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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

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

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

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Kosaka, Akita

Around 3:00 PM on June 13, a bear was sighted in Kosakamatsunaka Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka, Akita

I don’t know the exact location or time, but while driving from the town toward Lake Towada I saw a bear cub suddenly run into the brush on the left side of the road. It was just a moment so I didn’t get a photo, but we passed Kosaka Nanadaki Winery within two or three minutes, so I think it was in that general area.

Kosaka, Akita

Proceeding toward Kuradate, Muraoka direction

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

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

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

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

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

Rice field / body length 1 m / 60 m from a residence / approximately 100 m from the witness While driving on a municipal road, a bear was spotted in a rice field. The bear entered the forested area to the south.

Kazuno Hanawa, 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

[Report] Jukai Line (near Osarube, Kosaka Mine) While heading toward Kosaka, observed one adult bear and two cubs at the shrine entrance from the car.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

City road / body length 1.2 m / 5 m from a private residence / 10 m from the witness Observed from inside a vehicle: a bear crossing the city road and entering the brush.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

City road / body length 1.2 m / 300 m to nearest house / 10 m from witness. While driving on the city road, the witness saw a bear enter the brush north of the road.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

One bear was spotted moving in Towada-Nishikigi Shimono, Kazuno City.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

National road / body length 1.2 m / 300 m from a residence / 30 m from the witness. While driving a vehicle on the national road from north to south, I witnessed a bear crossing the road from east to west and entering the forest.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

Vacant lot / body length 70 cm / 10 m from a residence / 20 m from the sighting. While walking on a municipal road, I saw a bear crossing the road from south to north and entering the vacant lot.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

Around 1:25 PM on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Otarube, Kosakamachi Kosaka Mining Area, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

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

Kosaka, Akita

Railway tracks / body length 80 cm / 10 m from residences, etc. / 20 m distance from the witness: The bear was sighted wandering near the tracks from the grounds of a worksite.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

Rice field / body length 1 m / 300 m from houses, etc. / 40 m from observer While driving on a municipal road, the observer spotted a bear in a rice field.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

[Report] At National Route 7, at the 398 km point, it came out from the rail side, crossed the road and headed toward the mountain side. Body length about 1 m.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

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

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

On private property / 1.2 m / Distance to witness 20 m / Distance from house 20 m. A bear was in a tree. It came down from the tree and went off somewhere. Direction of departure unknown.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

A single bear about 1 meter long was observed climbing a tree.

Aomori Yasuta, Aomori

Around 7:30 PM on June 7, a bear was sighted in Yasuda, Aomori City.

Aomori Yasuta, Aomori

[Post] Witnessed crossing the road from left to right immediately after getting off the Kosaka-kita IC on the Tohoku Expressway.

Kosaka, Akita

While driving on Route 7, I witnessed a bear about 1–1.5 m long trotting crosswise toward the museum and then entering the woods. Other cars slowed and waited for it to cross, so quite a few people must have seen it. I’m reporting this because I didn’t find any sighting information posted.

Aomori Sannai, Aomori

While driving from the Towada Lake area toward Kosaka town, I saw one bear going under the guardrail on the right (west) side of the road just before the sign that says “1 km to Michi-no-Eki Kosaka.”

Kosaka, Akita

It ran through the rice paddies on the left side heading into Aomori City, past Kyowa Transport in Namioka. From what I could see through the passenger-side window, I think it was a cub.

Aomori, Aomori

Posted: A bear came out onto the road while I was driving.

Kazuno Towada-Kusagi, Akita

Field adjacent to a private residence / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness: A bear about 1 m in length was seen from inside a house walking north through a field.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

While working a ball-collection part-time job at Nashi no Ki Golf Garden, I witnessed a small bear cross right in front of me. It happened last Thursday. In the past I’ve repeatedly heard small bears crying around the same time of day. I tried to post about this several times, but it didn’t seem to go through, so although some time has passed since the sighting, I’m trying again.

Aomori Kobata, Aomori

Was watching from the sidewalk bushes as it prepared to cross the road. When a car passed by, it returned into the bushes.

Hirakawa, Aomori

One bear in Ikarigaseki, Hirakawa City was trying to cross the road from bushes on a sidewalk, but returned into the bushes when a car passed by.

Hirakawa Ikarigaseki, Aomori

One bear was sighted crossing the expressway south of Ajara Parking Area on the Tohoku Expressway in Karunushi, Owani Town.

Owani Karouji, Aomori

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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita

[Report] Passed through the rice fields from the western settlement, crossed National Route 282, and disappeared into the forest on the east side.

Kosaka Daichi, Akita

Around 4:15 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Arataniyagakuda, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.

Kosaka Daichi, Akita

One bear was sighted in Nijigai, Owani Town, and ran from the road toward the mountains.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

While driving from the north toward the south, I sighted a bear about 1.2 meters long near the worksite on the east side. The bear was wandering around the area of the worksite and then was seen heading into the woods to the east.

Kazuno Towada-Suehiro, Akita

Around 09:57 on 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted in Iwato, Aomori City.

Aomori Iwatari, Aomori

While driving on National Route 101 toward Namioka, just past the Daishaka Tunnel, I observed a bear about 1 m in length crossing the roadway from left to right. No damage reported.

Aomori, Aomori

Around 4:10 AM on 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted in Tokusai-ko, Namioka, Aomori City, and crossed the roadway near the Daishaka Tunnel on Route 101. No damage has been confirmed.

Aomori, Aomori

One bear was sighted at Takada Asahiyama in Aomori City just after 6:00 a.m.

Aomori Takada, Aomori

One bear was sighted on a town road in Uwanokida, Oda, Kosaka Town. The bear was about 60 cm long.

Kosaka Daichi, Akita

While driving a car on a municipal road from west to east, I witnessed a bear about 70 centimeters long cross the road from south to north, then run up the embankment and head north. The distance between the car and the bear at the time of sighting was about 2 meters.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

A cub came down from the ravine onto the road, looked closely at the car I was driving, and hurried back into the ravine.

Aomori Takada, Aomori

At a little after 6:00 a.m. on June 2, one bear cub was sighted in Asahiyama, Takada, Aomori City.

Aomori Takada, Aomori

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Kosaka, Akita

Municipal road / 50 m from a house / body length 70 cm / 10 m from witness. While passing on the municipal road by vehicle, a bear was spotted on the south side of the road. The bear left to the south.

Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita around 5:30 PM on June 1.

Kosaka, Akita

While driving on National Route 101 toward Namioka, collided with a bear that emerged from the left side of the road. The bear then departed in an unknown direction.

Aomori, Aomori

[Post] Went up the mountain with the shrine from near the direct sales shop. Body length about 1.2 meters.

Kosaka, Akita

A cub attempted to climb over the guardrail from the slope beside the railway tracks. One cub.

Aomori Namioka-Daishaka, Aomori

Report: A single fairly large bear about 1 meter in length crossed the town road near the south side of the cemetery at 16-1 Kakeshita, Osaki, moving from east to west. It climbed up from the embankment by the drainage channel south of the cemetery onto the town road, dashed into the field to the west, passed alongside the cemetery above the town road, and entered the western mountain forest. This crossing route has seen multiple sightings last year as well, including lone bears and mother-and-cub pairs.

Kosaka, Akita

[Report] While traveling on National Route 7 from Hirosaki City toward Odate City, a bear appeared from the left side of the road shoulder, crossed the highway, and moved to the right side.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

While driving on the single road toward Ajarano Forest Campground, it crossed the road from the left and entered the hillside on the right.

Owani Kuradate, Aomori

Around 6:16 PM on 2026-05-30, a bear was sighted moving in Nagabashiri-Jinba, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.

Odate Nagabashiri, Akita

I was driving from Ōwani toward Karatake when a bear ran from the right and crossed to the left.

Owani Komaki, Aomori

A bear appeared from along the river and ran off down the road.

Aomori, Aomori

One bear cub ran from west to east.

Owani, Aomori

Around 06:00 on May 29, one bear was seen moving in Owani Shutchosawa, Owani Town, Aomori.

Owani Nijikai, Aomori

Prefectural road / body length 70 cm / 200 m from houses, etc. / approximately 50 m from the observer. A small bear emerged from the woodland on the east side of the prefectural road, crossed the road, and ran off to the west.

Kazuno, Akita

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Kosaka, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kosaka Wakagi-dachi, Kosaka Town, Akita on 2026-05-28 morning.

Kosaka, Akita

Was attempting to climb the slope beside the road.

Aomori, Aomori

Ran off into the woods. [Broadcast from Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa, Aomori

A bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted around 6:00 PM beside the guardrail on National Route 7 in Tsurugasaka, Aomori City.

Aomori Tsurugasaka, Aomori

Spotted an animal that appeared to be a bear. [Issued by Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Machii, Aomori

While driving from Aomori toward Hirosaki, I spotted one bear about 1.5 m long outside the guardrail on the east side. It was not on the roadway.

Aomori Namioka-Daishaka, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Tsurugasaka, Aomori City.

Aomori Tsurugasaka, Aomori

It ran off toward the tennis courts. [Issued by Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Arayamachi, Aomori

Footprints discovered.

Aomori Iwatari, Aomori

While gathering wild plants, bear droppings were discovered. They appear to be 2–3 days old.

Aomori Sannai, Aomori

One bear was seen moving in Arai-cho, Hirakawa City.

Hirakawa Arayamachi, Aomori

A single small cub about the size of a small dog was walking alone; after seeing us it ran off toward the rice fields.

Aomori Kanehama, Aomori

Ran off into the woods. [Broadcast from Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Karatake, Aomori

While driving a car on Nishiyama Agricultural Road heading toward Hanawa, I witnessed a bear about 40 centimeters in height crossing the road from east to west and then walking off into the woods on the west side. The distance between the car and the bear was about 6 meters.

Kazuno, Akita

[Report] I went to my property to take care of the remains after cutting down chestnut trees. After getting out of the car, I saw a bear wandering about 80 meters away. I made noise, but it didn’t react or even look my way; it crossed my property and climbed up the slope to the south.

Kosaka, Akita

Witnessed one bear approximately 1 meter long in the Namioka River. No damage reported.

Aomori, Aomori

Vacant lot / Body length 1 m / 20 m from a house / 30 m distance from eyewitness

Kazuno, Akita

At around 18:10 on May 21, 2026, a man in his 70s at home spotted a roughly 1‑meter bear in a grove in Hanawa, Kazuno City (Shintomei). According to the Kazuno police, the bear was about 30 meters from nearby houses, and the police have urged residents to be cautious.

Kazuno, Akita

On private residential property / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness. Witness observed a bear walking toward the back of the shrine.

Kazuno, Akita

On May 21 at around 12:30, a report was made of a parent-and-child bear in an apple orchard south of Taketate Elementary School in Hirakawa City. City staff patrolling the area sighted a bear-like animal at about 13:30; police and the hunting association conducted searches with drones but could not confirm the bear. The city halted school activities and will set a box trap at 09:00 on May 22.

Hirakawa Okidate, Aomori

Sighted in the apple orchard behind the elementary school grounds [Reported from Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Okidate, Aomori

A bear was sighted in Okidate Miyazaki, Hirakawa City, Aomori Prefecture.

Hirakawa Okidate, Aomori

Vegetable garden on private property / Body length 1 m / 15 m from house / 15 m distance from witness I observed a bear lingering in the vegetable garden on my property. I was frightened and went indoors. I have not been able to confirm what the bear did afterward.

Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita

While driving on the expressway, I encountered a bear cub on the road about 200 meters before Kosaka Parking Area. I slowed down and honked, and it ran into the bushes on the left. The mother bear was not seen. I reported it to the police car that was ahead.

Kosaka, Akita

Field / body length 1 m / 150 m from a house / 200 m from a witness While driving on the national highway, (the witness) saw a bear running south through a field 200 m south of the highway.

Kazuno, Akita

Witnessed it crossing the road and entering the thicket of the forest on the east side.

Kazuno, Akita

Bear tracks discovered. No damage reported.

Aomori, Aomori