing the road from under the elevated highway and eating grass in the woods.

Ikawa 坂本, Akita

Distance to houses: 10 m; Body length: approx. 1 m

Yurihonjō, Akita

Around 10:10 on 2026-05-21, a bear was seen moving in Ishiwaki Shimochoro-numa, Yurihonjo City, Akita.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.2 m Distance to houses: approximately 20 m Left from north to south

Yurihonjō 今野谷地, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.0 m. Distance to houses: approximately 15 m. Departed from the north side toward the south side.

Yurihonjō 今野谷地, Akita

A bear was sighted on a city road in Idojiri, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita

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Yurihonjō 観音町, Akita

A bear about 1 meter tall was walking on the road. Startled by a car, it ran off toward the railroad tracks.

Katagami Showa-Okubo, Akita

While driving, I saw a black individual trying to slip between houses. It was dark so I couldn’t see clearly, but it seemed larger than a black cat, with thicker legs and slightly longer fur.

Yurihonjō 片町, Akita

Distance to the house: 10 m; Body length: approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō, Akita

Distance to houses: 50 m; body length: approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

At around 18:25 on May 20, a bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the grounds of Honjo Kita Junior High School in Ishiwaki, Yurihonjo City. Additional sightings occurred across the city overnight into the morning of May 21; no injuries were reported and police have urged caution.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Around 14:57 on 2026-05-20, a bear was sighted in Goshono Jizoden 3-chome, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

About 1 meter. In the Refresh Garden parking lot.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Adult bear. Went in the direction of Hoshitsuji Shrine.

Akita Hodono-Torimachi, Akita

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Akita, Akita

[Post] Bear.

Akita, Akita

Sighted inside Akita Refresh Garden. Size approximately 1.0 m. The bear then moved east.

Akita, Akita

Around 14:00 on May 20, 2026, a man playing golf spotted a single bear about 1 meter long on the course of Akita Refresh Garden in Gosyono Jizoden 3-chome, Akita City. The area is a residential district with nearby junior high and high schools and a shopping mall; the police have contacted related agencies, are patrolling the site with patrol cars, and are warning residents to be cautious.

Akita, Akita

On 2026-05-20 afternoon, one bear was seen moving in Goshono Jizoden 4-chome, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Around 14:00 on the 20th, a man playing golf spotted a single bear about 1 meter long on the course of Akita City Refresh Garden in Goshono Jizohta 3-chome, Akita City. The Akita East Police Station said the nearest junior and senior high schools are about 200 m away and houses about 100 m, and patrol cars are broadcasting warnings to alert people.

Akita, Akita

Report: While I was walking, there was a bear about 140 cm tall in the forest underbrush.

Akita Senshu-meitokumachi, Akita

A bear was sighted in Yotsugoya Suetomatsumoto Sakanoue, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

[Report] While driving on the road, a bear about 1 meter long was walking in a rice field beside the road.

Akita, Akita

[Post] In the bushes beside the cafe

Akita Omachi, Akita

Moved through the back of the residential property toward Izu Shrine, then relocated to the forested hills to the north.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawakamiabukawa, Akita

Crossed the road and headed south.

Noshiro, Akita

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Akita Izumi, Akita

[Report] While commuting from the Sanno direction toward Akita Station, I saw a bear in a parking lot. It was a single cub, about 70 cm long.

Akita Omachi, Akita

Was trying to cross the road. When a car came, it went back into the bushes.

Akita, Akita

One bear was sighted on company premises. Body length: 1.0 m. It departed southward. Distance from the building: 10 m.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Oomachi 1-chome, Akita City.

Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita

Report: After getting off at Izumi-Sotokawashi Station and exiting toward the Sotokawashi side, there was a bear in the park on the left. Its eyes were shining in the dark. Body length unknown.

Akita, Akita

[Post] I was running along the riverbank.

Ikawa 葹田, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.0 m Distance to houses: approximately 20 m Sighted inside the park

Yurihonjō, Akita

Sighted on the premises from inside the residence. Walked off to the west. Body length about 1 m. Approximately 10 m from the building.

Akita, Akita

Condition: 1 m Distance from dwellings: 100 m

Yurihonjō Utetsu, Akita

Size: Adult

Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata

Witnessed while walking along the embankment on the Uchinokoshi side of Imogawa. Afterwards swam across Imogawa to the opposite side.

Yurihonjō Utetsu, Akita

Sighted near Mutsumi Landscaping and Civil Engineering

Katagami, Akita