
아시아흑곰
Ursus thibetanus japonicus
- 서식지
- 혼슈, 시코쿠
- 몸무게
- 80~120 kg
- 활동 시간
- 새벽・황혼
안전하게 공존하기
- ·걸으면서 소리를 낸다; 곰 격퇴 스프레이 휴대
- ·돌진 시 침착하게 버티며 스프레이 사용
- ·접촉 시 단호히 저항한다. 저항하면 물러난다
- ·나무에 오르지 않는다. 곰이 더 잘 오른다
새로운 여행 계획으로 저장됩니다. 원본 리포트는 그대로 유지됩니다.
Taihaku Ward, Sendai에서 Tendo까지, 미야기현, 이와테현, 아오모리현, 아키타현, 야마가타현을 지나는 총 1059 km 경로입니다. 지난 30일 동안 경로 5km 이내에서 곰 출몰이 831건 보고되었습니다. 이 중 최근 7일 동안의 보고는 116건입니다. 가장 최근 출몰은 1일 전 Odate Mochita, Akita 부근에서 보고되었습니다.
현재 곰 활동이 활발한 회랑입니다. 부득이 통과해야 한다면 최대한 주의하되, 우회가 더 안전합니다.

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted along the Umeda River in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi

A woman passing by sighted one bear about 1 meter long walking on the road in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
Around noon on July 7, a bear was sighted in Akanumakoshido, Rifu Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi

July 7
Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi

July 5
Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi

July 5
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

July 5
Sendai Minaminometate, Miyagi

Around 17:00 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Heisei 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A bear about 1.3 meters long was sighted in a residential area of Haramachi 6-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and it passed through a house yard and headed north.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 4
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 3
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi

July 3
Ishinomaki 小船越, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in the premises of a private house in Komonakoshi Sawadayama, Ishinomaki City, as a resident was entering the house.
Ishinomaki 小船越, Miyagi

July 2
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

July 2
Sendai Akiumachi-Yumoto, Miyagi

July 2
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

July 2
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Takadate Yoshida Kanjinohigashi, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 2
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Two bears, described as a parent and cub-like pair, were sighted on a road in Heisei 1-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 1
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 1
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

One bear was seen crossing National Route 45 in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi

July 1
Sendai Fukuzumimachi, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi

A person driving by spotted one bear about 80 cm long in a residential area in Nati-gaoka 1-chome, Natori City, Miyagi. The bear fled into the woods.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

June 30
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Oritate 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

June 30
Sendai Akiumachi-Yumukai, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Sendai Tsubonuma, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Tsubonuma Akaishiyama, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi, around 06:40 on June 29.
Sendai, Miyagi

June 28, 2026
Sendai Akiumachi-Yumukai, Miyagi
On the night of 2026-06-28, one bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Kamino Kitanashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and left toward the south in the direction of the Nanakita River.
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
June 27
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi

June 25
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 25, 2026
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 24
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

June 24
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 22
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in an empty lot in Nishikigaoka 9-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
Around 6:20 PM on June 22, a bear was sighted in Kamiyasawa-Kannosawa, Rifu Town.
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 21
Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi

June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

A man traveling west on Route 45 sighted one bear in a rice paddy to the south in Kawashita, Higashimatsushima.
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi
June 19
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19, 2026
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 18
Natori Tekurada, Miyagi

A single cub, about 50 cm long, was sighted on a road in Fukuroku 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Fukumuro, Miyagi
A sighting of one bear crossing a prefectural road and leaving in Sakurawatobe Koshimizu, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi

June 16
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi

June 16
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 16
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 16
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

June 16
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Hatsuhara-Kurogasawa, Matsushima Town, around 13:30 on June 16.
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 15
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi

June 15
Kawasaki, Miyagi

June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
June 14
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi

June 14
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi

A woman walking her dog spotted one bear about 1 meter long at Shiroishi River Kiridoshi Park in Fukukakuramoto Iwanoue, Shiroishi City.
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted along the Umeda River in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
Around 16:20 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Fukurokumoto Yokomukai, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

A woman passing by sighted one bear about 1 meter long walking on the road in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
Around noon on July 7, a bear was sighted in Akanumakoshido, Rifu Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi

July 7
Rifu Akanuma, Miyagi
July 6
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

July 5
Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi

July 5
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

July 5
Sendai Minaminometate, Miyagi

Around 17:00 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Heisei 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A bear about 1.3 meters long was sighted in a residential area of Haramachi 6-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and it passed through a house yard and headed north.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 4
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 3
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi

July 3
Ishinomaki 小船越, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in the premises of a private house in Komonakoshi Sawadayama, Ishinomaki City, as a resident was entering the house.
Ishinomaki 小船越, Miyagi

July 2
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi

July 2
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Takadate Yoshida Kanjinohigashi, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 2
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Two bears, described as a parent and cub-like pair, were sighted on a road in Heisei 1-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 1
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

One bear was seen crossing National Route 45 in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi

July 1
Sendai Fukuzumimachi, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Ogimachi 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Sengoku, Miyagi

A person driving by spotted one bear about 80 cm long in a residential area in Nati-gaoka 1-chome, Natori City, Miyagi. The bear fled into the woods.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Sendai Tsubonuma, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Tsubonuma Akaishiyama, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi, around 06:40 on June 29.
Sendai, Miyagi
On the night of 2026-06-28, one bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Kamino Kitanashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and left toward the south in the direction of the Nanakita River.
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
June 27
Sendai Gamo, Miyagi
6/27/2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi

June 25
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi

June 24
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

June 24
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 24
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi

June 24, 2026
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi

June 24, 2026
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 22
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
Around 6:20 PM on June 22, a bear was sighted in Kamiyasawa-Kannosawa, Rifu Town.
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi

June 21
Higashimatsushima Jogetsutsumi, Miyagi

June 21
Zao, Miyagi

June 21
Murata 大字薄木, Miyagi

June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20
Murata 大字村田, Miyagi

A man traveling west on Route 45 sighted one bear in a rice paddy to the south in Kawashita, Higashimatsushima.
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi
June 19
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi

June 19
Zao 大字円田, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19, 2026
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 18
Natori Tekurada, Miyagi

June 17
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

A single cub, about 50 cm long, was sighted on a road in Fukuroku 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Fukumuro, Miyagi
A sighting of one bear crossing a prefectural road and leaving in Sakurawatobe Koshimizu, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi

June 16
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi

June 16
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

6/16/2026
Shichikashuku 字長老, Miyagi

June 16
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 16
Shichikashuku 字長老, Miyagi

June 16
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi

June 16
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Hatsuhara-Kurogasawa, Matsushima Town, around 13:30 on June 16.
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi

June 16, 2026
Shichikashuku 字長老, Miyagi

June 15
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 15
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi

June 15
Kawasaki, Miyagi

June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
June 14
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi

June 14
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi

June 14
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Yazutsu, Zao Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 8:30 PM on June 14.
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

A woman walking her dog spotted one bear about 1 meter long at Shiroishi River Kiridoshi Park in Fukukakuramoto Iwanoue, Shiroishi City.
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted along the Umeda River in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
Around 16:20 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Fukurokumoto Yokomukai, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi

Two bears were sighted in Futabagaoka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi

A woman passing by sighted one bear about 1 meter long walking on the road in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Motohasekura, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 7:30 PM on July 8.
Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi
July 6
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi

July 5
Sendai Minaminometate, Miyagi

Around 17:00 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Heisei 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A bear about 1.3 meters long was sighted in a residential area of Haramachi 6-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and it passed through a house yard and headed north.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 4
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 3
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi

A person reported seeing one bear enter a company premises in Saiwaicho 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; police patrolled the area but could not confirm it.
Sendai Ninomori, Miyagi

July 3
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

July 2
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

July 2
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in Takadate Yoshida Kanjinohigashi, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 2
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

Two bears, described as a parent and cub-like pair, were sighted on a road in Heisei 1-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 1
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

July 1
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

A person driving by spotted one bear about 80 cm long in a residential area in Nati-gaoka 1-chome, Natori City, Miyagi. The bear fled into the woods.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi

June 30
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Oritate 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Moniwa, Miyagi

June 30
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 29, 2026
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
June 29, 2026
Sendai Tsubonuma, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Tsubonuma Akaishiyama, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi, around 06:40 on June 29.
Sendai, Miyagi
6/27/2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi

June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 25, 2026
Shiroishi, Miyagi

June 24
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 24, 2026
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

A middle school student saw a bear in bushes in Yoshinari 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

June 23
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

June 23, 2026
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22
Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in an empty lot in Nishikigaoka 9-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 21
Zao, Miyagi

June 21
Murata 大字薄木, Miyagi

June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20
Sendai Sahoyama, Miyagi

June 20
Murata 大字村田, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

June 19
Zao 大字円田, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Midoridai 2-chome, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

One bear was sighted around 04:10 in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

One bear was sighted at a house in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

June 19, 2026
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi

June 18
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi

June 18
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Taihira 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi

In the early hours of the 18th, an animal resembling a bear was spotted in a residential area of Dainohara, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi

June 17
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

6/16/2026
Shichikashuku 字長老, Miyagi

June 16
Shichikashuku 字長老, Miyagi

June 16
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

June 16, 2026
Shichikashuku 字長老, Miyagi

June 15
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi

June 15
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15
Sendai Kami-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 15
Kawasaki, Miyagi

June 15
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi

June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi

June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

June 14
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Yazutsu, Zao Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 8:30 PM on June 14.
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted along the Umeda River in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Yamazukazawa, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi

Two bears were sighted in Futabagaoka 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Fujimatsu, Miyagi

A woman passing by sighted one bear about 1 meter long walking on the road in Haramachi 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ichomachi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Motohasekura, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, around 7:30 PM on July 8.
Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Gakuen, Taiwa Town, around 2:25 PM on July 8.
Taiwa Gakuen, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kogota Senoki, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi

Saw a bear emerge from the undergrowth, climb onto the road, and run off.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
At around 05:15 on 2026-07-06, a bear was sighted in Ohi Village, Ōguri Shimo-Nishizawa.
Ohira 大衡, Miyagi

July 5
Sendai Minaminometate, Miyagi

July 5
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

Around 17:00 on 2026-07-05, a bear was sighted in Heisei 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A bear about 1.3 meters long was sighted in a residential area of Haramachi 6-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City, and it passed through a house yard and headed north.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

July 4
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A person reported seeing one bear enter a company premises in Saiwaicho 2-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; police patrolled the area but could not confirm it.
Sendai Ninomori, Miyagi

July 2
Taiwa, Miyagi
July 2
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

July 2
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

Two bears, described as a parent and cub-like pair, were sighted on a road in Heisei 1-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsuokacho, Miyagi

A bear about 1 m long crossed the road on a road in Shizuyama 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai 紫山, Miyagi

June 30
Sendai 寺岡, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Miyako, Taiwa Town, Miyagi on June 30 around 18:30.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
June 30
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

June 30
Taiwa Ochiai-Aikawa, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted on a road in Ochiai-Aikawa, Yamato Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Aikawa, Miyagi
Near the Shin-Egai River An acquaintance reportedly saw something like a black animal on their way home. It might be a bear. There is a school nearby, so it is dangerous.
Osaki 古川楡木, Miyagi

June 29
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi

Around 19:20 on 2026-06-29, a bear was sighted in Kinugawa-Nagano, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū 衣川長嚢, Iwate

June 29
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi

June 29
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi

June 29, 2026
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Esashi Yoka-machi, Oshu City.
Ōshū 江刺愛宕, Iwate
June 29, 2026
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Shinminamioki, Ichinoseki, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Kurihara City's Kurikomawatari Nishihara around 8:30 AM on June 29.
Kurihara 栗駒嶺崎, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ishizumimatsugai, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 28, 2026
Taiwa, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

June 26, 2026
Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

June 26
Ohira 中央平, Miyagi

One bear was sighted in Tomiya, Tomiya City, Miyagi, and ran toward the forest.
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi

June 26, 2026
Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
June 26, 2026
Tomiya 一ノ関, Miyagi

June 25, 2026
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
June 25
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

A bear was sighted in Maesawa Komizu, Oshu City.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
June 25, 2026
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi
June 24
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
June 24
Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi
June 24
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi

June 24
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi

June 24, 2026
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
June 24, 2026
Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi

June 23
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted crossing Route 264 in Onoshindo, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki 古川雨生沢, Miyagi

A middle school student saw a bear in bushes in Yoshinari 2-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

June 23
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

June 23
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
June 23
Taiwa Tsurusu-Kitameosaki, Miyagi

June 23
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki, Miyagi
Around 7:30 AM on 2026-06-23, a bear was sighted in Iwadeyama Kamiyamazawa, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki, Miyagi
June 23
Osaki 古川雨生沢, Miyagi

June 23, 2026
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi

June 23, 2026
Sendai 吉成, Miyagi

June 23, 2026
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
June 23, 2026
Taiwa Tsurusu-Kitameosaki, Miyagi

June 23, 2026
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 22
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
A man driving a car spotted one bear, about 1.5 meters long, crossing the road and going into the mountains at Omoriwakiguri in Ōhira Village.
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi

June 20
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi

June 20, 2026
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in a wooded area in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai 国見, Miyagi

One bear, believed to be a cub, was sighted on the road in front of Shiroito Machinami Exchange Hall in Nishineurakoji, Kanegasaki Town, Iwate, and crossed Route Esashi-Kanegasaki from north to south.
Kanegasaki, Iwate
One bear crossed the road on the west side of Costco Wholesale Tohoku Warehouse Store in Takayashiki, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

June 19
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi

June 19
Kurihara 築館字蟹沢, Miyagi

June 19
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Yagiyamahigashi 1-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

One bear was sighted around 04:10 in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai Wakabamachi, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

One bear was sighted at a house in Dainohara 3-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi

June 19
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi

June 19
Ohira 駒場, Miyagi

June 19, 2026
Ohira 駒場, Miyagi

June 18
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kunimi 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 国見, Miyagi

June 18
Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi

One bear was sighted walking on a road in Taihira 6-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi

In the early hours of the 18th, an animal resembling a bear was spotted in a residential area of Dainohara, Aoba Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Umedamachi, Miyagi

June 17
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi

June 17
Taiwa Yoshioka-Tennojihigashi, Miyagi

June 17
Osaki 三本木蟻ケ袋, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sanbongi Otonashi Amida, Osaki City, around 19:00 on June 17.
Osaki 三本木音無, Miyagi

June 16
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi

A bear about 1.5 meters long was spotted on the road in Higashi-Yokodai 1-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
Around 10:15 PM on June 16, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nishinoiri, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 15
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi

Around 9:30 on June 15, a bear was sighted in Tsurusu Kitemi Osaki Shinnyama-shita, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi

June 15
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi
June 15
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
June 15
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
Observed one adult bear entering northwest into the woods from the area near Kinugawa Junior High School.
Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi

June 14
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yumoto 1-chome, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Dai, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Nanatsumori, Shizukuishi Town.
Shizukuishi 七ツ森, Iwate
One bear was sighted in Esashi Tamari Gozawa, Oshu City.
Ōshū 江刺玉里, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Okamakamori, Takizawa City.
Takizawa 大釜高森, Iwate

Around 07:50 on 2026-07-10, a bear was sighted in Towa-cho Kitanarushima 5-ku, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
Hanamaki Towacho-Kitanarushima, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Tsunagayamane, Morioka City.
Morioka, Iwate

One bear was sighted in bushes within Takada 12th district, Yahaba Town, Iwate.
Yahaba 大字高田, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Inosari Tamenogi, Morioka City.
Morioka 猪去田面野木, Iwate
Around 1:30 PM on 2026-07-09, a bear was sighted in Tsunagi Yamanene, Morioka City.
Morioka, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Takamatsu 11-chome, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Takamatsu, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Towa-cho Higashiharayama 5-ku, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Towacho-Higashiharuyama, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Higashiharayama 10-ku, Towacho, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Towacho-Otomo, Iwate

Around 5:30 PM on June 30, a bear was sighted in Kita-terabayashi 2-chome, Ishidoriya-cho, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Daikoji, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Nanatsumori, Shizukuishi Town.
Shizukuishi 七ツ森, Iwate

A large tree was knocked down. I think it was a bear.
Morioka, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Towa-cho Tase 14-ku, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Takamatsu 5-chome district, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Takaki, Iwate
I saw a young bear near a roadside station under construction, not far from Shibutami Nursery School.
Morioka, Iwate

A bear about 60 cm was sighted near Jokoji Temple. It ran off into the mountains.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Higashi-Anba 3-chome, Morioka City, around 09:05 on June 28.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate
While residents were out for a walk, a bear was sighted on a mountain road. It immediately fled into the mountains.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

Around 12:09 on 2026-06-27, one adult bear was seen by a passerby in a residential area of Ueda, Morioka City, Iwate. The bear left to the east, and no damage to people or property was confirmed.
Morioka, Iwate

There was what appeared to be bear droppings on the premises.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Tsunagi, Morioka City.
Morioka, Iwate

Three bears (one adult, two cubs) observed
Morioka, Iwate

There were bear tracks in the field.
Morioka, Iwate

Spotted one young bear near a house.
Morioka, Iwate

One juvenile bear was sighted near a private residence.
Morioka, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Towa-cho Tsuchizawa 11-ku, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Towacho-Tsuchizawa, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Yumoto 12-chome, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Yumoto, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kutsukawa 1-chome, Morioka City.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

Around 10:40 on June 21, a bear was sighted in Yumoto 7-chiwari, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ohata, Iwate

There were what appeared to be droppings of a young bear on the road.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

One bear was sighted in Higashi-Senboku 2-chome, Morioka City.
Morioka Higashianiwa, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Towacho Atagari 4-ku, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Towacho-Ahyo, Iwate

Around 5:10 PM on 2026-06-17, a bear was sighted in Takagi 20-chiwari, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
Hanamaki Takaki, Iwate

One bear was sighted on the opposite side across the Neda Shigekawa (Nedashigekawa) River.
Morioka, Iwate

Observed one bear crossing the road.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

An adult bear was sighted in the woods across from the house. It ran off toward the mountain.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Yazawa 9-chome, Hanamaki City, around 6:05 AM on June 14.
Hanamaki Yasawa, Iwate
The beehive box at the apiary beside the house was knocked over, and one hive frame was damaged.
Morioka Haba, Iwate

While working in an apple pre-cooling storage shed in an apple orchard, a bear was sighted. Apple crates outside the shed and the drain pipe of the refrigerator were damaged.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Nanatsumori, Shizukuishi Town.
Shizukuishi 七ツ森, Iwate

It was crossing the prefectural road from west to east.
Kosaka, Akita
Calm bear sitting next to the road, vanished into the bushes after a few seconds.
Kazuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Okamakamori, Takizawa City.
Takizawa 大釜高森, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Tsunagayamane, Morioka City.
Morioka, Iwate

City road / body length 80 cm / 30 m from residences / 50 m distance from witness. From inside a building, the witness saw a small bear poke its head out of shrubs on the north side of the city road, then return back into the north side.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Inosari Tamenogi, Morioka City.
Morioka 猪去田面野木, Iwate
Around 1:30 PM on 2026-07-09, a bear was sighted in Tsunagi Yamanene, Morioka City.
Morioka, Iwate

Observed a mother bear and cub walking south along the north–south road between Santa Reservoir and Yoshinoda New Reservoir. The mother and cub entered a field and were not seen afterward.
Aomori, Aomori

A bear was sighted crossing a road in Shinjo Hiraoka, Aomori City.
Aomori Tokado, Aomori

A bear entered the Morioka City School Lunch Center in Nakanokita, Morioka, through the front gate and moved around the premises.
Morioka Kawasaki, Iwate

A mother bear with two cubs ran from the road toward the mountain path/area leading to the waterfall. Nearby there was a dropping that looked like it belonged to a bear.
Kosaka, Akita
Two young bears about 70 centimeters long were in a cleared lot beside a rice field. They were wandering around a cleared area adjacent to a crushed-stone storage site, then went into the woodland to the east. The mother bear was not seen. There are mulberry trees along the mountainside near here, and bears are sighted almost every year.
Kosaka, Akita
(The bear) fled from Mitsumeno Ukawa toward the mountain on the side of the former Daini Elementary School.
Owani Mitsumenai, Aomori

One bear crossed the road and went west.
Aomori Shinjo, Aomori

Municipal road / body length 1 m / 20 m from a private house / approximately 20 m from the witness. Saw a bear crossing the municipal road and moving north.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

On private residential property / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness. A bear was in the garden on the property. The bear wandered around while moving from west to east, then headed south.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

While driving on the northbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway, a witness saw a single bear about 50 centimeters long cross the expressway from east to west and then move into the brush on the west side.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

While driving on the northbound lanes of the Tohoku Expressway near Hanawa Service Area, a vehicle occupant witnessed a bear about 50 centimeters in body length crossing from the northbound side over the center divider into the southbound lanes.
Kazuno, Akita

Municipal road / body length 70 cm / 5 m from a house / 10 m from the observer While driving on a municipal road, a bear emerged from the west side of the road. When the vehicle stopped and the observer watched, the bear returned to the west side.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
One bear is captured on a surveillance camera. [From Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa, Aomori

One bear was sighted in Nagabashiri-jinba, Odate City.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A nearby resident spotted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / heading north / approximately 20 m from the nearest house
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

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Kosaka, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kosaka-zawa, Kosaka Town.
Kosaka, Akita

Walking through the field
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
A bear cub crossed the road.
Aomori Iwatari, Aomori

[Aomori City submission] Droppings believed to be from a bear
Aomori Yadamae, Aomori
A bear was seen moving in Iwatari, Aomori City.
Aomori Iwatari, Aomori
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-07-05, a bear was seen on camera in Ikarigaseki, Hirakawa City, Aomori Prefecture.
Hirakawa Ikarigaseki, Aomori

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Kosaka Daichi, Akita

Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 600 m to nearest facility
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A driver witnessed a single bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) crossing National Route 7 from the parking lot on the premises of Odate Yatate Heights and disappearing into the mountains. Direction of travel: south. Distance from the above facility: about 60 m.
Odate, Akita
Observed one bear about 1 m in body length running across the road from south to north.
Aomori, Aomori
Yoneshiro River riverbed / body length 1 m / 150 m from a residence / 50 m distance from witness While driving on a municipal road, the witness spotted a bear on the far bank of the river. The bear entered the brush.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

On highway premises / body length 50 cm / 50 m from houses, 30 m from witness. While walking through the highway management property, the witness discovered a bear on the premises. The bear entered the brush from the property.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

Prefectural road / body length 50 cm / 140 m from houses / 20 m from witness While driving on a prefectural road, I noticed a small bear walking along the edge of a field. The bear crossed the prefectural road from west to east and entered the brush on the east side.
Kazuno, Akita
Sighted near a field. One cub. It was sitting on the road but, upon noticing the observer, fled westward.
Hirosaki, Aomori

A cub was sighted walking on the edge of the Tohoku Shinkansen viaduct in Kutsukawa 4-chome, Morioka City.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

Municipal road / body length 70 cm / 5 m from a residence / 15 m distance from the observer While driving a vehicle on a municipal road within the settlement, the observer sighted a bear running west.
Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita

City road / body length 1 m / 5 m from a house / 5 m from the witness. While driving on a city road, the driver saw a bear running west across the road.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

Observed a medium-sized bear crossing from inside a vehicle.
Aomori, Aomori

Around 10:10 on 2026-07-02, one bear was sighted in Sugo, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture.
Takizawa 巣子, Iwate

Prefectural road / Body length 70 cm / 5 m from a private house / 5 m distance from the witness While driving a vehicle on the prefectural road, a bear ran out in front of the car. When the horn was sounded, the bear went into the brush to the east.
Kazuno, Akita

Field / Body length 70 cm / Distance from witness 30 m / 50 m from residences. While driving on a municipal road, the driver spotted a bear in the field.
Kazuno, Akita

Rice field / body length 1 m / 100 m from residence / 50 m from witness. While driving on the prefectural road in a vehicle, I spotted a bear in a rice field. The bear moved toward the river, so I chased it by vehicle while calling to fishermen to take refuge. After wandering along the river, the bear entered the forested hills to the west. I pursued it up to the edge of the forest.
Kazuno Towada-Kemanai, Akita

Report: On the town road west of the rice field at Kosaka 38, Kosaka-machi, a female/male adult bear about 1.2 meters long and one cub about 70 centimeters long were sighted. After that, the adult and cub entered the forested mountain area west of the town road. They are believed to have come up from the field road near Kosaka 38, climbed the roadside embankment below the town road, and emerged onto the town road. Sightings of bears are reported in this area, which is just south of the village cemetery, every year; this is the second sighting already this year. It is thought to be one of the travel routes used when moving between the forest on the east side of the Sunagosawa River and the forest on the west side.
Kosaka, Akita

A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length unknown) / moving east / approximately 10 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kosaka Nigawa, Kosaka Town, Akita, around 11:15 on July 1.
Kosaka, Akita

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Kosaka, Akita
A bear about 1 m tall was sighted on the road. It then ran off toward the mountains. [Reported by Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Ikadekankusuyoshi, Hirakawa City.
Hirakawa, Aomori

(Reference information) On private residential property / body length 80 cm / distance from witness 30 m / 10 m from house and other buildings. Reported to the city by e-mail. Situation unknown.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
A single bear (about 1 m in body length) was seen crossing National Route 7 and running off to the south.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Nanatsumori, Shizukuishi Town.
Shizukuishi 七ツ森, Iwate

One bear fled from the crematorium toward the mountain side near the Shukugawara tunnel in Owani, Owani Town.
Owani, Aomori
It ran away from the crematorium toward the area near the Yudagawa Tunnel (mountain side).
Owani, Aomori
[Report] A single bear about 1 meter long was on the ridge of a rice paddy at 39, Kakege, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It ran toward the Suna kosawa River on the east side and went into the vegetation on the levee. It likely crossed the town road from the western forest, passed through the brush into the paddy, ran along the ridge, entered the brush on the right-bank levee of the Suna kosawa River, crossed the river, and moved from the eastern rice paddies back into the forest. The area around the sighting is one where bears and wild boars are seen crossing the stream every year, and it is also near the site of an encounter with a bear in May of this year that nearly resulted in personal injury.
Kosaka, Akita

While working in the apple orchard, a fairly large cub crossed the field from south to north.
Aomori, Aomori

Around 6:00 on 2026-06-30, one relatively large cub was seen crossing an apple orchard from south to north in Yoshinoda, Namioka, Aomori City.
Aomori, Aomori

A large tree was knocked down. I think it was a bear.
Morioka, Iwate

A single bear about 50 centimeters long was observed on the highway embankment from a car traveling on the Tōhoku Expressway. The bear’s subsequent direction of movement is unknown.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hanawa Shimota Nyuuu, Kazuno City.
Kazuno, Akita

Bear tracks confirmed in the fields around the house
Morioka, Iwate

One bear was sighted in Kuroishino 3-chome, Morioka City.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

Prefectural road / body length 1 m / 300 m from a private house / approximately 50 m from the observer When driving on the prefectural road, saw a bear sitting on the road
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
I saw a young bear near a roadside station under construction, not far from Shibutami Nursery School.
Morioka, Iwate
A resident working nearby spotted one bear about 50 cm in body length on the farm road. When loud noises were made, the bear was seen leaving toward the forested area to the east.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita

Observed from the roadside while driving from Yatate Pass toward Ōdate. It was heading into the mountains.
Odate, Akita
While residents were out for a walk, a bear was sighted on a mountain road. It immediately fled into the mountains.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

Around 12:09 on 2026-06-27, one adult bear was seen by a passerby in a residential area of Ueda, Morioka City, Iwate. The bear left to the east, and no damage to people or property was confirmed.
Morioka, Iwate

There was what appeared to be bear droppings on the premises.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate

[Post] Crossing a national highway
Kazuno, Akita
Around 4:50 PM on June 26, one bear was seen moving in Hachimantai-Akabuchi, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture.
Kazuno, Akita
An 80-centimeter-long bear was seen leaving from a small hill and heading southwest into nearby woods.
Kazuno, Akita

On the premises of a highway toll booth / body length about 50 cm / distance from witness 50 m / 50 m from the building. A bear about 50 cm long was seen from inside a building crossing the toll booth area from south to north and entering the brush on the north side.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

Thicket / body length 80 cm / distance to witness 30 m / 10 m from a residence While walking on my property, I spotted a bear poking its head out of a thicket across the road. The bear returned into the thicket.
Kazuno, Akita

It ran off eastward from the roadside. It looked like a cub less than one meter long.
Kosaka, Akita
It was on the sidewalk and appeared startled by the headlights of passing cars.
Aomori, Aomori

A neighborhood resident sighted one bear (body length unknown) / Direction of travel: south / Approximately 15 m from the nearest house
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Around 5:30 PM on 2026-06-25, a bear was sighted in Nagahashiri Jinba, Odate City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Driver sighted one bear (body length 1 m) in the forested area west of the national highway / direction of travel: west / 100 m from the nearest settlement
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 50 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita

One bear was sighted in Ikari-gaseki Kyuukichi Ninotou, Hirakawa City.
Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori
Observed on National Route 7 but departed westward
Hirakawa, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Tsunagi, Morioka City.
Morioka, Iwate

Prefectural road / Body length 0.8 m / About 70 m from a private house While driving on the prefectural road, one bear crossing from the south to the north was observed. The bear then entered the woods on the north side. Distance to the observer: approximately 10 m.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

Three bears (one adult, two cubs) observed
Morioka, Iwate

There were bear tracks in the field.
Morioka, Iwate
[Posted in Hirosaki City] Sighted one cub crossing the road on the east side of Daibutsu Park and moving east (toward the riverbed).
Hirosaki, Aomori

Around 07:25 on 2026-06-24, one adult bear was seen at the entrance of a private home in Ōsōrishō 25-chōme area, Hachimantai City, Iwate. No human or property damage was confirmed.
Hachimantai, Iwate

Spotted one young bear near a house.
Morioka, Iwate

One juvenile bear was sighted near a private residence.
Morioka, Iwate
[Aomori City report] Tracks believed to be from a bear were found in an apple orchard. No damage reported.
Aomori Takada, Aomori
Climbed a tree. [Issued by Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa, Aomori

Around 08:15 on 2026-06-23, one bear was sighted in Sugo, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture.
Takizawa 巣子, Iwate
When I shone the car's headlights from higher up the slope, I saw the large four-legged shadow run off toward the Akasaka sheet metal area.
Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

I can’t say for certain, but when I shone the car’s headlights from the top of the hill I briefly saw a large four-legged shadow running toward the direction of Kuroishi city. Since it was only a silhouette I can’t be sure, but I believe it was at least a large animal.
Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

It was on the roadway, and even after seeing my car it showed no signs of fear; it slowly entered the brush at the side of the road.
Kosaka, Akita
At around 9:00 PM on June 22, one bear was sighted in Akasaka, Kuroishi City.
Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

Around 9:00 PM on June 22, one bear was seen moving in Akasaka-Nozaki, Kuroishi City.
Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

One bear was sighted running away toward Lake Gosho near the Sakura Garden area of Goshoko Regional Park.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Shimonokawara Shijūda, Morioka City.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

An adult bear was sighted near the Tsunagi multipurpose sports ground. It moved toward the Goshoko (Gosho Lake) area.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kutsukawa 1-chome, Morioka City.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

An adult bear was sighted on National Route 4 in Kuchikawa, Morioka City. After the horn was sounded, the bear moved west.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

One young bear was sighted near the road by the parking area of Oirino Wetland Botanical Garden in Gosho Lake Regional Park.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

There were what appeared to be droppings of a young bear on the road.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
[Post] Appeared startled by the car and went up the slope.
Kazuno, Akita
(From a post) Appeared startled by the car and climbed up the slope.
Kazuno, Akita

While working in the fields, I saw a small-sized bear. It noticed me and seemed to run off toward the mountains.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

One bear (size unknown) was observed moving into the northern woodland.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
While doing farm work, I spotted an Asiatic black bear (tsukinowaguma) climbing up along the roadside from the south side of the apple orchard.
Kuroishi, Aomori

Construction site / body length 1 m / 30 m from houses, etc. / approximately 30 m from the witness While walking near a construction site along the national highway, the witness saw a bear cross the railroad tracks from south to north and enter the brush.
Kazuno, Akita
Around 5:50 on June 19, a bear was sighted moving in Hachimantai Azusawaikari, Kazuno City, Akita.
Kazuno, Akita
Around 11:00 on 2026-06-19, one bear was seen moving at Takadate Ko Kogen in Kuroishi City, Aomori Prefecture.
Kuroishi, Aomori
On private residential property / body length 1 m / 1 m from the house / approximately 3 m from the witness. The witness observed a bear moving through the grassy area from east to west from inside the house.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita
Saw one bear cub on the road. Body length about 80 cm. Walked off toward the mountains to the west.
Hirakawa, Aomori
On private residential property / body length 1 m / 2 m from the house / 3 m distance to the witness: A bear was spotted outside the window. The bear slowly moved east. Fearing the window might be broken, the witness quietly moved away from the window and evacuated without provoking the bear, so its subsequent behavior is unknown.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

[Aomori City report] Discovered footprints in a field believed to be those of a bear.
Aomori Toyama, Aomori

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Kosaka, Akita
While driving, a bear about 1 m in body length was sighted in the roadside brush beside the municipal road from inside the vehicle. The subsequent direction of the bear's movement is unknown.
Kazuno Towada-Kusagi, Akita
Around 15:40 on 2026-06-17, a bear was seen moving in Kosakadaisaku, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
[Report] On the road from Sunagosawa Water Purification Plant heading into the mountains, one bear about 1 meter was sighted. It ran off into the mountains.
Kosaka, Akita
Report: Spotted one bear about 1 meter in size on the road from Sunagosawa Water Purification Plant toward the mountain. It ran off into the mountain.
Kosaka, Akita

One bear was sighted on the opposite side across the Neda Shigekawa (Nedashigekawa) River.
Morioka, Iwate

One Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma) crossed the road and ran west.
Odate, Akita

City road / body length 1 m / 100 m from a private house / 100 m distance to the witness. The bear was seen walking on the city road toward the mountain.
Kazuno Osarizawa, Akita

Report from a citizen. [Sent from Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Niidate, Aomori

One adult bear and two cubs were crossing the Nishiyama agricultural access road.
Kazuno, Akita

Municipal road / body length 1 m / 20 m from a residence / 50 m distance to witness. A bear was observed roaming near the trash collection area from inside the house.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

While heading from Goshogawara toward Daishaka, I saw one bear crossing the road just before the Daishaka snow shelter. It was a short distance away but appeared over 1 meter in size.
Goshogawara 大字前田野目, Aomori
On June 15 around 18:08, one bear was seen moving in Maeda Nomenumata, Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture.
Goshogawara 大字前田野目, Aomori
[Report] Spotted one bear (size unknown) in a field near a house. When we rang a bell, it noticed us and returned to the mountain.
Kosaka Araya, Akita

Field / body length 1 m / 50 m from a residence / 50 m from the witness. From inside the house, the witness observed a bear roaming the field.
Kazuno Towada-Suehiro, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Towada-Suehiro Fudodaira, Kazuno City, around 7:00 on June 15.
Kazuno Towada-Suehiro, Akita
Around 10:50 on June 15, a bear was seen moving in Arayategamizawa, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka Araya, Akita

Observed one bear crossing the road.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

At around 1:05 PM on June 14, a bear was sighted at Kosaka Mining Museum Furutate in Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

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Kosaka, Akita

An adult bear was sighted in the woods across from the house. It ran off toward the mountain.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
One bear was sighted in Kuradate Kawayada, Owani Town.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
Around 11:00 on June 14, a bear was sighted in Kosakaichinoto, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita

While working in an apple pre-cooling storage shed in an apple orchard, a bear was sighted. Apple crates outside the shed and the drain pipe of the refrigerator were damaged.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate

A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length about 1.0 m). Direction of travel unknown. Approximately 10 m from the nearest house.
Odate Mochita, Akita
Around 8:20 on 2026-07-12, a bear was sighted in Mochida 2-chome, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate Mochita, Akita

[Report] A one-meter-tall bear was in the backyard behind a house. It ran off into the woods.
Odate, Akita

A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length approx. 1.0 m) / direction of travel: east / about 10 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita
Observed one bear next to the shed. It fled into the woods to the north.
Noshiro Tsurugata, Akita

[Post] While driving to school, (a bear) was leaning out of the bushes with its upper body exposed.
Odate, Akita

[Post] Size resembling a bear cub
Odate, Akita

Driver observed one bear (body length 0.5 m) in the brush southwest of the road / heading southwest / 80 m south of the former Hanaoka Middle School
Odate, Akita

Observed a mother bear and cub walking south along the north–south road between Santa Reservoir and Yoshinoda New Reservoir. The mother and cub entered a field and were not seen afterward.
Aomori, Aomori
Around 1:00 PM on 2026-07-09, a bear was sighted in Toriuchishita, Hanaokamachi, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate, Akita

A bear was sighted crossing a road in Shinjo Hiraoka, Aomori City.
Aomori Tokado, Aomori
Two young bears about 70 centimeters long were in a cleared lot beside a rice field. They were wandering around a cleared area adjacent to a crushed-stone storage site, then went into the woodland to the east. The mother bear was not seen. There are mulberry trees along the mountainside near here, and bears are sighted almost every year.
Kosaka, Akita
(The bear) fled from Mitsumeno Ukawa toward the mountain on the side of the former Daini Elementary School.
Owani Mitsumenai, Aomori

One bear crossed the road and went west.
Aomori Shinjo, Aomori

Bear tracks found in the field. 150 m from the nearest building.
Oga Matsukisawa, Akita

Crossing the road.
Noshiro Todoroki, Akita

Observed one bear eating mulberries in a field near the Eirakuen satellite-style annex. It later left heading into the woods to the north.
Kitaakita Kidoishi, Akita
[Posted] Roamed around the rice field for about 15 minutes, then moved toward the Kashiwagi direction.
Odate Kodatehana, Akita
One bear is captured on a surveillance camera. [From Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa, Aomori

One bear was sighted in Nagabashiri-jinba, Odate City.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A nearby resident spotted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / heading north / approximately 20 m from the nearest house
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Walking through the field
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
A bear cub crossed the road.
Aomori Iwatari, Aomori
A bear was seen moving in Iwatari, Aomori City.
Aomori Iwatari, Aomori
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-07-05, a bear was seen on camera in Ikarigaseki, Hirakawa City, Aomori Prefecture.
Hirakawa Ikarigaseki, Aomori

Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 600 m to nearest facility
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
While driving from Noshiro Minami toward Noshiro Higashi interchange, a bear slowly came out from the bushes on the opposite side of the road partway onto the roadway, then slowly returned to the original bushes.
Noshiro 字塞ノ神, Akita

Posted: Moved from the Shimouchikawa direction toward Shirasawa Shinmei Shrine, then went northeast along the base of the shrine's slope.
Odate Shirasawa, Akita

A driver witnessed a single bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) crossing National Route 7 from the parking lot on the premises of Odate Yatate Heights and disappearing into the mountains. Direction of travel: south. Distance from the above facility: about 60 m.
Odate, Akita
Observed one bear about 1 m in body length running across the road from south to north.
Aomori, Aomori

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Odate, Akita
Sighted near a field. One cub. It was sitting on the road but, upon noticing the observer, fled westward.
Hirosaki, Aomori
On 2026-07-03 around 1:29 PM, a bear was sighted in Domenai, Hanaoka-machi, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate, Akita

Observed a medium-sized bear crossing from inside a vehicle.
Aomori, Aomori

Discovered bear tracks, thought to be a few days old, crossing the field toward the south.
Oga Noishi, Akita

Driver spotted one bear (body length 1 m) in a rice field beside a municipal road / heading south / about 400 m south of Numadate processing plant
Odate, Akita

Spotted three bears (parent and cubs; body lengths unknown) on National Route 7. They crossed the road from brush on the south side and left toward the forested area on the north side. Approximately 50 meters from nearby residences.
Kitaakita Maeyama, Akita

Body length 1 m. Crossed the road and headed east.
Mitane Ukawa, Akita

I walked along the embankment between Kakumasaki and Momokawa, heading toward the Momokawa area.
Oga Kakumazaki, Akita
It ran downwards / it ran toward the lower area
Oga Kakumazaki, Akita

Report: On the town road west of the rice field at Kosaka 38, Kosaka-machi, a female/male adult bear about 1.2 meters long and one cub about 70 centimeters long were sighted. After that, the adult and cub entered the forested mountain area west of the town road. They are believed to have come up from the field road near Kosaka 38, climbed the roadside embankment below the town road, and emerged onto the town road. Sightings of bears are reported in this area, which is just south of the village cemetery, every year; this is the second sighting already this year. It is thought to be one of the travel routes used when moving between the forest on the east side of the Sunagosawa River and the forest on the west side.
Kosaka, Akita
[Post] It ran at high speed along the rice-field ridge toward the sea.
Oga Iriai-Kotogawa, Akita

[Post] I posted this before but it wasn’t published, so I’m reposting. One bear on the north side of the prefectural road. Within 100 meters of nearby houses.
Odate, Akita

A group of visitors walking along the trail at Nagabashiri Fūketsu Pavilion sighted one bear (approximately 80 cm in body length). Direction of travel: north. Approximately 30 m from the above facility.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 0.5 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 10 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita
Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / direction of travel: north / approximately 200 m to the nearest house
Odate, Akita

Moved northeast.
Oga, Akita
A bear was sighted in Oganaka Takigawa Kンプウザン Yokocho, Oga City.
Oga, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kosaka Nigawa, Kosaka Town, Akita, around 11:15 on July 1.
Kosaka, Akita

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Kosaka, Akita

A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 1 m) / direction of movement unknown / approximately 15 m from the nearest house
Odate Kanezaka-ushiro, Akita
[Post] One adult, two cubs
Odate, Akita

A bear was sighted in Hanakawa-cho Nanatsudate, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate, Akita

A local resident sighted one bear (body length 1 m) on the road / heading north / 120 m east of Odate Homei High School
Odate Kanezaka-ushiro, Akita
A bear about 1 m tall was sighted on the road. It then ran off toward the mountains. [Reported by Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Ikadekankusuyoshi, Hirakawa City.
Hirakawa, Aomori
Driver sighted one bear (approx. 1 m body length) / direction of travel unknown / about 140 m from the nearest residence
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted around 5:30 AM on July 1 in Kosubogawa, Hanaoka-cho, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate Hanaokamachi, Akita

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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

Driver sighted one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) crossing the road / heading south / 200 m southeast of Niiyama settlement
Odate, Akita
A single bear (about 1 m in body length) was seen crossing National Route 7 and running off to the south.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori

One bear fled from the crematorium toward the mountain side near the Shukugawara tunnel in Owani, Owani Town.
Owani, Aomori
It ran away from the crematorium toward the area near the Yudagawa Tunnel (mountain side).
Owani, Aomori
[Report] A single bear about 1 meter long was on the ridge of a rice paddy at 39, Kakege, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It ran toward the Suna kosawa River on the east side and went into the vegetation on the levee. It likely crossed the town road from the western forest, passed through the brush into the paddy, ran along the ridge, entered the brush on the right-bank levee of the Suna kosawa River, crossed the river, and moved from the eastern rice paddies back into the forest. The area around the sighting is one where bears and wild boars are seen crossing the stream every year, and it is also near the site of an encounter with a bear in May of this year that nearly resulted in personal injury.
Kosaka, Akita

One cub of unknown body length was sighted near the embankment road of the Matō River. It then left heading toward the mountains.
Kitaakita Isecho, Akita
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Kitaakita, Akita

A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 60 cm) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 5 m from the nearest house
Odate Kanezaka-ushiro, Akita

A staff member of a nearby junior high school observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) passing in front of the school's main gate / direction of travel unknown / about 50 m from the nearby junior high school
Odate Hashigeta, Akita

While working in the apple orchard, a fairly large cub crossed the field from south to north.
Aomori, Aomori

Around 6:00 on 2026-06-30, one relatively large cub was seen crossing an apple orchard from south to north in Yoshinoda, Namioka, Aomori City.
Aomori, Aomori

Discovered footprints believed to be from a bear. They continued toward the northeast. 500 m from the nearest building.
Oga Noishi, Akita
Odate Naganeyamashita, Akita
A single bear cub ran off toward the Nature House.
Odate Naganeyamashita, Akita

Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m). Direction of travel unknown. Approximately 600 m to Odate Youth Nature House.
Odate Ipponsugi, Akita

[Post] Ran through the former residential site from the Ōmori side and exited toward the Hongō River
Odate, Akita

One cub walking through a rice field (Posted)
Kitaakita Masuzawa, Akita

Observed from the roadside while driving from Yatate Pass toward Ōdate. It was heading into the mountains.
Odate, Akita
Bear tracks were observed in the field. The tracks were headed northwest toward the sea. Approximately 60 m from the nearest building.
Oga Noishi, Akita

While driving, I saw one bear about 80 cm long coming out of the woods on the north side. It was startled by the car and went back into the north woods.
Kitaakita Shimosugi, Akita

While driving, a cub darted out and crossed the road. It entered the grass/thicket and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Kitaakita Nanukaichi, Akita

While driving from the railroad crossing toward the traffic signal, I spotted one bear about 80 cm in length crossing the road from the rice field on the left and heading toward the houses. Approximately 20 meters from nearby homes.
Kitaakita Kawai, Akita
Around 11:50 on June 26, a bear was spotted in Kawai Matsuishidono, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Kitaakita Kawai, Akita

One bear of unknown body length was sighted on the road. It then entered the woods to the north. Approximately 10 meters from nearby facilities.
Kitaakita, Akita

It ran off eastward from the roadside. It looked like a cub less than one meter long.
Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Niida Terago, Ōdate City, Akita, around 5:10 a.m. on June 26, 2026.
Odate Niida, Akita

Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) heading northwest; approximately 200 m from the nearest residence.
Odate Niida, Akita
It was on the sidewalk and appeared startled by the headlights of passing cars.
Aomori, Aomori

A neighborhood resident sighted one bear (body length unknown) / Direction of travel: south / Approximately 15 m from the nearest house
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Around 5:30 PM on 2026-06-25, a bear was sighted in Nagahashiri Jinba, Odate City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

Driver sighted one bear (body length 50 cm) / Direction of travel: east / Approximately 200 m from the nearest house
Odate Ipponsugi, Akita

Driver sighted one bear (body length 1 m) in the forested area west of the national highway / direction of travel: west / 100 m from the nearest settlement
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

While I was mowing grass, I spotted a bear a short distance away. After that, perhaps startled by the sound of the mower, it ran off toward the east.
Ogata, Akita

Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.1 m) crossing the road / heading south / 200 m from nearest house
Odate Hashigeta, Akita

A bear was sighted running across the road. It left toward the woods on the west side.
Oga Kitaura-Anzenji, Akita

One bear was sighted in Ikari-gaseki Kyuukichi Ninotou, Hirakawa City.
Hirakawa Ikarigaseki-Hisayoshi, Aomori
Observed on National Route 7 but departed westward
Hirakawa, Aomori
One bear was sighted over the rice fields between Takikawa hamlet and Sugishita hamlet. It left toward the river at the far south side of the fields.
Oga Oganaka-Takigawa, Akita
[Posted in Hirosaki City] Sighted one cub crossing the road on the east side of Daibutsu Park and moving east (toward the riverbed).
Hirosaki, Aomori
[Aomori City report] Tracks believed to be from a bear were found in an apple orchard. No damage reported.
Aomori Takada, Aomori
Climbed a tree. [Issued by Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa, Aomori
Witnessed a bear climbing a tree. It fled toward the northwest.
Oga Kitaura-Shinzan, Akita
When I shone the car's headlights from higher up the slope, I saw the large four-legged shadow run off toward the Akasaka sheet metal area.
Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

I can’t say for certain, but when I shone the car’s headlights from the top of the hill I briefly saw a large four-legged shadow running toward the direction of Kuroishi city. Since it was only a silhouette I can’t be sure, but I believe it was at least a large animal.
Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

Crossed while running on the highway.
Noshiro 字大台野, Akita

Observed three bears (a mother and two cubs) of unknown body length on National Route 7. They subsequently departed to the north.
Kitaakita Maeyama, Akita

An office worker spotted one bear (body length 50 cm) / traveling northeast / on company premises
Odate, Akita
Was walking along the rice-field embankment heading north. Body length about 1 m. About 100 m to the nearest house.
Fujisato Yasaka, Akita

[Report] After finishing work, I spotted a bear about 50 cm in body length in the bushes beside the parking lot. It then went deeper into the thicket.
Odate, Akita

A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 0.7 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 20 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita

Around 07:00 on 2026-06-22, a bear was sighted in Karanisawa Kitsunodai, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate, Akita
At around 9:00 PM on June 22, one bear was sighted in Akasaka, Kuroishi City.
Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

Around 9:00 PM on June 22, one bear was seen moving in Akasaka-Nozaki, Kuroishi City.
Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

Observed loitering on the Yasaki–Nukasawa prefectural road. Approximately 250 meters from the nearest house.
Fujisato Yasaka, Akita

One bear (body length 1.2 m) spotted in a private home's yard / heading north / 200 m west of Tashikomori Ballpark
Odate, Akita
Crossed the road and went into the woods.
Odate, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long was on the national highway. It ran off toward the northern mountain.
Noshiro Futatsuimachi-Kotsunagi, Akita
While doing farm work, I spotted an Asiatic black bear (tsukinowaguma) climbing up along the roadside from the south side of the apple orchard.
Kuroishi, Aomori

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Odate, Akita
Around 11:00 on 2026-06-19, one bear was seen moving at Takadate Ko Kogen in Kuroishi City, Aomori Prefecture.
Kuroishi, Aomori

[Report] While driving, three cubs were crossing the road.
Mitane Sotooka, Akita
Saw one bear cub on the road. Body length about 80 cm. Walked off toward the mountains to the west.
Hirakawa, Aomori

(Post) On the left side heading toward Odate City (formerly? some kind of fish farm), it crossed the road and ran into the mountain.
Odate, Akita

Sighted near the pachinko parlor Himawari close to Across
Noshiro Teramukai, Akita
Around 15:40 on 2026-06-17, a bear was seen moving in Kosakadaisaku, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
[Report] On the road from Sunagosawa Water Purification Plant heading into the mountains, one bear about 1 meter was sighted. It ran off into the mountains.
Kosaka, Akita
Report: Spotted one bear about 1 meter in size on the road from Sunagosawa Water Purification Plant toward the mountain. It ran off into the mountain.
Kosaka, Akita

While driving from Takanosu toward Aikawa, a single bear approximately 80 cm in length was observed coming out from the woods on the north side onto Prefectural Route 24. It later returned to the north woods. It was about 100 m from nearby facilities.
Kitaakita, Akita

One bear was observed moving to the south.
Noshiro Akudo, Akita

Observed one approximately 1 m bear moving westward.
Noshiro Fukkoshi, Akita

One bear was seen moving toward the Yoneshiro River.
Noshiro Makabechi, Akita
On 2026-06-17 in Fukkoshiyachi, Noshiro City, Akita Prefecture, one bear was seen moving.
Noshiro Fukkoshi, Akita

There were footprints in the field.
Odate, Akita

Driver sighted one bear (body length unknown) / heading east / about 100 m south of Hachikō-sō
Odate, Akita

While driving the Namahage Line from Funakawa toward Kitaura, I saw a bear about 1 meter long crossing from right to left just before Aooni Bridge, approximately 180 meters from the nearest building.
Oga Kitaura-Anzenji, Akita

Report from a citizen. [Sent from Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Niidate, Aomori
Observed two bears (mother and cub) while mowing grass. They left toward the west.
Noshiro Makabechi, Akita

While heading from Goshogawara toward Daishaka, I saw one bear crossing the road just before the Daishaka snow shelter. It was a short distance away but appeared over 1 meter in size.
Goshogawara 大字前田野目, Aomori
On June 15 around 18:08, one bear was seen moving in Maeda Nomenumata, Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture.
Goshogawara 大字前田野目, Aomori
A bear about 1 meter long was spotted on the runway at Odate-Noshiro Airport in Kitaakita, Akita, and was driven off with fireworks into brush on the south side.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the runway of Odate-Noshiro Airport. After airport staff responded, it left toward the south.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita

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Kosaka, Akita
Damage to crops such as potatoes
Odate, Akita
Observed bear tracks on the field. The tracks were heading northeast.
Oga Iriai-Kamiya, Akita
One bear was sighted in Kuradate Kawayada, Owani Town.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
Around 11:00 on June 14, a bear was sighted in Kosakaichinoto, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita

[Report] Crossed the road heading north
Akita, Akita

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Akita, Akita
Around 5:00 on 2026-07-12, a bear was seen in Yanagida Ōginosawa, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.
Akita, Akita

Around 06:00 on 2026-07-12, a bear was sighted moving in Nigawagoden, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

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Akita, Akita

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Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Terauchi Oshoji, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Okoji, Akita

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Akita Terauchi-Okoji, Akita

It entered the woods behind Gokoku Shrine from the road in front of my house.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

[Report] While driving through the back approach of Gokoku Shrine, I saw a bear about 1 m long go down from the entrance of Seirei Junior College toward the bicycle parking area.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

Report: A bear about 1 meter long was spotted near Takano Bridge in Terauchi Kojizakura 3-chome, Akita City, Akita Prefecture at around 15:50. It climbed over a nearby home's block wall and entered the property. Photo taken from Takano Bridge.
Akita, Akita

It emerged from a bamboo thicket, crossed the road for about 15 m, and ran off into the woods on the west side. Body length about 80 cm. Three meters from a house.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

A young bear is walking in front of the house. About 0.8 m in body length.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Terauchi Takano, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

Around 15:50 on 2026-07-09, one bear was seen moving in Terauchi-Kisakura 3-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

One bear was spotted on the property from inside the house; it left to the east. Body length: 1 m. Distance from residence: 5 m.
Akita, Akita

Was sitting in the woods. Left and whereabouts unknown. Body length: 1 m. 5 m to a house.
Akita Terauchi-Ushirojo, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1.0 m in body length on the road. It left heading east. Distance to the building: 10 m.
Akita Terauchi-Okoji, Akita

Around 5:30 a.m. on July 8, one bear was sighted by a man in his 70s on a city road in Terauchi Kamiyashiki, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Kamiyashiki, Akita

Sighted one bear loitering near the stairs close to the Terauchi Elementary School pool. Body length unknown. Direction of departure unknown. Distance from building: 10 m.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

(Post) When I passed by in a car it ran from the road toward the mountains. Its size was about 1 meter.
Akita, Akita
While I was mowing the grass, someone who was out walking told me they had seen a bear.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

(Posted) It was climbing a chestnut tree in a private home. A nearby resident shouted and alerted us. It was dangerous because many people go out at that time to take out their trash.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

When I went outside to take out the trash, the neighbor’s garden was rustling. When I shouted loudly, a bear about 1.5 m tall, thought to be an adult, came out and ran off toward the motorcycle storage of Taihei Driving School.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a city road in Shōgunyonominami 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1.0 m in length. It departed to the east. Distance to building: 10 m.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

It was captured on a security camera.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

About a 1-meter one ran across the road.
Akita, Akita

A man in his 80s saw one bear about 1 meter long on a prefectural road in Hotono Suwa-machi, Akita City, and it moved north.
Akita Hodono-Haranomachi, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1.0 m in body length. Direction of travel unknown. 5 m from building.
Akita Hodono-Torimachi, Akita

One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted. Direction it left is unknown. 5 m to the building.
Akita Kawashiri-Soshamachi, Akita

Observation: Spotted moving east along the road on the northeast side of Soja Shrine
Akita Kawashiri-Soshamachi, Akita

A man in his 60s spotted one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Kawashirisosho-machi, Akita City.
Akita Kawashiri-Soshamachi, Akita

[Report] While waiting at a traffic light on Keyaki Street beside the courthouse, a bear running alongside a yellow taxi from the Akita Station direction toward the Rinkai area ran past. About 20 seconds later the light turned green and I started moving, but the bear was no longer in sight.
Akita Sanno, Akita

Around 4:37 AM on 2026-07-07, a bear was seen moving in Sanno 7-chome, Akita City.
Akita Yabase-Undokoen, Akita

Information was received that a bear was running alongside a taxi in Sannō, Akita City.
Akita Sanno, Akita

On the morning of July 7, one bear was seen crossing a city road in Shogunno Minami, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

While driving, I spotted one bear about 0.5 m in length. It left toward the woods to the north. It was 100 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in Shimo-shinjō Nakano Kaidōbata-nishi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

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Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Soshinshigawa Nomura, Akita City, around 2:00 a.m. on July 6.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Spotted one bear cub in the park. It later went back into the woods.
Akita, Akita

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Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

[Post] Its body length was about 1 meter.
Akita, Akita
Spotted one 1-meter bear on the cycling path
Katagami Tenno, Akita
A bear was sighted in Yanagita Oginosawa, Akita City, around 1:00 PM.
Akita, Akita

A cub about 0.8 m in size crossed the old national road and went toward a house.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

One bear about 1.0 m in body length was sighted in the field beside a residence. It left toward the woods to the south. It was 30 m from the house.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

Posted: It ran along the hedgerow and headed toward the Kozakura area. Body length under 1 meter.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

I was taking photos near the ancient marsh well, and when I turned around I saw a bear about 1 m tall walking roughly 20 m away. It had been walking where I had been a few minutes earlier, and it had been behind me without making a sound.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

Around 15:38 on July 4, a bear was sighted in Terauchi-Unoki, Akita City, and was seen moving.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

Posted: From the Yakeyama side, crossed the road toward the mountain by Chuo High School. Thought to be an adult bear.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

It was running at a brisk trot from the Funagawa direction toward the Hananazaki Tunnel. When I slowed the car to take a photo, it went into the grass. I was driving from Wakimoto toward Funagawa.
Oga Wakimoto-Tayazawa, Akita

Around 18:10 on July 4, one bear was seen moving in Terauchikamiyashiki, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Kamiyashiki, Akita

A cub about 0.8 meters long was wandering around the road. It went into the woods.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

A bear about 1.5 meters in size came out from the Seirei College of Nursing side, crossed the road, and entered the woods on the opposite side.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

One bear about 0.8 m in body length was sighted on the premises. It departed to the east. It was 100 m from the nearest facility.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

A cub was walking eastward.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

Appeared from the bamboo grove on the embankment of the back mountain, looked down the slope, then left to the west.
Akita Terauchi-Yakeyama, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1.0 m in height. It departed heading west. Distance to building: 5 m.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

At around 4:26 on July 3, a bear was seen moving in Wakamoto Tayasawa, Oga City.
Oga Wakimoto-Tayazawa, Akita

One bear about 0.6 m in body length was sighted. The bear went away toward the north-side mountain. The nearest building was 350 m away.
Oga Wakimoto-Tayazawa, Akita

At around 13:40 on July 3, a bear was seen moving in Terauchi Yakeyama, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Yakeyama, Akita

Spotted a bear 1.5 m in length and 0.8 m (shoulder height). It left heading north. 10 m from a residence.
Akita Tegata, Akita

A roughly one-meter-tall one crossed the road.
Akita, Akita
Observed a bear at the fence east of the parking area. It left heading south. Distance from the observer was 25 meters. Body size approximately 80 cm.
Akita Tsuchizakiminato-kokubocho, Akita

Observed one bear crossing the road about 100 m southeast from Wakimoto Kanpuzan Entrance intersection. It left toward the forest on the southwest side.
Oga Wakimoto-Tominaga, Akita

One bear was sighted crossing the road. It left heading into the forest on the west side.
Oga Wakimoto-Urada, Akita

It came out from the bamboo grove and entered the grounds of a private residence.
Oga Wakimoto-Tominaga, Akita

One bear was sighted on residential property. It left heading northwest into the woods.
Oga Wakimoto-Urada, Akita

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Oga Wakimoto-Urada, Akita

A small bear was walking along the road. It left toward the nearby woodland.
Oga Wakimoto-Tominaga, Akita

Crossing the road.
Oga Wakimoto-Tominaga, Akita

(It) went into the woods on the north side.
Oga Wakimoto-Tominaga, Akita

Sighted a small bear. Its direction/destination is unknown.
Oga Wakimoto-Urada, Akita
[Post] It ran at high speed along the rice-field ridge toward the sea.
Oga Iriai-Kotogawa, Akita

Moved northeast.
Oga, Akita
A bear was sighted in Oganaka Takigawa Kンプウザン Yokocho, Oga City.
Oga, Akita

[Post] A cub came down from the road beside the highway
Akita, Akita

I was walking toward the marsh.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted around 08:20 on July 1 in Shimoshinjo Aokizenda, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

Observed one bear walking along the rice paddies. It then ran through the paddies toward me, so I retreated. Subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Katagami Showa-Okubo, Akita

Around 5:30 a.m. on July 1, a bear was seen moving in Showa Okubo Otobashita, Katagami City, Akita Prefecture.
Katagami Showa-Okubo, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Shogunno Minami 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

[Post] Spotted a bear crossing the road. It went into the woods. It was about 1 meter (tall).
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

One bear approximately 1.5 m in length was sighted in the rice field. The bear left toward the mountain to the north.
Oga Wakimoto-Tayazawa, Akita

One 70 cm bear; direction of movement unknown
Katagami Tenno, Akita

One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted on the road south of the daycare center. It left heading east. 5.0 m from a private residence.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

Posted: It was captured on a surveillance camera. After this, it moved west along the drainage channel. It is believed to be the same individual as the one south of Terauchi Nursery School seen at 4:09.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

Posted: About 1 meter long. Walked toward the residential area.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

One bear was sighted by multiple people in a residential area of Terauchi Aida, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

A bear about 0.8 m long moved along the prefectural road toward Katagami City Hall.
Katagami, Akita

[Report] Two bears, believed to be a parent and cub, were seen from the balcony heading toward the mountains.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

(Report) Crossing the road, running at a jogging pace toward the Terauchidō-no-sawa direction.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

A 1.0 m bear was sighted on the residential property. It then departed to the south. It came within 50 cm of the building.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

Around 6:09 on June 29, a bear was seen moving in Terauchi Aburaden 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
At about 5:05 on June 29, one bear was seen moving in Kanashi-Niosaki Maeyachi, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.
Akita, Akita

Post: About 1 m long — running on the road
Akita, Akita

Around 06:09 on June 29, a bear was seen moving in Terauchi Hironone 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita Yabase-Daidohigashi, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Terauchi Takano, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

One bear was sighted in the parking lot. The bear left toward the mountains. Approximately 50 m to the nearest building.
Oga Wakimoto-Wakimoto, Akita

A bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was sighted. It then went toward the multipurpose ground to the northeast and moved further toward the river. It was 10 m from the building.
Akita Yabase-Undokoen, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the ground at Yawata Sports Park in Akita City.
Akita, Akita

I was walking toward the grounds of Seirei Women’s Junior College.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
Sighted a 1.0 m bear. Direction of departure unknown. 10 m from the building.
Akita, Akita

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

It ran off toward Soyu Stadium.
Akita, Akita

At around 06:45 on 2026-06-28, a bear was seen moving in Yawatahommachi 4-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

When I stepped out the front door to walk my dog, a bear came out onto the road. It was startled by my shout and ran away.
Akita, Akita

Spotted near the irrigation channel, heading west. Body length about 50 centimeters.
Akita, Akita

[Post] I was walking my dog when a bear walked along the municipal road coming from the opposite side. When we made eye contact, it went west between houses. Distance about 20 m, body length about 90 cm.
Akita, Akita

[Report] Spotted in the yard; unknown which direction it ran off
Akita, Akita

A man out walking saw one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Yabase Nodu-cho, Akita City.
Akita Yabase-Dojonumamachi, Akita

A woman saw one bear on a city road in Terauchi Aburata, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

Sighted a bear approximately 0.8 m in size on the roadway. It then moved off toward the northeast. 5 m from a house.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

A bear was sighted in Terauchiasada 3-chome, Akita City, around 4:57 AM, and it was seen moving.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

[Report] I was walking my dog when I saw it walking slowly along a city road. It noticed us and headed west through the residential area, then disappeared. Body length about 90 cm.
Akita, Akita

[Report] While walking my dog on a residential city street, it (the bear) walked toward us. When we made eye contact, it left the residential property heading west. Distance about 15 m, size about 90 cm.
Akita, Akita

Encountered a bear while on my motorcycle. Because I was equipped with a very strong bear deterrent (odor), it wouldn’t come near and ran off at full speed. It ran downhill and to the right toward the back of Koshio Shrine. Without that equipment I would definitely have been attacked. The animal was large — about 1.3 m.
Akita, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Terauchikozakura 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

[Post] Witnessed a bear fleeing onto the Terauchi Elementary School grounds
Akita Terauchi, Akita

[Post] While driving, a black animal suddenly ran alongside the car. It was my first time, so I was confused and didn’t know what it was, but it was a bear. I quickly slowed down, and it went into the brush at the roadside.
Akita, Akita

Sighted a bear approximately 1.0 m in size on the roadway. It then left toward the northern woods. 10 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

A woman saw one bear in a vacant lot in Terauchi Kamiyashiki, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Kamiyashiki, Akita

Witnessed a bear about 0.6 m in size in a field. It then left toward the woods to the east. 10 m from a residence.
Akita, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long ran from west to east.
Katagami, Akita

One 1-meter bear ran off to the south.
Katagami, Akita

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Akita, Akita
Around 09:15 on 2026-06-27, a bear was sighted in Yanagida Oginosawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Terauchi Donosawa 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Kamiyashiki, Akita

Entered huts and rummaged through leftovers
Akita Sanno, Akita
One Asiatic black bear (about 0.5 m in body length) was moving west through the forested area.
Katagami, Akita

One 1-meter bear. Left heading east.
Katagami, Akita

A teenage woman spotted one bear on a city road in Terauchi Hironne 3-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Hirune, Akita

When I was about to leave the house, I saw a bear about 1.0 m in size on the road. It then went off to the north. It was 5 m from a residence.
Akita Yabase, Akita

A bear was sighted in Hiromote Higuchi, Akita City, around 5:07 a.m. on June 26.
Akita, Akita

Sighted a bear about 1 m in size. Direction of departure unknown. 5 m from a building.
Akita, Akita

One bear sighted. It swam and moved to the land on the east side.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita

Sighted one bear. It swam to the east and moved onto land.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita

It was running in front of the car. Shortly afterward it went into the vegetation on the slope of the bypass.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita

One bear was sighted. After entering the woods on the west side, it swam and moved toward the east side (seaside).
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
One bear was sighted swimming about 50 m south of the bridge. It was swimming from east to west. Approximately 300 m from the nearest building.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita

A bear was sighted running across the road. It left toward the woods on the west side.
Oga Kitaura-Anzenji, Akita
One bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was sighted at Funakoshi Beach. The bear left into the woods. Its direction of travel is unknown. Distance to the nearest building: 200 m.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
One bear was sighted over the rice fields between Takikawa hamlet and Sugishita hamlet. It left toward the river at the far south side of the fields.
Oga Oganaka-Takigawa, Akita
A bear and cub(s) suspected to be a parent and offspring were sighted on the slope north of Sakura Elementary School’s pool. They moved off toward the north. Body length unknown.
Akita, Akita
One bear (size unknown) was sighted near a cycling road. The bear's direction of travel is unknown. 100 meters from the nearest building.
Oga, Akita

One bear approximately 60 cm in body length was sighted. The bear went south. It was 5 meters from the nearest building.
Oga Wakimoto-Wakimoto, Akita

Spotted a bear on the roadway. It left heading east. Body length about 1 m. 1 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi, Akita
Witnessed a bear climbing a tree. It fled toward the northwest.
Oga Kitaura-Shinzan, Akita

Crossed the road near Echizenya Doll Shop and ran up the back hill of Koshio (Koshiuo) Shrine.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

One bear about 90 cm long was sighted from a car in a mixed woods in Terauchi-Kizakura 3-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

Ran off south while driving. Body length 1 m. 10 m to building. 5 m from car.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
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Akita Arayamachi, Akita

(Post) A cub ran off and entered the mountain from behind a convex traffic mirror.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

It ran out from the rear grounds of Koshio Shrine onto the road and then went back into the woods. Body length about 1.2 m.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

Bear sighted from inside the house. Body length 0.7 m. Left toward the southern mountain. 10 m from the building.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

Posted: Entered the grounds of Seirei Junior College
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

While passing along the road, I discovered bear droppings.
Akita, Akita

Around 06:45 on June 21, bear-like traces were found in Sakura-gaoka 4-chome, Akita City, Akita Prefecture; animal droppings resembling bear droppings were discovered.
Akita Kamikitate-Odo, Akita

[Post] There was feces on the road. When I had a hunter check it, he said it was from a cub and that cherry pits were mixed in it.
Akita, Akita

Witnessed a bear leaving to the west. Body length 1 m. 10 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
Spotted a bear about 1.0 m long in the rice field behind the FamilyMart Tennō Deto store. It moved toward Detohama.
Katagami, Akita

Two bears were sighted on the premises. Both are approximately 0.5 m in body length. They departed to the east. They got within 5 m of a residence.
Akita, Akita

Crossed in front of me while I was driving
Akita, Akita

Appeared from the bushes and went back into the bushes.
Akita, Akita

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Akita, Akita

While driving the Namahage Line from Funakawa toward Kitaura, I saw a bear about 1 meter long crossing from right to left just before Aooni Bridge, approximately 180 meters from the nearest building.
Oga Kitaura-Anzenji, Akita

While driving from Soekawa toward Akita Station, an apparently adult large bear was sitting in the middle of the road. I stopped and watched, but since it showed no sign of moving and was looking at us, I honked the horn, and it ran off into the mountain to the east.
Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted moving at Soegawa Keidaigawara in Akita City around 4:15 a.m. on June 16.
Akita, Akita

Crossing the road. Large individual.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Soegawa Chinochi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain
Akita, Akita

[Post] Feces
Akita, 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

[Report] Crossed the road heading north
Akita, Akita

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Akita, Akita
Around 5:00 on 2026-07-12, a bear was seen in Yanagida Ōginosawa, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.
Akita, Akita

Around 06:00 on 2026-07-12, a bear was sighted moving in Nigawagoden, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

[Post] A black bear about 80 cm long was between Mishin no Asupu and Onodera Building Materials.
Yokote Maego, Akita

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Akita, Akita

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Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Terauchi Oshoji, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Okoji, Akita

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Akita Terauchi-Okoji, Akita

Witnessed a mother bear and cub behind the house. They then fled toward the mountain to the east. About 10 m from the residential area; the mother’s body length about 1.0 m, the cub about 0.8 m.
Yuzawa 字東松沢, Akita
[Report] A bear was walking outside on the grounds of my home. It appeared to be a parent with its young.
Yuzawa 字内舘町, Akita
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Yuzawa 字新町, Akita

Two bears (a mother and a cub) were sighted on the mountain side behind a house. After being seen, they ran toward the mountain behind the temple to the east. Distance from the house: 30 meters. Adult bear length: about 1 meter. Cub length: unknown.
Yuzawa 字荒町, Akita

Two bears—a mother and a cub—were sighted in the Sun Green parking lot. They entered the mountain on the south side. Distance to nearby houses: 10 meters.
Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita

A bear was sighted in Urakamon 1-chome, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita

It entered the woods behind Gokoku Shrine from the road in front of my house.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

[Report] While driving through the back approach of Gokoku Shrine, I saw a bear about 1 m long go down from the entrance of Seirei Junior College toward the bicycle parking area.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

Sighted a cub crossing National Route 13 from west to east / Environment: road / Size: young
Shinjo Itsukamachi, Yamagata

[Post] Not a mother with cubs — two bear cubs were walking toward a house.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita

Around 9:20 PM on July 9, a bear was sighted in Shinzusho Toisawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was observed moving.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita

Observed two bears (parent and cub) near a residence. Body length and subsequent movements are unknown.
Yuzawa 字西愛染沢, Akita
A bear cub is crossing the road. There are many private homes nearby.
Akita, Akita

Report: A bear about 1 meter long was spotted near Takano Bridge in Terauchi Kojizakura 3-chome, Akita City, Akita Prefecture at around 15:50. It climbed over a nearby home's block wall and entered the property. Photo taken from Takano Bridge.
Akita, Akita

While driving on the highway toward Noshiro, I witnessed a bear crossing the highway from the left to the right. One bear, body length about 80 cm. It left by going over the roadside embankment.
Akita, Akita

While driving on the highway toward Noshiro, I observed a bear crossing the highway from left to right. One bear, body length about 80 cm. It crossed over the roadside embankment and departed.
Akita, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Shimokitate Yanagidate Gatahata, Akita City, around 15:15 on July 9.
Akita Shimokitate-Yanagitate, Akita

[Report] While driving, a large Asian black bear about 1.5 m or taller was in the middle of the road. When I got closer it ran off into the grassy roadside.
Akita, Akita

While driving from the Kawabe direction toward Akita City, I saw a bear crossing the road from right to left. It went along the rice field ridge and disappeared into the woods. One bear, body length approximately 1 meter.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Shimokitate Takaragawa Ubagasawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

Was heading east on National Route 13 from the west and entered a cedar forest / Environment: Road / Size: Unknown
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata

It emerged from a bamboo thicket, crossed the road for about 15 m, and ran off into the woods on the west side. Body length about 80 cm. Three meters from a house.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

A young bear is walking in front of the house. About 0.8 m in body length.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Terauchi Takano, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
One bear was sighted in Torigoe, Shinjo City.
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata

Sighted walking from a private property toward the national highway. It seemed startled by cars on the highway and ran into the bushes.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita

One bear was sighted moving in Kyowa-Funazawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita

Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Shinjo Torigoe, Yamagata

Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult (fully grown)
Obanazawa Nakisawa, Yamagata

Around 15:50 on 2026-07-09, one bear was seen moving in Terauchi-Kisakura 3-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

Around 18:30 on 2026-07-09, a bear was sighted in Daiku-cho, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 字西愛染沢, Akita

Posted: It was on the mountainside across a large drainage ditch beside the road, looking this way.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita

Was sitting in the woods. Left and whereabouts unknown. Body length: 1 m. 5 m to a house.
Akita Terauchi-Ushirojo, Akita

Sighted on the road. Body length and subsequent movements are unknown.
Yuzawa 杉沢, Akita

[Post] On the Mizuho-no-Sato Road, a 30-cm cub crossed the road at the tunnel exit and entered the brush on the mountainside.
Yokote, Akita

One bear about 1 m in body length was observed walking in front of a private house. The bear later moved into the forested area to the north.
Yokote 山内大沢, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1.0 m in body length on the road. It left heading east. Distance to the building: 10 m.
Akita Terauchi-Okoji, Akita

Around 5:30 a.m. on July 8, one bear was sighted by a man in his 70s on a city road in Terauchi Kamiyashiki, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Kamiyashiki, Akita

On the way back from Akita City, near the former pig farm site, an adult about 1.5 m emerged from the grass. When the car horn was sounded, it ran into the woods. There are greenhouses nearby.
Daisen Kyowa-Shimoyodokawa, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1 meter in body length on residential property. It was wandering on the property from the hill behind the house.
Daisen Osawagosyuku, Akita

Sighted one bear loitering near the stairs close to the Terauchi Elementary School pool. Body length unknown. Direction of departure unknown. Distance from building: 10 m.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

(Post) When I passed by in a car it ran from the road toward the mountains. Its size was about 1 meter.
Akita, Akita
While I was mowing the grass, someone who was out walking told me they had seen a bear.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa Shinmachi-chuo, Yamagata

(Posted) It was climbing a chestnut tree in a private home. A nearby resident shouted and alerted us. It was dangerous because many people go out at that time to take out their trash.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

When I went outside to take out the trash, the neighbor’s garden was rustling. When I shouted loudly, a bear about 1.5 m tall, thought to be an adult, came out and ran off toward the motorcycle storage of Taihei Driving School.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a city road in Shōgunyonominami 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1.0 m in length. It departed to the east. Distance to building: 10 m.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

It was captured on a security camera.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

A man in his 80s saw one bear about 1 meter long on a prefectural road in Hotono Suwa-machi, Akita City, and it moved north.
Akita Hodono-Haranomachi, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1.0 m in body length. Direction of travel unknown. 5 m from building.
Akita Hodono-Torimachi, Akita

One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted. Direction it left is unknown. 5 m to the building.
Akita Kawashiri-Soshamachi, Akita

Observation: Spotted moving east along the road on the northeast side of Soja Shrine
Akita Kawashiri-Soshamachi, Akita

A man in his 60s spotted one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Kawashirisosho-machi, Akita City.
Akita Kawashiri-Soshamachi, Akita

[Report] While waiting at a traffic light on Keyaki Street beside the courthouse, a bear running alongside a yellow taxi from the Akita Station direction toward the Rinkai area ran past. About 20 seconds later the light turned green and I started moving, but the bear was no longer in sight.
Akita Sanno, Akita

Around 4:37 AM on 2026-07-07, a bear was seen moving in Sanno 7-chome, Akita City.
Akita Yabase-Undokoen, Akita

Information was received that a bear was running alongside a taxi in Sannō, Akita City.
Akita Sanno, Akita

On the morning of July 7, one bear was seen crossing a city road in Shogunno Minami, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

Around 7:00 AM, a cub was sighted in farmland in Kitamachi, Obanazawa City.
Obanazawa Shinmachi-chuo, Yamagata
[Report] At Minase Headworks, it disappeared toward the southwest across the river about 150 meters upstream. *Because the posted content and the sighting location differed, the sighting point was corrected.
Yokote 増田町八木, Akita
Entered the woods. Body length about 1 m.
Yokote, Akita

[Post] [No description of situation] *Post information as of 7/6 19:49.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita

(Posted) Ran off to the west
Yokote 百万刈, Akita

One bear of unknown body length was sighted. The bear then walked off to the west.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita

[Post]
Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Soshinshigawa Nomura, Akita City, around 2:00 a.m. on July 6.
Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Daio Shimonedayachi, Yokote City, Akita, around 8:00 a.m. on July 6.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
[Report] Spotted one bear cub in the park. It later went back into the woods.
Akita, Akita

[Post]
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

[Report] Crossed road from rice field and moved toward the cemetery
Yokote, Akita
A bear was sighted in Daisen Shimmachi, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita

[Post] Its body length was about 1 meter.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Nangaikida, Daisen City.
Daisen, Akita
A large bear over 1 meter long ran eastward through the rice fields.
Daisen, Akita
A bear was sighted in Yanagita Oginosawa, Akita City, around 1:00 PM.
Akita, Akita

A cub about 0.8 m in size crossed the old national road and went toward a house.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

One bear about 1.0 m in body length was sighted in the field beside a residence. It left toward the woods to the south. It was 30 m from the house.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

Posted: It ran along the hedgerow and headed toward the Kozakura area. Body length under 1 meter.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

I was taking photos near the ancient marsh well, and when I turned around I saw a bear about 1 m tall walking roughly 20 m away. It had been walking where I had been a few minutes earlier, and it had been behind me without making a sound.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

Around 15:38 on July 4, a bear was sighted in Terauchi-Unoki, Akita City, and was seen moving.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

Posted: From the Yakeyama side, crossed the road toward the mountain by Chuo High School. Thought to be an adult bear.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

Posted: A bear crossed the road at the spot known locally as Ipponmatsu in Maruyama Town, ran through the rice paddies, and went into the mountains.
Akita, Akita

While driving toward the Akita area, a roughly 1-meter brown bear (Tsukinowaguma) was on the left shoulder of the road; it entered the mountains as I passed by.
Daisen Kyowa-Mineyoshikawa, Akita

It crossed in front of my car while I was driving.
Akita, Akita

Around 18:10 on July 4, one bear was seen moving in Terauchikamiyashiki, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Kamiyashiki, Akita
A single cub was sighted in a drainage ditch near farmland. Body length about 50 cm. About 100 m from houses.
Yuzawa, Akita

Witnessed walking toward the mountain on the road between Mitake Nursery School and a private house. Body length: adult about 1.2 m, cub about 50 cm; 1 m from the house.
Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita
[Report] One Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma), size unknown, entered the forest on the west side.
Akita, Akita

Sighted on the opposite side of the road. Shortly afterward it departed heading north or northeast.
Akita, Akita

A cub about 0.8 meters long was wandering around the road. It went into the woods.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

A bear about 1.5 meters in size came out from the Seirei College of Nursing side, crossed the road, and entered the woods on the opposite side.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
A bear about 1 meter in body length ran off toward the north. (The map point is not exact. The sighting occurred in the area around that point.)
Yokote Sotonome, Akita

Moved toward the eastern mountain / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile
Funagata, Yamagata

A bear about 1.0–1.2 m emerged from the grass.
Akita, Akita

One bear about 0.8 m in body length was sighted on the premises. It departed to the east. It was 100 m from the nearest facility.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

A cub was walking eastward.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

Appeared from the bamboo grove on the embankment of the back mountain, looked down the slope, then left to the west.
Akita Terauchi-Yakeyama, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1.0 m in height. It departed heading west. Distance to building: 5 m.
Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

At around 13:40 on July 3, a bear was seen moving in Terauchi Yakeyama, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Yakeyama, Akita

[Post] I heard a bear making noises
Akita, Akita

Spotted a bear 1.5 m in length and 0.8 m (shoulder height). It left heading north. 10 m from a residence.
Akita Tegata, Akita

[Post] On the Akita Expressway, near Kawabe on the outbound side, there was a cub trying to come out from the embankment onto the road.
Akita, Akita

[Post] A bear appeared on the grounds of Akita International University today. It was about 1.0 to 1.2 meters long. I saw it from the library window. The bear left droppings on the premises and then wandered off. What a lousy bastard. [Prefectural note] Today a bear appeared on the grounds of Akita International University. Its body length was about 1.0–1.2 meters. I witnessed it from the library window. The bear left droppings on the grounds and then went off somewhere.
Akita, Akita

[Post] The biggest bear I’ve seen this year. Over 120 cm. The cubs were about 50 cm and chubby. I was walking on the forest side of a park that has an X-shaped wooden structure. It was eating nuts or leaves. When I tried to take a photo and approached by car, it ran off into the forest. Separately, there was also what I believe was bear scat in the park.
Akita, Akita

[Report] The bear was about 1 m in size. It was in the green space.
Akita, Akita
Observed a bear at the fence east of the parking area. It left heading south. Distance from the observer was 25 meters. Body size approximately 80 cm.
Akita Tsuchizakiminato-kokubocho, Akita

Sighted one cub near the reservoir while vehicles were passing through.
Daisen Osawagosyuku, Akita

[Post] While driving on Dewa Green Road, a bear cub was wandering in a vacant lot near an irrigation pond.
Daisen Osawagosyuku, Akita

One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted. The bear then departed to the north.
Yokote 上境, Akita

A single adult bear was sighted near the Yokote Nishi police box intersection. The bear then moved north along the prefectural road and left the area.
Yokote 下境, Akita

One bear over 1 meter in body length was sighted near the entrance/exit of Yokote Kita Smart IC. The bear then crossed the prefectural road and left toward the fields to the north.
Yokote Shimohaccho, Akita

Found footprints that appear to have crossed the farm road. A bear was spotted the previous day heading toward the Kaizawa settlement, so these may be the tracks of that same individual.
Ugo 字戸付, Akita
The bear from just before was seen returning up the mountain.
Ugo 字箕ノ森, Akita

Sighted along the same route as yesterday evening. Came out from Minomori.
Ugo 字清水端, Akita
I wasn't sure if it was a cub because it seemed small, or a smaller female bear. I spotted it in the rice field, and it then ran toward the residential area.
Ugo 字野中, Akita

Bear sighted crossing the road on the west side of Shiratori Fudoson / Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Murayama 大字長善寺, Yamagata

Droppings were found
Akita, Akita

On the way home from volleyball practice (No details given about the bear's length or situation; the post by a parent and child is unclear about the number of bears, but we are publishing it as posted.)
Yokote 十文字町上鍋倉, Akita

I was walking along the embankment when a vehicle approached and it ran into the riverside brush.
Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata

One cub (young bear) moved from south to north / Environment: near residential area / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Showa, Yamagata
It went into the mountains of Minomori from the direction of the Rice Center.
Ugo 字箕ノ森, Akita

A bear was sighted running along the rice-field ridges toward the Kaizawa settlement from near the ENEOS gas station. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
Ugo 字稲荷, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Kaizawa Hane-no-Ue, Ugo Town.
Ugo 字小悪戸, Akita

[Post] While working with an agricultural cart, it suddenly appeared right in front of me. I shouted loudly and it ran away. Reported to authorities.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
Ran along the rice-field embankment and headed toward the Oto River. Entered the brush in the river; whereabouts after that are unknown.
Ugo 字野中, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was wandering around in a field. The bear went into a nearby wood. People who saw the bear evacuated, so what happened afterward is unknown.
Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita

One bear was seen moving in Jumonji-machi Kanagawa-Nakagawa, Yokote City.
Yokote 十文字町鼎, Akita

I was walking toward the marsh.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Shogunno Minami 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

[Report] While riding a bicycle in front of the Ohiradai neighborhood community center, I spotted a bear crossing the road.
Akita, Akita

Observed a 1.0 m bear moving across the road from east to west. 5 m from a residence.
Akita, Akita

There were two vending machines in front of the warehouse, and I sighted a bear about 1 m long at the gravesite across from them. (Reported July 1)
Yokote Sotonome, Akita

[Post] Spotted a bear crossing the road. It went into the woods. It was about 1 meter (tall).
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

[Report] While driving on the Akita Expressway, I spotted one bear crossing about 50 meters ahead.
Daisen, Akita

While driving down the Wakahata municipal road from the Wakahata settlement, I saw one bear on the road and it ran off into the mountains. Location: on the Wakahata municipal road heading from Itado toward Wakahata, past the entrance to the Okunomiya forest road, along the stream at a right-hand curve. Body length about 1 m.
Yuzawa 字内舘町, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter in body length ran along the service road on the west side of Kanayako overpass, went out toward the rice fields, and then disappeared into the woods under the overpass.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita

A single bear about 1 m long ran along the service road on the west side of Kanaya overpass, moved out toward the rice fields, and then disappeared into the woods beneath the overpass.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
Report: Spotted a bear running along the rice fields below the levee.
Yokote 増田町八木, Akita

A citizen spotted one bear on the road, approximately 1.3 m in body length. The bear reportedly left toward the northern woods.
Daisen, Akita

[Report] I witnessed a bear about 1.2 m long crossing the road while I was driving. When it noticed my car it went into the mountains, but after my car passed it came back onto the road.
Daisen, Akita

One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted on the road south of the daycare center. It left heading east. 5.0 m from a private residence.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

Posted: It was captured on a surveillance camera. After this, it moved west along the drainage channel. It is believed to be the same individual as the one south of Terauchi Nursery School seen at 4:09.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

Posted: About 1 meter long. Walked toward the residential area.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

A teenage female cyclist spotted one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Oodaira 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita Sakaida, Akita

One bear was sighted by multiple people in a residential area of Terauchi Aida, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

Environment: Near residential area / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字六田, Yamagata

Observed two cubs in the grassy area on the east side of the building at the reported location. After the sighting, the cubs’ whereabouts were lost (they could not be located).
Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata

A bear was sighted near the back screen of Ogatsu Baseball Stadium. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Distance to the nearest house: approximately 50 meters.
Yuzawa Yokobori, Akita

Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa, Yamagata

[Report] Two bears, believed to be a parent and cub, were seen from the balcony heading toward the mountains.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata

One bear was seen leaving the Aigai housing area and heading toward the former pachinko parlor. Body length about 1 meter.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Higashine 大字六田, Yamagata

Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata

(Report) Crossing the road, running at a jogging pace toward the Terauchidō-no-sawa direction.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

A 1.0 m bear was sighted on the residential property. It then departed to the south. It came within 50 cm of the building.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

Around 6:09 on June 29, a bear was seen moving in Terauchi Aburaden 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita
Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字六田, Yamagata

Around 5:30 AM on June 29, a bear was sighted in Nagasato, Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Higashine 大字長瀞, Yamagata
A bear was seen moving in Kyowa Funaoka Gai, Daisen City, Akita, around 11:00 on June 29.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

Around 06:09 on June 29, a bear was seen moving in Terauchi Hironone 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita Yabase-Daidohigashi, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Terauchi Takano, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

Sighted on the town road from the municipal housing toward Miwa Shrine. Adult bear.
Ugo 字家妻, Akita

[Report] While walking downstream along the riverbank embankment, I spotted a bear moving in the same direction on the riverbed below the embankment. It ran alongside me for a short while. The bear then continued along the river and disappeared downstream.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Sighted near Kawarahashi Bridge. Headed toward the mountains. Body length about 1 m, approximately 50 m from houses.
Yuzawa, Akita

A single bear about 50 cm in body length was sighted on the road. The bear then walked east.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Akasakayamazaki, Yokote City, and was seen moving.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita

A bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was sighted. It then went toward the multipurpose ground to the northeast and moved further toward the river. It was 10 m from the building.
Akita Yabase-Undokoen, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the ground at Yawata Sports Park in Akita City.
Akita, Akita

On June 28 around 1:50 PM, a bear was sighted in Sotomezakura, Yokote City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
A bear was running across the rice field toward the road, but it turned around and went back toward the mountain.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita

I was walking toward the grounds of Seirei Women’s Junior College.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

Posted: Crossing the road toward the north side
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in Yuwa Tsubakikawa Yamagura, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

The bear moved to the mountain south of the former Koseien. / Size: Adult
Funagata, Yamagata

Observed a 1.5 m bear attempting to cross the national highway. Direction of departure unknown. 200 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
Around 08:10 on 2026-06-28, a bear was sighted in Kaminote Furuno Terada, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

[Post] A lone bear cub was wandering around Akitabi.
Akita, Akita
Sighted a 1.0 m bear. Direction of departure unknown. 10 m from the building.
Akita, Akita

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

It ran off toward Soyu Stadium.
Akita, Akita

At around 06:45 on 2026-06-28, a bear was seen moving in Yawatahommachi 4-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

When I stepped out the front door to walk my dog, a bear came out onto the road. It was startled by my shout and ran away.
Akita, Akita

Spotted near the irrigation channel, heading west. Body length about 50 centimeters.
Akita, Akita

[Post] I was walking my dog when a bear walked along the municipal road coming from the opposite side. When we made eye contact, it went west between houses. Distance about 20 m, body length about 90 cm.
Akita, Akita

[Report] Spotted in the yard; unknown which direction it ran off
Akita, Akita

A man out walking saw one bear about 1 meter long on a city road in Yabase Nodu-cho, Akita City.
Akita Yabase-Dojonumamachi, Akita

A woman saw one bear on a city road in Terauchi Aburata, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

Sighted a bear approximately 0.8 m in size on the roadway. It then moved off toward the northeast. 5 m from a house.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

A bear was sighted in Terauchiasada 3-chome, Akita City, around 4:57 AM, and it was seen moving.
Akita Terauchi-Aburaden, Akita

[Report] I was walking my dog when I saw it walking slowly along a city road. It noticed us and headed west through the residential area, then disappeared. Body length about 90 cm.
Akita, Akita

[Report] While walking my dog on a residential city street, it (the bear) walked toward us. When we made eye contact, it left the residential property heading west. Distance about 15 m, size about 90 cm.
Akita, Akita

Encountered a bear while on my motorcycle. Because I was equipped with a very strong bear deterrent (odor), it wouldn’t come near and ran off at full speed. It ran downhill and to the right toward the back of Koshio Shrine. Without that equipment I would definitely have been attacked. The animal was large — about 1.3 m.
Akita, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Terauchikozakura 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

[Post] Witnessed a bear fleeing onto the Terauchi Elementary School grounds
Akita Terauchi, Akita

[Report] Encountered on the road
Akita, Akita

Sighted a bear approximately 1.0 m in size on the roadway. It then left toward the northern woods. 10 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

A woman saw one bear in a vacant lot in Terauchi Kamiyashiki, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Kamiyashiki, Akita

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Akita, Akita
Around 09:15 on 2026-06-27, a bear was sighted in Yanagida Oginosawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Terauchi Donosawa 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Kamiyashiki, Akita
One bear cub was observed crossing the road from north to south and entering the woods / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Odashima, Yamagata

Entered huts and rummaged through leftovers
Akita Sanno, Akita

Entered huts and ransacked leftover food
Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Urushino, Yamagata

I spotted a bear in the pond at my home. While I was on the phone reporting it, I lost sight of the bear. Body length about 1 m.
Yuzawa 山田, Akita

(Post) Not sure if it was a bear, but a dark-colored animal about 1 m long went into the woods.
Akita, Akita

One bear was sighted on a road lined with houses in Okubo, Murayama.
Murayama 大字大久保, Yamagata

A teenage woman spotted one bear on a city road in Terauchi Hironne 3-chome, Akita City.
Akita Terauchi-Hirune, Akita

When I was about to leave the house, I saw a bear about 1.0 m in size on the road. It then went off to the north. It was 5 m from a residence.
Akita Yabase, Akita

A bear was sighted in Hiromote Higuchi, Akita City, around 5:07 a.m. on June 26.
Akita, Akita

Sighted a bear about 1 m in size. Direction of departure unknown. 5 m from a building.
Akita, Akita

One bear cub was sighted in Tokamachi, Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Shinjo Tokamachi, Yamagata

Observed a bear peering through the screen door. Body length approximately 1 m.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

While heading south on National Route 13 toward Inagawa, past Yamaguchi Tunnel, I sighted one bear cub. It crossed the road and ran up the mountainside.
Yuzawa Shimo-Innai, Akita

While traveling southbound on National Route 13 on the inner side of the valley, I observed one cub just past the Yamaguchi Tunnel. It crossed the road and fled toward the mountainside.
Yuzawa Shimo-Innai, Akita
Report received of a single bear seen running through a rice field while driving on the Tohoku Chuo Expressway / Environment: agricultural land / Size: adult
Shinjo Showa, Yamagata

[Report] I was driving along a farm road from the Iwamigawa direction. It looked like a cub less than 1 meter in size. It crossed the tracks; whether it headed toward Goshono or Toyonari is unknown.
Akita, Akita

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
A bear was sighted in Kyowa Funaoi, Daisen City, Akita on 2026-06-25 in the evening.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Oboroke, Yamagata
A bear was sighted moving in Hiraka-cho Asamai Kakumachi-go, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita

Sighted while driving. Body length approximately 1.5 m. The bear departed to the west (toward Kirin Pharmacy).
Yokote, Akita
Posted: Spotted on a highway slope.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita

I was walking through the field and went toward the houses on the other side of the road.
Daisen Takajo, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult and cub
Mamurogawa Nozoki, Yamagata

Crossed National Route 105 heading south. Distance to the workplace: approximately 50 m.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
A bear and cub(s) suspected to be a parent and offspring were sighted on the slope north of Sakura Elementary School’s pool. They moved off toward the north. Body length unknown.
Akita, Akita
A single bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted near the Agricultural and Forestry Vocational School / Environment: forest / Size: adult
Shinjo Tsunozawa, Yamagata

A postal delivery worker sighted one bear approximately 1.5 m in body length in the eastern woodland.
Daisen, Akita

Around 1:30 PM on June 24, a bear was sighted in Uetomo Sainokami, Daisen City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita

[Report] While driving, it suddenly leapt out from the bushes on the left. About 1 meter long. It didn’t hit the car, but after wandering on the road for a while, it went back into the bushes.
Akita, Akita

Spotted a bear on the roadway. It left heading east. Body length about 1 m. 1 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Minamisawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Unknown
Obanazawa Nobesawa, Yamagata

Crossed the road near Echizenya Doll Shop and ran up the back hill of Koshio (Koshiuo) Shrine.
Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

While driving near Atago Bridge in Kamiinnai, Yuzawa City, I spotted one bear in front of the garbage collection point near the beauty salon just before Shinōin. The bear crossed Atago Bridge and ran west toward Atago Shrine. Body length: 0.8 m; 10 m from residential area.
Yuzawa, Akita

One bear about 90 cm long was sighted from a car in a mixed woods in Terauchi-Kizakura 3-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

Ran off south while driving. Body length 1 m. 10 m to building. 5 m from car.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita
While driving on the Akita Expressway toward Akita, I witnessed one cub crossing the road from right to left toward the service area.
Daisen Kushoda, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kogoshige Uenodai, Daisen City, Akita, around 11:20 on June 22.
Daisen Kushoda, Akita
Witnessed a bear approximately 80 cm in length
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita

Bear sighted in front of Iwasaki Post Office. It was moving, so the direction it fled is unknown.
Yuzawa, Akita

Bear sighted moving west across the field south of a residence / Environment: near houses / Size: adult
Murayama 大字河島, Yamagata
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Akita Arayamachi, Akita

(Post) A cub ran off and entered the mountain from behind a convex traffic mirror.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

It ran out from the rear grounds of Koshio Shrine onto the road and then went back into the woods. Body length about 1.2 m.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

Bear sighted from inside the house. Body length 0.7 m. Left toward the southern mountain. 10 m from the building.
Akita Terauchi, Akita

Posted: Entered the grounds of Seirei Junior College
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

While passing along the road, I discovered bear droppings.
Akita, Akita

Around 06:45 on June 21, bear-like traces were found in Sakura-gaoka 4-chome, Akita City, Akita Prefecture; animal droppings resembling bear droppings were discovered.
Akita Kamikitate-Odo, Akita

One bear, 1 m (shoulder height), ran eastward across the prefectural road from the west. 10 m to the building.
Akita, Akita

Report: A person fishing by the Omonogawa River? Had parked their vehicle, and next to it there was a bear about 1 meter long.
Akita, Akita
Observed while driving toward Ōmagari. Appears to be a cub.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita

A bear was sighted in the city hall staff parking lot near Sun Green. It then fled down the southern slope.
Yuzawa 字湯ノ上山, Akita
[Post] While driving toward Akita City, I saw something running across the rice field (or maybe a field?) on the left.
Daisen Teradate, Akita

[Post] There was feces on the road. When I had a hunter check it, he said it was from a cub and that cherry pits were mixed in it.
Akita, Akita

Witnessed a bear leaving to the west. Body length 1 m. 10 m from a residence.
Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

A bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted near Akita Furusato Village No. 4 parking lot. It left heading toward the former Hotel Wellness (south).
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita

A bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted near the No. 4 parking lot of Akita Furusato-mura. It walked off in the direction of the former Hotel Wellness (south).
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita

An adult bear about 1 meter in size crossed the road from the Aeon side and entered the thicket on the Furusato Village side.
Yokote Fuke-ootsutsumi, Akita

(Posted) Was walking along the national highway and entered the Aeon premises.
Yokote Yasuda, Akita

Observed one bear. It proceeded toward the Maxvalu (supermarket) direction. Body length unknown.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

Received a report of suspected Asiatic black bear (tsukinowaguma) droppings and inspected the site. The droppings were believed to be from an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa 字角間沢, Akita

[Post] Witnessed a roughly 1-meter bear crossing the road
Akita, Akita

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Oishida Iwagafukuro, Yamagata

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Yokote Yasuda, Akita
Hearing a crackling/rustling sound, I looked toward the noise and saw a bear about 1–1.2 m in body length. The bear appeared twice around 10:00 and each time went back into the brush.
Yokote Maego, Akita
Observed on the uphill slope at the entrance to Nishi-Semboku High School while vehicles were passing. Body length about 1 meter. Direction in which it later fled is unknown.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Witnessed on the uphill slope at the entrance to Nishi-Semboku High School while vehicles were passing. Body length about 1 m. Direction it ran off afterward unknown.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita

[Report] I found this during my commute. It is definitely animal droppings. I think it’s slightly smaller than a clenched fist. (Note from the Forestry and Agricultural Maintenance Division: The size is small for bear droppings and it looks like droppings from a small animal.)
Yokote Ekimae-cho, Akita

Multiple footprints were found in the soybean field. They appear to be coming and going from the riverside on the west side. It is believed the animal has appeared several times between Sunday the 14th and today, Thursday the 18th.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita

A bear (0.5 m) was sighted on the road. The bear then departed to the south. Distance to the nearby building: 10 m.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Maegō Katsu-yama, Yokote City, around 10:00 on 2026-06-18.
Yokote Maego, Akita

Crossed in front of me while I was driving
Akita, Akita

Spotted one bear on National Route 13. It went back into the mountains. Body length about 50 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita

Appeared from the bushes and went back into the bushes.
Akita, Akita
When I went to the field behind my house, the bell I was wearing seemed to startle it; it ran through the rice paddy, crossed the levee along the Omonogawa River, and fled into the woods along the river.
Daisen Teradate, Akita

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Yokote 増田町亀田, Akita

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Akita, Akita

A citizen discovered signs indicating that a bear had been staying/lingering while mowing grass.
Daisen Nangai, Akita

A bear about 1 m in length was sighted heading north along National Route 13 / Environment: farmland / Size: adult
Shinjo Nakamichimachi, Yamagata

Environment: Business premises / Size: Unknown
Funagata, Yamagata
[Report] One bear cub found on the railway tracks
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
Spotted a small bear in the rice fields near the levee. Made noise to drive it toward the nearby woods, and it ran away.
Daisen Kyowa-Mineyoshikawa, Akita

Environment: Farmland / Size: Appears to be a cub
Tendo 大字奈良沢, Yamagata

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Nakisawa, Yamagata

Bear observed crossing the prefectural road from south to north / Environment: road / Size: adult
Murayama 大字田沢, Yamagata

One bear (approximately 1 m in length) was sighted on the Omagari Nishi Road downhill lane. It then fled toward the left side of the uphill lane.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita

While driving from Soekawa toward Akita Station, an apparently adult large bear was sitting in the middle of the road. I stopped and watched, but since it showed no sign of moving and was looking at us, I honked the horn, and it ran off into the mountain to the east.
Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted moving at Soegawa Keidaigawara in Akita City around 4:15 a.m. on June 16.
Akita, Akita

Crossing the road. Large individual.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Soegawa Chinochi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Teradate, Daisen City, Akita, on the afternoon of 2026-06-16.
Daisen Teradate, Akita

Crossing the small bridge beside the rice field, it walked slowly into the brush.
Akita, Akita

A single bear, over 1 meter in body length, was seen climbing a tree. The bear later came down from the tree, but because there were thickets beneath the tree it walked into, its direction of departure is unknown.
Yokote Maego, Akita

Spotted a young bear (50 cm) on the road shoulder. 300 m to the nearest house.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:30 on June 15, a bear was seen moving in Takamatsushita-no, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
Yuzawa 相川, Akita

A bear jumped out from the mountain area and ran off toward the river to the south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 350 m from residences.
Yuzawa 相川, Akita

Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain
Akita, Akita

[Post] Feces
Akita, Akita

A cub came out onto the sidewalk trying to cross the road, was startled by a passing car, and returned back into the brush.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, 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
One bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed in farmland. The bear then left toward the forested mountains to the south.
Yokote Maego, Akita
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지난 30일 동안 경로 5km 이내에서 곰 출몰이 831건 보고되었습니다. 이 중 최근 7일 동안의 보고는 116건입니다.
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Taihaku Ward, Sendai에서 Tendo까지, 미야기현, 이와테현, 아오모리현, 아키타현, 야마가타현을 지나는 총 1059 km 경로입니다. 지난 30일 동안 경로 5km 이내에서 곰 출몰이 831건 보고되었습니다. 이 중 최근 7일 동안의 보고는 116건입니다. 가장 최근 출몰은 1일 전 Odate Mochita, Akita 부근에서 보고되었습니다. 현재 곰 활동이 활발한 회랑입니다. 부득이 통과해야 한다면 최대한 주의하되, 우회가 더 안전합니다.