Tendo~Semboku 드라이브 루트

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

On the way back to the second parking lot from Kaiko Falls, near the parking area.

Senboku, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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

Yuzawa Shimo-Innai, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita

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

Senboku, Akita

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

[Post] Sighted when getting out of the car

Yuzawa, Akita

After being seen in the watermelon field, it ran off toward the northwest hills. / Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult

Obanazawa Terauchi, Yamagata

It crossed from Ōse Kurano Bridge heading toward the mountains.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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

Yuzawa, Akita

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama Yasuzawa, Yamagata

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

Daisen Kami-Uguisuno, Akita

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

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

Captured / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama, Yamagata

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

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Matsuokabochu, Yuzawa City.

Yuzawa, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

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

Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

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

Yuzawa, Akita

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Mamurogawa Nozoki, Yamagata

A bear about 1 meter long ate cherries just before harvest at a cherry orchard in Shiratori, Murayama City.

Murayama 大字白鳥, Yamagata

Witnessed one bear believed to be the mother and two cubs; sizes unknown. Direction in which they left is unknown.

Yokote 睦成, Akita

A bear was sighted in Jonancho, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, around 14:35 on 2026-06-07.

Yokote Shirominami-machi, Akita

A member of the public spotted one bear about 1.5 m long in a rice paddy while doing farm work. The bear left heading north toward the embankment.

Daisen, Akita

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

Yokote 十文字町腕越, Akita

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

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

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

Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita

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

Yokote 十文字町, Akita

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

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

[Post] (No description of circumstances)

Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita

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

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

Moved to the cherry orchard on the west side / Environment: farmland / Size: unknown

Higashine 大字島大堀, Yamagata

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

Yokote 十文字町西原二番町, Akita

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

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

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

Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita

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

Yokote Sotonome, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Ogata, Akita

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

Senboku, Akita

A bear was sighted walking on a city road in Kamicho, Yokote City, around 4:45 p.m.

Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita

Post: About 1 meter long, it headed toward the Mizuho Road direction.

Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita

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

Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita

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

Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Umezawa, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Umezawa, Akita

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

Senboku, Akita

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

Yokote Yawata, Akita

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

Yokote Yawata, Akita

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

Yokote Yawata, Akita

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

Yokote Yawata, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Okazaki, Akita

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

Senboku Nishikicho-Kobuchino, Akita

Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile

Sakegawa, Yamagata

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

Daisen Itaminai, Akita

[Report] A 1.2 m long bear left the embankment tail at the Ushirokawa drainage sluice and departed toward the Omono River.

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

Posted: It was located between the forest and the embankment.

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

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

Yokote 杉目, Akita

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

Yokote 杉目, Akita

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

Yokote 杉目, Akita

A young bear about 30 centimeters long went from the river toward the grounds of Omagari Agricultural High School.

Daisen Onukitakabatake, Akita

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

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

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

Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita

Sighted in a rice field.

Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita

Witnessed a bear moving eastward through the rice field west of Maruho Construction. Body length approximately 1.5 m.

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

On the evening of 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted on a city road in Omagari Kanaya-cho, Daisen City.

Daisen Iida, Akita

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

Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita

Walked on the residential property and entered toward the mountain. Body length approximately 1.3 m. Departed heading east toward the mountain. Distance to nearest house approximately 3 m.

Senboku Tazawako-Okazaki, Akita

Crossing the Akita Expressway

Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita

While traveling on the highway from Akita toward Omagari, I spotted a bear about 1 meter long in the forested area to the east, but it left immediately.

Daisen Nangai, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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

Yuzawa, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita

Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile

Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata

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

Daisen Toyokawa, Akita

【Post】

Yuzawa 字角間沢, Akita

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

Yuzawa 字稲荷山, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Obanazawa Gobono, Yamagata

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

Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita

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

Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita

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

Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita

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

Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita

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

Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita

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

Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita

Crossed the road from the IC side

Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita

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

Yokote Akasaka, Akita

Observed a bear about 1 m tall crossing the highway. The bear left toward the eastern woodland.

Daisen Nangai, Akita

Observed a bear about 1 m in size crossing the highway. The bear departed toward the eastern woodlands.

Daisen Nangai, Akita

[Report] On the highway (Akita Expressway) near Daisen City Nangai, it was crossing the road from the west side toward the east side.

Daisen, Akita

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

Yuzawa 字東松沢, Akita

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

Yuzawa, Akita

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata

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

Yuzawa, Akita

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

Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

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

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

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

Daisen Nagano, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

[Report] (No description of the situation) The map point was in a different area, so the map point has been corrected based on the entered address and lot number.

Yokote 2-chome, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

[Post]

Daisen Nagano, Akita

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

Daisen Nagano, Akita

[Post]

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

Environment: Public facility / Size: Juvenile

Obanazawa, Yamagata

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama, Yamagata

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

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

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

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

Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita

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

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

Environment: golf course, hot spring facility / Size: young cub

Funagata, Yamagata

[Post] Under the bridge

Daisen Nagano, Akita

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

Yokote Yawata, Akita

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

Yokote 杉目, Akita

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

Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita

There were footprints in the garden on the property.

Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita

Sighted one bear approximately 1 meter in body length. The bear left heading east.

Yokote Myoei-cho, Akita

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

Yokote Yawata, Akita

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

Yokote Yawata, Akita

Around 7:35 on May 29, a bear was sighted in Futsuyu Nakaodo, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.

Daisen Niiyaji, Akita

Spotted a bear about 1.5 m in body length.

Daisen Yotsuya, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long ran east through the rice fields.

Daisen Niiyaji, Akita

Around 6:01 on 2026-05-29, a bear was sighted at Shingayachi Mizunomiba in Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.

Daisen Niiyaji, Akita

[Post]

Daisen Niiyaji, Akita

Captured / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Kaneyama Yasuzawa, Yamagata

Around 9:00 on May 29, a bear was sighted in Akinagicho, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.

Yokote Myoei-cho, Akita

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

Yokote Yawata, Akita

Around 12:20 on May 29, a bear was seen moving in Mutsunari Yoshizawa Kamidai, Yokote City.

Yokote 杉目, Akita

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

Yokote 杉目, Akita

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

Yokote 杉目, Akita

[Post] Walking along the embankment

Daisen Nagatoro, Akita

Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile

Funagata, Yamagata

While doing farm work, I sighted a single bear about 1 meter tall in a rice field. It was approximately 100 meters from a residence.

Daisen Yotsuya, Akita

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

Daisen Nagano, Akita

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

Daisen Nagano, Akita

One bear was sighted on a road at Higashizawa Reservoir in Murayama City and moved into the forested area.

Murayama 楯岡東沢, Yamagata

One bear was sighted on the road near Higashizawa Reservoir. It moved into the forest. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Murayama Shieldhill East Marsh, Yamagata

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

Yuzawa 成沢, Akita

A driver traveling on a prefectural road sighted a single bear about 1.2 m long crossing the road. The bear left and headed into the mountains to the south.

Daisen Nangai, Akita

Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile

Kaneyama Yamazaki, Yamagata

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

Yokote, Akita

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

Yokote, Akita

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

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

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

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Nangai Oohata Kawazawa, Daisen City, Akita around 17:12 on May 27.

Daisen Nangai, Akita

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

Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

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

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

[Post]

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

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

Yuzawa 成沢, Akita

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

Yuzawa 成沢, Akita

A bear was seen crossing a road in Kamabuchi, Mamurogawa Town.

Mamurogawa Kamabuchi, Yamagata

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

Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita

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

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

Posted: Three bears (a parent and two cubs) were on the road; when a car approached they escaped into the bushes.

Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

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

Yokote 安本, Akita

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

Yokote 安本, Akita

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

Yokote 安本, Akita

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

Yokote 安本, Akita

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

Yokote 下境, Akita

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

Yokote 下境, Akita

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

Yokote, Akita

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

Yokote, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

[Report] One bear sighted; body length unknown

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

[Post] One bear of unknown body length sighted

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

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

Yokote, Akita

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

Yokote 百万刈, Akita

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

Yokote, Akita

A bear was sighted in Taiyū Shinmachi, Yokote City.

Yokote, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long crossed the road in front of the Oasis Hall in Kurokawa heading south and ran off toward the rice fields.

Yokote 黒川, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita

[Post] This morning, when I went to the field, there were footprints.

Daisen Hanadate, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kakunodate-machi Yamatani Kawasaki Ueno, Senboku City, Akita, around 18:50 on May 23.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

[Post] Spotted while farming

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

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

Daisen Yariminai, Akita

Size: Adult

Funagata, Yamagata

According to the tracks, it headed north from the sighting location / Size: adult

Shinjo, Yamagata

Report from a passing woman / Size: Unknown

Mamurogawa Hiraoka, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Higashine, Yamagata

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

Daisen Toyooka, Akita

Observed a bear moving from north to south along the Oodangawa River near Hibashi Bridge / Size: juvenile

Murayama 大字林崎, Yamagata

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

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Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Observed one cub crossing the road from south to north / Size: juvenile

Shinjo Odashima, Yamagata

[Post] There is one adult bear in the forest

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

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Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Size: Unknown

Higashine 大字羽入, Yamagata

Environment: Forest / Size: Adult and cub

Obanazawa Nyu, Yamagata

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

Senboku, Akita

Size: cub/juvenile

Oishida Tazawa, Yamagata

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

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

Yokote Akagawa, Akita

Size: Unknown

Higashine, Yamagata

Size: Unknown

Funagata Tomita, Yamagata

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

Daisen Otacho-Komaba, Akita

[Post] Walking inside the park

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

Daisen Takazekikamigo, Akita

A single bear about 1 meter in body length crossed Route 105 from east to west.

Daisen Takazekikamigo, Akita

Spotted one bear approximately 80 cm in body length in farmland.

Daisen Hanadate, Akita

One bear spotted walking on farmland. Body length about 1 m. Distance to the nearest house about 30 m.

Daisen Hanadate, Akita

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

Yuzawa 下関, Akita

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

Yuzawa 酒蒔, Akita

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

Misato 境田, Akita

Was roaming near Sankōen

Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata

Just after 04:00 on May 18, 2026, one bear was sighted near Sankouen in Chuo, Murayama City, Yamagata Prefecture. The city warned of the possibility of further sightings and urged residents and passersby to carry noise-making devices like bells or radios and to secure their homes.

Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata

Sighted a bear moving on National Route 13 from east to west (on the grounds of Sankōen). / Size: adult

Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata

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

Daisen Yotsuya, Akita

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

Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

Was seen entering the mountain / Size: juvenile

Shinjo Motoaikai, Yamagata

Around 11:00 on May 17, one bear was seen entering the mountain in Fukudayama, Shinjō City, Yamagata Prefecture. Based on its size, the bear is believed to be a juvenile.

Shinjo Fukuda, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Shinjo Tsunozawa, Yamagata

Footprints believed to be from a bear were found in the field.

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

Discovered what appears to be bear tracks in the field.

Daisen Jinguji, Akita