Tateyama~Aomori 드라이브 루트

Atsumi government office: A vehicle on National Route 7 collided with one bear (body length 0.8 m). The bear subsequently fled into the mountains. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata

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

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

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

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

Observed one bear about 1 m in body length running across the road from south to north.

Aomori, Aomori

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

Akita, Akita

While working in the field, a bear crossed in front of me about 10 meters to my left, then crossed the road and ran toward the mountain on the south side. About 1.5 meters.

Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita

One bear sighted in front of a residence. Direction of escape unknown.

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

Witnessed an animal that looked like a cub crossing the road.

Kamiichi, Toyama

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

Yurihonjō 岩城道川, 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

Encountered a solitary Asiatic black bear (tsukinowaguma) while cycling. Our eyes met briefly, but the bear ran into the bushes.

Aomori, Aomori

A cub about 0.8 meters long was wandering around the road. It went into the woods.

Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

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Odate, 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

Atsumi Government Office area: One observer sighted a young bear (body length unknown) on the railroad tracks within the Koiwagawa vicinity. / Environment: On the railroad tracks / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

Sighted near a field. One cub. It was sitting on the road but, upon noticing the observer, fled westward.

Hirosaki, Aomori

Atsumi government office: A person observed one bear (body length unknown) within the Yuu-Atsumi area. / Environment: riverside / Size: unknown

Tsuruoka 湯温海, 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

In Aigosawa, Aomori City, a driver encountered one bear while driving, and the bear fled into the bushes.

Aomori, Aomori

[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

A roughly one-meter-tall one crossed the road.

Akita, 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

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

Aomori, Aomori

[Report] The bear was about 1 m in size. It was in the green space.

Akita, Akita

One bear about 80 centimeters in body length was sighted at the signalized intersection near Uradabashi. It later departed into the brush to the south.

Kitaakita Katsurase, 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

Environment: Farmland / Size: Unknown

Sakata 関, Yamagata

[Aomori City report] A single bear about 70 cm long was seen crossing the road and heading north.

Aomori, Aomori

[Aomori City report] A single bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed crossing the road and moving north.

Aomori, Aomori

Distance to houses: 200 m. Bear body length: 1.0 m.

Yurihonjō 岩城赤平, Akita

Observed one bear about 80 cm in body length crossing the road from east to west.

Kitaakita, Akita

A single bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) was sighted near the Kogata Purification Center. It moved south from the seaside and was later not found. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 堅苔沢, Yamagata

One bear about 1 meter long was sighted in Konokozawa, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 堅苔沢, Yamagata

Crossed from the east side to the west side.

Murakami, Niigata

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a highway in Shimoaikawa, Murakami City, Niigata.

Murakami, Niigata

Droppings were found

Akita, Akita

A single bear about 100 centimeters long was sighted at a point approximately 200 meters northeast of the Komabayashi neighborhood hall within the Oaza Komabayashi area.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear was sighted heading west.

Itoigawa, Niigata

[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

One bear was observed crossing the road from the observation deck side. Approximately 1 m in body length.

Nikaho Innai, 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

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

Akita, 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

I was walking toward the marsh.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

A bear about 50 centimeters was wandering around. Authorities have already been notified.

Hachirogata Shimanouchi, Akita

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Akita, 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

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

Akita, 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

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

A bear was sighted around 5:30 AM on July 1 in Kosubogawa, Hanaoka-cho, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.

Odate Hanaokamachi, Akita

A bear was sighted in Hitoichi, Hachirogata Town, Akita Prefecture.

Hachirogata Kubomi, Akita

One bear was sighted moving in Shogunno Minami 1-chome, Akita City.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Oumihokutocho, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture.

Itoigawa, Niigata

[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

Confirmed a bear moving westward

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

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

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

The animal crossed directly in front of a car traveling on Route 105 from Nakamichi-dai toward the Yamazaki housing complex.

Kitaakita Yonaizawa, 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

Distance to houses: 500 m. Bear body length: 1.5 m. Crossed the road from Karasuno Swamp and went to the eastern mountain.

Yurihonjō, 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 (approx. 1.0 m in body length) was sighted about 300 m east of Abura-do Community Center, near Nakata Bridge. It moved south and was later not found. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 油戸, Yamagata

Observed while walking from the Babamegawa direction toward the bus terminal. The bear then fled toward the bus terminal (north). Reported to the authorities.

Gojome 東磯ノ目, Akita

One 70 cm bear; direction of movement unknown

Katagami Tenno, Akita

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

One cub was sighted in Koiwagawa, Tsuruoka City, coming down from the mountain to National Route 7 and then returning to the mountain when a witness called out.

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office building area: Witnessed one cub (body length unknown) that came down from the mountain onto National Route 7. When the witness called out, the cub returned to the mountain. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

[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

Distance from residence: 1.5 m; Bear body length: 1.0 m; Fled toward the woods on the north side.

Yurihonjō, Akita

A cub was sighted crossing a railway line from the mountain side to the sea side in Hayata, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 早田, Yamagata

Ainsai government office area: Observed a cub (about 0.5 m body length) crossing the tracks from the mountainside to the seaside in the Hayata area. / Environment: Around houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 早田, Yamagata

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

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

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 witness observed one cub moving from the seaside toward the mountains. / Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 小岩川, Yamagata

While traveling on Prefectural Route Kamimasuda–Yoshikawa, I sighted one bear. It ran off to the south.

Joetsu, Niigata

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

[Aomori City report] ・Sighted while passing by in a car. ・Body length approximately 1.4–1.6 m.

Aomori, Aomori

While driving on the municipal road east line of Itoigawa Junior High School, one bear was sighted. It was moving east.

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

Spotted two bears moving from the field toward the bamboo grove.

Nikaho Hirasawa, 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

One bear was sighted moving in Terauchi Takano, Akita City.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

Atsumi government office: One bear (body length unknown) sighted in the Yu-Atsumi area. / Environment: Near houses / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

Atsumi government office area: One bear (body length unknown) sighted within the Yunokami area. / Environment: Near residences / Size: Unknown

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

[Aomori City post] Information from the Aomori Police Station about an incident with the potential for bear-related human injury. Location: approximately 540 meters southwest of Jigokuyunosawa.

Aomori, Aomori

The bear crossed the prefectural road from west to east and slowly entered the mountains.

Yurihonjō 西目町西目, Akita

Odate Naganeyamashita, Akita

A single bear cub ran off toward the Nature House.

Odate Naganeyamashita, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted at the Tsuruoka City Atsumi Forestry Association parking lot in Oiwagawa, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata

Atsumi government office: One bear (approximately 1 m in body length) sighted in the parking lot of the Tsuruoka City Atsumi Forest Cooperative. / Environment: business/office parking lot / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 大岩川, Yamagata

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

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

Odate Ipponsugi, Akita

[Aomori City report] Witnessed one approximately 1-meter-tall bear crossing the road to the east.

Aomori, Aomori

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

A single bear (body length 1.0 m) was sighted at a farming work hut in Nakayama area. It appeared to be eating rice. It moved away from the sighting location afterward. / Environment: Around homes / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 矢引, Yamagata

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 bear entered a farm work shed in Nakayama, Tsuruoka City, and damaged rice stored in paper bags.

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

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

Around 15:12 on 2026-06-28, one bear was seen moving in Nishimemachi Nishime, Yurihonjō City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō 西目町西目, Akita

A bear was sighted at a farm work shed in Nakayama, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata, eating rice stored in the shed.

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

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

Akita Terauchi, Akita

While driving on National Route 7 from Honjō toward Nikaho, a bear about 1.2 m long hid in the roadside brush on the seaward side.

Nikaho Ryozenji, 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

One bear was sighted about 100 meters northwest of the campsite in the Oaza Gochi Kokubu area.

Joetsu, Niigata

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

Odate, Akita

Observed from the roadside while driving from Yatate Pass toward Ōdate. It was heading into the mountains.

Odate, 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

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

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Sakata 横代, Yamagata

One cub was sighted

Kurobe 若栗, Toyama

Distance from houses: 20 m. Bear body length: 0.8 m. Departed heading south.

Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Kamiyashiki, Akita

One cub was sighted in Wakaguri, Kurobe City.

Kurobe 若栗, Toyama

One bear was sighted in Gochikokubu, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Kajiyashiki, Itoigawa City, Niigata, around 16:10 on June 26.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear was sighted near Kajiyashiki Community Center. It was moving southwest.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear (approximately 80 cm) was sighted entering the southwest mountain near the baseball field of Tsuruoka National College of Technology. Its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: forest / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata

At around 15:58 on June 26, a bear was sighted in Ioka, Tsuruoka City.

Tsuruoka 井岡, Yamagata

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

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

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

Akita, 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

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

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

It was on the sidewalk and appeared startled by the headlights of passing cars.

Aomori, Aomori

Atsumi Government Office: A single cub (approximately 0.8 m in body length) was sighted near the Atsumi government office / Environment: Near houses / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

A cub was sighted within the Nakayama area and ran off to the north. / Environment: near houses / Size: juvenile

Tsuruoka 中山, Yamagata

I went toward Kitachu to pick him up. I stopped at the intersection at the stop sign, and my husband spotted [it/them] on the Niiyama Shrine side.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

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

[Report] One bear confirmed

Akita, Akita

Bear feces confirmed on the premises

Itoigawa 中央, Niigata

Body length: approximately 1.0 m; distance to the house: approximately 20 m

Yurihonjō, Akita

Distance to nearest house: 150 m Bear body length: 1 m

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Odate Hashigeta, Akita

[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

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 single Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma), approximately 1.5 m in body length, was encountered while crossing the road. After facing off in place for about 30 seconds, it left and went into the grass.

Aomori, Aomori

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

Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

[Aomori City report] Information from the police of a human injury incident caused by a bear. Approximately 700 m east of Jigokunuma.

Aomori, Aomori

Posted: It appears the bear came out of the river in a wet condition, walked through the parking lot, and then entered by climbing over the fence of the Miura House (Miura Residence).

Akita, 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

On 2026-06-24 around 12:30, a bear was seen moving in Arakawa Yokokura, Aomori City.

Aomori, Aomori

[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

Observed one bear outside the baseball stadium.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear sighted near Nōu Ballpark (within the Ōheiji area of the Nōu region) attempting to climb a tree.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Observed one cub. Moving westward.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear about 1 m (tall). It ran along the riverbank next to a rice field below the Ikawa Town water purification plant and went into the underbrush. It appeared to be heading toward the purification plant.

Ikawa 井内, Akita

[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

Confirmed feces in vacant lot approximately the size consistent with a bear.

Itoigawa 横町, Niigata

One bear was sighted. It was moving toward the mountains.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One adult bear and one cub were sighted near Suwa Shrine in the Hamakiura area; they moved south.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Crossed the road near Echizenya Doll Shop and ran up the back hill of Koshio (Koshiuo) Shrine.

Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

Observed one cub. It was moving toward the mountains.

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear (1 m) entered the bushes on the south side of Kamo Community Center. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata

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

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

Discovered bear tracks while doing farm work.

Nagaoka, Niigata

Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Unknown

Yuza 江地, Yamagata

An office worker spotted one bear (body length 50 cm) / traveling northeast / on company premises

Odate, 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

Discovered bear tracks while on the way to cultivate the field

Nagaoka, Niigata

At around 9:00 PM on June 22, one bear was sighted in Akasaka, Kuroishi City.

Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

Around 3:15 PM on June 22, a bear-like animal was sighted in Funahashi.

Funahashi, Toyama

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

Kuroishi 大字三島, Aomori

[Report] Saw a bear crossing the road

Yurihonjō, Akita

A local resident walking a dog sighted one Asiatic black bear (tsukinowaguma) about 1.0 m in body length near a residence. The bear then left toward the southeast into the wooded area behind houses. The bear was approximately 10 meters from the nearest house.

Kamikoani Kosawada, 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

One bear (body length 1.2 m) spotted in a private home's yard / heading north / 200 m west of Tashikomori Ballpark

Odate, 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

Sighted one bear

Itoigawa, Niigata

One bear was seen moving in Ishiwaki Tajiri, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

On the way home, there was a bear on the road. Startled by the car, it ran straight into the grass.

Aomori, Aomori

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

Crossed the prefectural road from north to south and entered the forest. Body length about 1 m.

Nikaho Himeno, Akita

One bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was sighted on the east-side slope of the national highway. It walked off and its whereabouts are unknown. There were no nearby buildings.

Akita, Akita

Crossed the road heading toward Hirasawa. Two bears, each about 50 cm in body length.

Nikaho Hirasawa, 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

One bear was culled by emergency shooting along the coast in Yokozaki Shin, Asahi Town.

Asahi, Toyama

Crossed the highway and went east. Body length about 1 m.

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

A bear appeared along the coast in Yokozaki Shin, Asahi Town, and moved into a coastal windbreak forest.

Asahi, Toyama

Around 5:00 on 2026-06-20, a bear was sighted in Sakamachi, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture.

Murakami, Niigata

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

An 80 cm-long bear moved from the seaside toward the mountains.

Nikaho 鳥屋森, Akita

One bear was sighted. It was moving north.

Itoigawa, Niigata

Crossed the road and went into the woods.

Odate, 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

Went into the brush on the western side of the mountain.

Ikawa 坂本, Akita

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

Kuroishi, Aomori

At around 18:27 on June 18, one bear was seen moving in Katsuse, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture.

Kitaakita Katsurase, Akita

[Report] A small bear crossed the road from right to left heading toward Ani-Maeda area. It walked into the chip center.

Kitaakita Katsurase, Akita

Saw one bear cub on the road. Body length about 80 cm. Walked off toward the mountains to the west.

Hirakawa, Aomori

Found flattened grass believed to be a bear’s lying-down spot

Uozu, Toyama

At around 14:00, one bear (approximately 1.5 m in body length) was sighted on the road about 400 m southeast of Yutagawa Community Center. It moved westward and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata

A bear was sighted around 08:15 on June 18 in Shimohama-Nagahama, Fukiyama-Sawa, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

(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

Discovered what appears to be bear tracks.

Tateyama, Toyama

Witnessed an adult bear about 1 meter in length crossing the road.

Asahi, Toyama

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 about 1 meter long was sighted in the Shukuda area of Murakami City.

Murakami, Niigata

One bear, estimated at about 1.5 meters long, was sighted in Fujisawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Tsuruoka 藤沢, Yamagata

One bear sighted near the bus stop in the Kyōgamines 2-chome area of Itoigawa City.

Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata

About 1 m in body length. Possibly the same bear that was sighted in the Tenjindo neighborhood association in the evening. / Environment: Around human residences / Size: Adult

Mikawa 大字押切新田, Yamagata

Crossed in front of me while I was driving

Akita, Akita

Appeared from the bushes and went back into the bushes.

Akita, Akita

Environment: riverbank / Size: adult (fully grown)

Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata

It came down from the mountain, saw a person, and then went back in the direction it had come from.

Akita, Akita

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Mikawa 大字猪子, Yamagata

One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Iwashinden, Tsuruoka City, and crossed the Nipponkai Tohoku Expressway.

Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata

Around 16:15, while driving on the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway from Sakata toward Tsuruoka, one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) was observed crossing from west to east. Subsequent whereabouts unknown. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 茨新田, Yamagata

A fully grown bear about 1 meter in size was seen crossing the river and climbing up into the mountains.

Asahi, Toyama

One adult bear was sighted in Motoyashiki, Asahi Town.

Asahi, Toyama

One bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted behind a private house. When a resident of the neighboring house raised their voice, it departed toward the Shirasaka area.

Kitaakita Urata, 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

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Akita, Akita

While heading from Yachi Onsen toward Tsuta Onsen, I witnessed one young bear crossing the road about 300 meters before the Y-shaped junction where National Route 103 and Prefectural Route 256 split. I nearly collided with it.

Aomori, Aomori

While traveling on National Route 345, one bear (approximately 1.2 m in body length) was sighted near Aikōen (Aikoen) of Tsuruoka City. The bear then moved toward the park behind Aikōen. / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 岡山, Yamagata

A bear was also sighted in Kamibana, Mikawa Town.

Mikawa 大字神花, Yamagata

One bear was sighted inside a residential property lot in Urata, Kitaakita City.

Kitaakita Urata, 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

Report from a citizen. [Sent from Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Niidate, Aomori

While driving on prefectural Route Ogata–Takayanagi, I sighted one animal believed to be a bear. It was moving west.

Joetsu, Niigata

It was in the mountains. It ran off toward the mountains.

Joetsu, Niigata

Feces of a large mammal believed to be a bear or wild boar

Uozu, Toyama

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

Observed one bear in the field.

Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata

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

Akita, 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

Spotted a young bear (50 cm) on the road shoulder. 300 m to the nearest house.

Akita, Akita

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

Witnessed an adult bear about 1 m in size crossing the road.

Asahi, Toyama

Around 6:30 on 2026-06-15, a bear was sighted in Sakuramachi, Asahi Town, Toyama Prefecture.

Asahi, Toyama

Sighted an adult bear about 1 meter in size

Asahi, Toyama

Sighted under the field's streetlight.

Itoigawa 新鉄, Niigata

Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain

Akita, Akita

Environment: Industrial area / Size: Adult

Sakata 宮海, Yamagata

A bear was sighted on a prefectural road in Karuigawa, Kashiwazaki City.

Kashiwazaki, Niigata

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Kosaka, Akita

Damage to crops such as potatoes

Odate, Akita

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

Nikaho 田の神, Akita

One bear was sighted in Kuradate Kawayada, Owani Town.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

A fisherman sighted one bear. It ran off to the south.

Itoigawa 寺島, Niigata

Around 11:00 on June 14, a bear was sighted in Kosakaichinoto, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Terajima, Itoigawa City, around 4:10 AM on 2026-06-14.

Itoigawa 寺島, Niigata

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

Nikaho 田の神, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Nikaho Kisakatamachi-Nishinakanosawa, Akita

Spotted one bear on the road about 100 meters east of Kenshin-ko Budokan.

Joetsu, Niigata

A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in a field at 32 Sunakosawa, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It appeared to have come out from the wooded hill behind the house on the west side. The bear was by a pile of firewood next to the house; when it made eye contact it returned to the western woodland. The distance when eye contact was made was about 20 meters, and it was small enough to be thought a cub not yet weaned. No adult bear was seen. The neighbor was informed immediately.

Kosaka, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 岩城君ヶ野, Akita

A single Asiatic black bear (about 80 cm in body length) crossed National Route 285 from the mountain area and moved northwest into a rice field; a passerby reported the sighting to the police. The sighting location was about 30 meters from nearby homes.

Kamikoani Bussha, Akita

While passing through the area, sighted one bear.

Tainai, Niigata

(Posted) It was in the parking lot.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Local resident sighted one bear (body length 1.2 m) / moving north / on convenience store premises

Odate Matsudate, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

Observed a young adult approximately 40 kg in size.

Tateyama, Toyama

[Report] Near a private residence

Yurihonjō, Akita

(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange

Akita, Akita

Proceeding toward Kuradate, Muraoka direction

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

A bear-like animal was sighted at Yokoe Noka in Tateyama Town.

Tateyama, Toyama

A bear was sighted in a parking lot in Shimizu 4-chome, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.

Odate Matsudate, Akita

One bear was sighted moving in Kuradate Kawarada, Ōwani Town, Aomori Prefecture.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita

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Akita, Akita

It appeared on the camera of a trap intended for wild boar.

Joetsu, Niigata

Spotted one bear while passing through the area.

Tainai, Niigata

One bear was sighted heading toward the mountains near Uta Shikan (Uta Community Center) in the Omi area of Itoigawa City.

Itoigawa, Niigata

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Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

Sighted near the greenhouse in the south-side field

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

A single bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed in a mountainside field.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

One bear crossed National Route 101 from north to south.

Aomori, Aomori

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

Akita, Akita

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

Ikawa 赤沢, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

While driving to work in a field, the reporter saw a bear sitting in a clearing near the woods on the east side of the apple orchard. The reporter reversed the car to put distance between themselves and the bear, and when they did the bear was gone. It is believed likely the bear escaped into the woods on the east side.

Kuroishi 大字高舘, Aomori

At around 12:25 PM, the facility manager at the Kamikoani Village Community Center (Yamafuji Onsen) grounds sighted one Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) approximately 1.0 m in body length. The bear subsequently left heading east into the forest. The distance to Yamafuji Onsen and the Prefectural Road Okitamen-Yanuno Line is about 15 meters.

Kamikoani Gotanzawa, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

footprints

Odate, Akita

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

Nikaho 鳥屋森, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

Environment: Near human residences / Size: Adult

Yuza 青塚, Yamagata

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

Yuza 青塚, Yamagata

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

Akita, Akita

While driving on National Route 8, one bear was sighted heading into the mountains near the Sandantaki-dōmon area.

Itoigawa, Niigata

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

[Report] Approx. 1 m in length — witnessed running toward the Kosaka area.

Odate, Akita

A local resident spotted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / moving east / approximately 20 m from the nearest house

Odate, Akita

A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 10 m from the nearest facility

Odate Dateshita, Akita

[Report] A bear about 1 meter long suddenly entered the company premises. When employees were startled and shouted, it ran off toward the north.

Odate Matsudate, Akita

Around 1:25 PM on June 11, one bear was sighted inside the premises of a house in Shimizu 2-chome, Odate City.

Odate Dateshita, Akita

[Report] Behind an empty house at 45 Sunagosawa, Kosaka, a young bear about 1 meter long ran into the forest on the west side. Just before that, it had been sighted near a water source in front of the house at 42 Sunagosawa. It appears to have come out of the forest on the east side, crossed rice fields and a river, passed between houses, and entered the forest on the west side. Although bears are known to be present in the hill behind the houses on the west side of the settlement, sightings of a moving bear occurred on the north and south sides of the row of houses. It is unusual to see a bear moving between houses during daytime.

Kosaka, Akita

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

Nikaho Ryozenji, Akita

Posted: It went down the road toward the houses.

Akita, Akita

Found bear tracks in the field. They appear to have come from the woods to the northwest of the discovery site.

Odate, Akita

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

Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata

Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult

Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata

Around 5:30 on 2026-06-11, a bear was sighted in Katsuse Shimohaburugayachi, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture.

Kitaakita Katsurase, Akita

Spotted a bear about 1 m in length at a T-intersection.

Kitaakita Katsurase, Akita

A bear cub was sighted in an irrigation channel in Takidera, Joetsu City.

Joetsu, Niigata

Spotted one cub in an irrigation canal 250 m west of the University-mae South intersection.

Joetsu, Niigata

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

Observed one bear.

Tainai, Niigata

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

Akita, Akita

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Yurihonjō, Akita

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Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult

Sakata 黒森, Yamagata

An animal resembling a bear was sighted in the brush near Wakaguri Community Center.

Kurobe 若栗, Toyama

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

Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita

[Aomori City report] Sighted three bears believed to be a mother and cubs during daytime.

Aomori, Aomori

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

Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita

Scat observed at 8:00 AM on June 9. Scat and footprints observed at 7:00 AM on June 10.

Itoigawa, Niigata

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

Mitane Amasegawa, Akita

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Akita, Akita

A local resident sighted one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) in a field / direction of travel: east / approximately 100 m from the nearest house.

Odate Hinai-Maeda, Akita

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Yurihonjō 古川端, Akita

Around 3:00 PM in Wakaguri, Kurobe City, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted.

Kurobe 若栗, Toyama

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

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

Around 06:30 on 2026-06-10, one bear was seen moving in Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

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

Nikaho 三丁目塩越, Akita

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

Nikaho Hirasawa, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

A local resident spotted one bear (body length unknown) in the woods / direction of travel unknown / 150 m southwest of Manaka Community Center

Odate Akaishi, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 浜ノ町, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

[Post] A bear appeared on campus

Yurihonjō 梵天谷地, Akita

While driving, I saw something that looked like a bear in my rearview mirror.

Tateyama, Toyama

One bear sighted near the Fossa Magna Museum garden. It moved into the woods on the north side.

Itoigawa 南寺町, Niigata

Distance to houses: 500 m Height: about 1 m

Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

Discovered tracks believed to be those of a bear while working in the fields.

Tainai, Niigata

School staff discovered footprints in a field believed to be from a bear.

Tainai, Niigata

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

Discovered tracks believed to be bear footprints while working in the fields.

Tainai, Niigata

A bear was sighted in Nagahashiri Jinba, Odate City, Akita, and was seen moving.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

One bear was sighted near the house. It moved off toward the northeast.

Joetsu, Niigata

One bear, about 1.2 meters long, was sighted in Maruta, Nadachi Ward, Joetsu City, Niigata.

Joetsu, Niigata

I couldn’t take proper photos because I was driving, but there were two black lumps that looked like bears. I think it was a parent and child.

Kitaakita, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 観音町, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 北裏地, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Tsurunuma, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 和泉町, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 和泉町, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita

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Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

[Post] A bear about 1 m (tall)

Akita, Akita

(Post) Walked slowly eastward through the grassy area.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

An animal resembling a bear was sighted.

Kurobe 神谷, Toyama

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

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Was running eastward in front of Yasuragi-en

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Beyond Kayano Chaya, between Prefectural Route 40 Aomori-Tashiro-Towada Line and Hakkōda Ski Area, a single bear cub was witnessed crossing the road.

Aomori, Aomori

A cub was seen crossing the road on Prefectural Route 40 (Aomori-Tashiro-Towada Line) between Kayano Chaya and the Hakkōda Ski Area.

Aomori, Aomori

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

Akita, Akita

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

Nikaho Innai, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

A bear (body length 1 m) was sighted south of the Kamo Community Disaster Prevention Center. It then crossed National Route 112 from east to west and went into the mountains. / Size: Adult

Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita

Discovered footprints believed to be from a bear while doing farm work.

Tainai, Niigata