เส้นทางเดินป่า Nagaoka-Kitaakita

Environment: Road / Size: Juvenile

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

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

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

Akita Terauchi, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Unoki, Akita

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

Tsuruoka 加茂, Yamagata

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

Environment: Near human dwellings / Size: Unknown

Yuza 江地, Yamagata

[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

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Akita Arayamachi, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi, Akita

Posted: Entered the grounds of Seirei Junior College

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.5 m; distance to houses and similar structures: approximately 90 m; departed from the brush side toward the seaside.

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Nikaho Himeno, Akita

It came out from the woods toward the road. It saw the car and went back into the woods.

Akita, Akita

Sighted a bear at the roadside. Body length 1 m. Departed to the east. 150 m from residences.

Akita, Akita

[Report] On Prefectural Route 56, near the entrance to Shimohama Beach, it crossed the prefectural road to the east. Body length about 1 meter.

Akita, 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

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

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

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

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

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

Ikawa 坂本, Akita

[Post] Sighted a bear about 1 meter long

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted on the slope toward National Route 7 from the second floor of a private house. It climbed up the slope and departed eastward. One bear, approximately 1 m in size. 90 m from the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Murakami, Niigata

Crossed in front of me while I was driving

Akita, Akita

Appeared from the bushes and went back into the bushes.

Akita, Akita

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

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Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

Crossing the road. Large individual.

Akita, Akita

Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain

Akita, Akita

[Post] Feces

Akita, Akita

Environment: Industrial area / Size: Adult

Sakata 宮海, Yamagata

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

Nikaho 田の神, Akita

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

Nikaho 田の神, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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

Nikaho Kisakatamachi-Nishinakanosawa, 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

[Report] Near a private residence

Yurihonjō, Akita

(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange

Akita, Akita

Spotted one bear while passing through the area.

Tainai, Niigata

(Posted) Walked along the ridge between rice fields toward the river.

Kitaakita Sumomodai, Akita

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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

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

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

I sighted one bear approximately 1 m in size. It moved southeast. It was 5 m from nearby buildings.

Akita Narayama-Furukawashinmachi, 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

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

On the night of 2026-06-11, one bear was sighted on a city road in Narayama-Atagoshita, Akita City.

Akita Narayama-Atagoshita, 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

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

Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita

Environment: Near houses / Size: Adult

Sakata 黒森, Yamagata

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

Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kibogaoka, Kamo City.

Kamo, Niigata

A single bear about 1 meter in body length moved into the mountains east of Kibōgaoka’s eastern hillside.

Kamo, 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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Yurihonjō 古川端, Akita

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

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

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

Nikaho 三丁目塩越, Akita

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

Nikaho Hirasawa, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 浜ノ町, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

[Post] A bear appeared on campus

Yurihonjō 梵天谷地, Akita

Distance to houses: 500 m Height: about 1 m

Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita

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

Tainai, Niigata

[Report] Crossing Route 7 toward Ōmoriyama

Akita, Akita

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

Tainai, Niigata

Around 8:25 a.m. on June 9, one bear was seen moving in Hamadaishiyama, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Spotted one bear about 60 cm in body length on the west side of the neighboring house. It came from the south and went back toward the south. The distance from the house was 10 meters.

Akita, Akita

One adult bear moved along the south side of the house from west to east and headed toward the bypass. The distance from the house was 15 meters.

Akita, Akita

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

Tainai, Niigata

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

Encountered on the way to the fishing spot. Later moved into the woods on the wind turbine side. Body length over 1.0 m.

Akita, 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) 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

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

Akita, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Was running eastward in front of Yasuragi-en

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Nikaho Innai, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

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

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Akita Shogunno-aoyamacho, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita Iijima-Naganonakacho, Akita

Bear traces (claw marks and broken branches) were confirmed on a persimmon tree within the grounds of a private residence in the Takayasu-ji area.

Sanjo, Niigata

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

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

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

Akita Kohoku-shincho, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 片町, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

One cub about 50 cm long was sighted in Nagahashi, Tainai City.

Tainai, Niigata

While aboard a fishing boat navigating the Akita Canal, a bear about 1.5 m long was sighted at a lumber yard. It departed toward the Sea of Japan (west). The distance to the nearest building was 100 m.

Akita, Akita

While passing through the area, a single bear was sighted.

Tainai, Niigata

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

Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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Akita Arayamachi, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long crossed a prefectural road in Shimokawara, Araya-machi, Akita City, and was seen by a woman in her 20s driving by.

Akita, Akita

While driving on the prefectural road, I observed one bear about 1.0 m in body length moving from east to west. It was 50 m from the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

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Akita Arayamachi, Akita

[Report] Came out from the forest on the south side, crossed the road, and moved toward the plaza on the north side where machinery is on display.

Akita, Akita

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

Nikaho Hata, Akita

Observed one 1-meter bear from inside a vehicle near Momosada Kaeru. It moved south.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Sighted while driving

Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita

A bear approximately 1 meter long was in the field behind the property. It left heading west (toward the sea). Distance to the building: 5 meters.

Akita, Akita

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Akita, Akita

[Sighting] While driving, a bear crossing the road was sighted. Body length about 1 meter. It crossed the road from east to west and entered the brush.

Akita, Akita

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

Gojome 川崎, Akita

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

Nikaho Serida, Akita

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

Nikaho Serida, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Hachirogata Masaka, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 岩城二古, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

A single bear was sighted moving from the mountain side toward the sea side in the Atsumi (Atumi) area, Kuretubo, on the Atsumi government office grounds. Exact location unknown. Environment: roadway. Size: adult.

Tsuruoka 温海, Yamagata

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

Yurihonjō 薬師堂, Akita

A trail camera set up near farmland at the Atsumi government office captured one bear (about 1.3 m in length). / Environment: near residences / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 五十川, Yamagata

While passing nearby, I spotted a figure that appeared to be a bear in the bushes.

Tainai, Niigata

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita

[Post] Was walking

Yurihonjō 小防ヶ沢, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Okuwamachi, Akita

There was a bear about 50 cm tall.

Akita Hodono-Kanasamachi, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Iwaki Kameda Kamedamachi, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Iwaki Kameda Kamedamachi, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 薬師堂, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita

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

Nikaho Mitsumori, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 親川, Akita

Number of animals unknown

Yurihonjō 親川, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 浜三川, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Akanumashita, Akita

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Yurihonjō 八幡下, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 藤崎, Akita

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

Akita Izumiichinotsubo, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 親川, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 親川, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 親川, Akita

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

Akita Iijima-Naganonakacho, Akita

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

Akita Kohoku-matsunocho, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

[Report] On campus

Yurihonjō 梵天谷地, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 浜ノ町, Akita

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

Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita

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Yurihonjō Sakanamachi, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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Yurihonjō, Akita

I was walking through the field. It ran toward the woods.

Akita, Akita

Went toward the Ebie settlement

Murakami, Niigata

[Post] I was driving from somewhere near Araya High School and turned left toward Shimohama when I saw a black shape climbing up toward Omoriyama. In the headlights it looked like a bear.

Akita, Akita

Crossing in front of a car

Akita, Akita

A person observed an animal believed to be a bear or a wild boar on a mountainside within the Shimokawa area. Afterward, it moved south (toward Yunohama Country Club). / Environment: near houses / Size: adult

Tsuruoka 下川, Yamagata

Spotted one cub while passing through the area.

Tainai, Niigata

Witnessed on the slope near Honjō Park

Yurihonjō 尾崎, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

Inside Honjo Park, climbed up toward the Shushinkan direction

Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

One bear (body length unknown) sighted on the trail inside Takadate-yama / Environment: forest / Size: unknown

Tsuruoka 金沢, Yamagata

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

Yurihonjō 小防ヶ沢, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 切通, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 表尾崎町, Akita

Bear footprints were found in the field.

Murakami, Niigata

[Post] Two cubs with their mother bear

Akita, Akita

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

Katagami, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

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

Katagami, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

One bear, about 1 meter long, was sighted in Sakamachi area, Murakami City.

Murakami, Niigata

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

Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita

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

Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita

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

Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita

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Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 濡浜北, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

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Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Ikawa 赤沢, Akita

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

Ikawa 坂本, Akita

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

Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita

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

Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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Kamikoani Sugihana, Akita

A single bear-like animal was captured on the security camera.

Tainai, Niigata

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

Yurihonjō 西目町海士剥, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita

A single bear (about 1 m in size) moved north near the push-button traffic signal intersection on National Route 290.

Murakami, Niigata

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 神沢, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

A bear about 1 meter in size was sighted behind the company’s hill. Afterwards, it left the area and went into the mountain.

Sanjo, Niigata

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted behind a company in Kotaki, Sanjo City.

Sanjo, Niigata

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

Yurihonjō, Akita

One bear was sighted in Shimohama Nagahama Nagasaka, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Posted: Sitting down on the road

Akita, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 西目町出戸, Akita

Sighted one bear about 1.5 m in body length moving west along a farm road. Approximately 150 m from nearby houses.

Kitaakita Sumomodai, Akita

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata

Environment: Road / Size: Adult

Sakata 十里塚, Yamagata

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

Yurihonjō, Akita