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A bear was sighted moving in Hiyama-Shindenzawa, Noshiro City, around 1:30 a.m.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

[Posted] Encountered it as I left the workplace to go home.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

A juvenile bear about 40 centimeters long suddenly crossed the road at speed from the farm side.

Noshiro Makabechi, Akita

While driving on the road, one bear was sighted near the grove at the back of a rice field. (Size unknown) The bear left heading south. 150 m from the nearest building.

Oga Funagawaminato-Niiyama, Akita

At around 8:15 AM on June 5, a bear was seen moving in Nishino, Ogata Village, Akita Prefecture.

Ogata 字西野, Akita

Bear tracks discovered. They continued toward the southeast.

Oga Iriai-Kotogawa, Akita

[Report] One bear sighted in a field. Moving from west to east. Around 14:40, possibly the same individual but uncertain, one cub was sighted on an adjacent village road. Moving from west to east.

Ogata 字大潟, Akita

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Ogata 字西野, Akita

A bear was sighted in Nishino, Oga Village, Akita Prefecture.

Ogata 字西野, Akita

Ogata 字西野, Akita

[Post] Body length approximately 1 m

Ogata, Akita

On 2026-06-04 afternoon, one bear was seen moving in Ogata, Ogata Village, Akita.

Ogata 字中央, Akita

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

[Report] Crossed the road

Ogata, Akita

Around 9:00 on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Nishino, Oga Village, Akita Prefecture.

Ogata 字西野, Akita

One bear approximately 70–80 cm in body length was sighted on top of a grassy area. The direction the bear was moving is unknown. It is 80 meters from the nearest building.

Oga Wakimoto-Wakimoto, Akita

A single bear about 60 cm in body length was sighted near a nursery school. The bear moved off to the northeast. Distance from the nearest building: 10 m.

Oga Wakimoto-Wakimoto, Akita

(Posted) It was at the bus stop.

Oga Wakimoto-Wakimoto, Akita

One bear approximately 60 cm in body length was sighted on the road. The bear's direction of travel is unknown. It was 10 meters from the nearest building.

Oga Wakimoto-Wakimoto, Akita

Crossing the road near the wind turbine

Noshiro 字塞ノ神, Akita

Observed one approximately 1-meter-tall bear. It fled to the east.

Noshiro Makabechi, Akita

One bear approximately 1.0–1.5 m in body length was sighted in a rice field. The bear crossed the road and departed to the southeast. 80 m from the nearest building.

Oga Wakimoto-Tayazawa, Akita

A single bear approximately 80 cm in body length was observed crossing the road. The bear went from east to west. 400 m from the nearest building.

Oga Wakimoto-Tominaga, Akita

Around 7:00 on June 2, a bear was seen moving in Wakimoto-Tominaga Enmyōjidai, Oga City, Akita Prefecture.

Oga Wakimoto-Tominaga, Akita

One bear approximately 80 cm long was observed. The bear left heading from northeast to southwest. Distance from the nearest building: 50 m.

Oga Kakumazaki, Akita

A single bear about 1 m in body length was sighted crossing the road. The bear left heading from north to south. It was 70 m from the nearest building.

Oga Unoki, Akita

Around 12:25 on June 1, a bear was sighted in Unoki Matsukizakai, Oga City, Akita, and was observed moving.

Oga Unoki, Akita

[Post] Racing along the rice-field ridgeline

Ogata, Akita

One bear was seen moving in Nishino, Ogata Village, Akita Prefecture.

Ogata 字西野, Akita

[Post] Path Beside the Rice Field

Ogata 字大潟, Akita

A bear was seen moving in Gojirishi Nakaishi Higashiyamadai, Oga City.

Oga Iriai-Chuishi, Akita

A bear about 0.5 m in length was spotted in the grass beside the road. Shortly afterward, another bear about 1 m long appeared; it crossed the road from the south and left to the north.

Oga Iriai-Chuishi, Akita

Around 6:10 PM on May 26, a bear was sighted in Wakimoto Momokawa Yamazaki, Oga City.

Oga Wakimoto-Momokawa, Akita

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Oga Wakimoto-Momokawa, Akita

One bear approximately 1.2 m in body length was observed. The bear crossed the road and departed to the southwest. It was 300 m from the nearest building.

Oga Unoki, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1.2 m in length. The bear crossed the road and departed westward. 200 m from the nearest building.

Oga Unoki, Akita

Crossed a municipal road and hid in the bushes.

Oga Kakumazaki, Akita

Body length 1.2 m. Was in the field; later left the area.

Mitane Ukawa, Akita

Report: Found an adult bear in the field. When I honked the horn it ran off toward the north.

Mitane Ukawa, Akita

Around 11:00 on May 22, a bear was sighted in Ukawa-Nakadate, Mitane Town, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.

Mitane Ukawa, Akita

A bear was sighted in Gori-ai Kotokawa Hamada, Oga City, and was seen moving.

Oga Iriai-Kotogawa, Akita

While working in a rice field, I witnessed a bear about just over 1 meter tall walking. It walked southward toward the Kotogawa area.

Oga Iriai-Kotogawa, Akita

Crossed the road and headed south.

Noshiro, Akita

While working in the fields, bear tracks were found on the farmland. From the direction of the tracks, the bear was moving west. 300 meters from the nearest building.

Oga Kakumazaki, Akita

One bear sighted. Left heading southwest. Approximately 170 m from the nearest building.

Oga Unoki, Akita

About 1 m long. It was running through a rice field. It headed toward the mountain to the south.

Mitane Sotooka, Akita

A single bear approximately 60 cm in body length was observed crossing the road, climbing over the clean center’s fence, and entering the facility grounds. The bear headed southwest. It was about 50 m from the nearest building.

Oga Matsukisawa, Akita

Post: A cub was wandering around. When I approached by car, it ran away.

Mitane Sotooka, Akita

One bear about 60 cm in body length was sighted. The bear departed to the southeast. 200 m from the nearest building.

Oga Fukumezawa, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1 m tall. It fled from east to west.

Noshiro 字塞ノ神, Akita

One bear about 60 cm in body length was observed. The bear departed to the southeast. It was 250 m from the nearest building.

Oga, Akita

Body length 1 m. Crossed from east to west.

Mitane Toyooka-kinden, Akita

Body length 1 m. Crossed from east to west.

Mitane Toyooka-kinden, Akita

Crossed the road and headed through the rice field beside Aeon Town (on the Sunday side).

Noshiro Ogida, Akita

Around 18:10 on May 17, 2026, a man in his 30s from Noshiro City driving along National Route 7 in Noshiro-shi, Kaibuchi Aza Furuyabu, spotted one bear about 1 meter long. The bear crossed the road from south to north toward fields; the nearest building was about 10 meters away, and the police have issued a warning.

Noshiro Kairagefuchi, Akita

It came from the China Lumber area, passed through the residential premises, and went toward the Ōu Main Line railway tracks.

Noshiro Udoriakudo, Akita

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Noshiro Ogida, Akita

It ran from the rice field heading toward the Hachirogata area.

Ogata, Akita

A single bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed walking on a farm road. The bear left headed east. It was about 10 m from the nearest building.

Oga Fukumezawa, Akita

[Report] Crossed the road

Noshiro 字塞ノ神, Akita

One bear observed. It crossed the road and moved to the northeast.

Oga Iriai-Shibikawa, Akita

Observed one bear. It left heading from east to west.

Oga Wakimoto-Tominaga, Akita

At around 06:30 on the 14th, a bear about 1 meter long was sighted in a grassland in Wakamoto, Wakamoto Aza Sogi, Oga City, Akita Prefecture by a nearby man in his 70s. According to the Oga police, the bear was about 20 meters from the nearest house, and the police have warned residents to be cautious.

Oga Wakimoto-Tominaga, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1 meter in body length on the road. It departed to the southeast.

Oga Oganaka-Yamamachi, Akita