เส้นทางเดินป่า Sakata-Noshiro

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

When the brake lights of the car in front turned on, I saw a cub run from the road into the brush. As I drove past that spot, the cub was looking toward the road.

Noshiro Gongendai, Akita

(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

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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

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

Akita, 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

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

Crossed in front of the car and went into the brush

Noshiro, 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

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

[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

(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

Sighted one bear eating cherry fruits. Body length approximately 1 meter.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, 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

[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

Distance to houses: 500 m Height: about 1 m

Yurihonjō 松ヶ崎, Akita

[Report] Crossing Route 7 toward Ōmoriyama

Akita, Akita

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

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

[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

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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

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

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

Observed one bear moving toward the woods to the north. Body length approximately 1 m.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita

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

A bear was sighted on the premises of a special nursing home in Harabutazawa, Noshiro City.

Noshiro Kamiyachi, 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] Body condition: 1 m. While heading from Gojome toward Kami-Iwakawa, (the bear) was 1 m beside a house. It ran from along the road toward the mountains.

Mitane Kamiiwakawa, 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

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

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

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

Noshiro Makabechi, Akita

[Post] Near Koto Oka General Gymnasium — Road leading to Kinbutsubai Park

Mitane, Akita

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Mitane, 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

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

Yurihonjō 薬師堂, Akita

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

Noshiro Kamiyachi, 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

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

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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

[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

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

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

[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

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

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

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 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 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

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

Staff at a geriatric health care facility for the elderly sighted a 1.5-meter bear on a path south of the facility, about 50 meters from the facility. The bear left heading toward the southern mountains.

Akita, Akita

[Report] R7, from the highway side toward Motokiyama Park

Katagami Showa-Toyokawaryuge, Akita

Around 7:40 PM on 2026-05-27, a bear appeared in Nishimemachi Degosaruta, Yurihonjo City, Akita, and collided with a car.

Yurihonjō 西目町出戸, Akita

Report: While driving north after turning from Kappei Street, I saw a black animal heading west from the direction of Kappei Hiyoshi Shrine. It was a moon bear about 60 cm tall with thick four legs.

Akita Arayakotobukimachi, Akita

One bear walked along the boardwalk at Takeshimagata and fled north into the rice fields.

Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita

A bear about the size of a cub was seen walking.

Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Shikado, Mitane Town.

Mitane Kado, Akita

(Report) Crossing the prefectural road from south to north while running. Body length 1.0 m–1.2 m. No houses nearby.

Mitane Kamiiwakawa, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kuromori, Sakata City.

Sakata 黒森, Yamagata

Size: Adult

Sakata 黒森, Yamagata

A bear was sighted in Tajirisawa, Araya-machi, Akita City around 08:30 on May 26.

Akita Arayatajirizawa-nakamachi, Akita

While walking my dog, a bear about 130 cm long ran into the woods near Shin'ya High School.

Akita Arayatajirizawa-nakamachi, Akita

Around 8:20 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Nishimecho Dedomahama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō, Akita

Body length: approximately 1 m Distance to dwelling: approximately 500 m

Yurihonjō, Akita

While driving, I witnessed a bear about 1 meter tall cross the road and go into the bushes.

Akita, Akita

Near the intersection in front of Kinpo Junior High School — sighted a bear walking toward the sea along the road.

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

On 2026-05-26 around 06:50, one bear was seen moving in Konoura Korota, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture.

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kurokawa Iwataka, Nikaho City, Akita, around 17:30 on May 26.

Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita

Ran from the road to the back of the house and headed into the mountains.

Akita, Akita

A 1.0‑m bear was sighted on the roadway. It then moved away into the woods to the west. It was 400 m from the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

In Maekawa-Sakaida, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture, one bear was seen moving around.

Nikaho Maesawa, Akita

One bear crossed the highway from west to east.

Nikaho Otake, Akita

While mowing, I spotted one bear about 1.0 m in body length. It moved northwest.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita

One bear approximately 1.0 m in length sighted; moving south.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawafunabashi, Akita

One bear approximately 1.0 m in body length was sighted. It was reported to have moved north.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita

Two bears approximately 0.8 m and 0.5 m in length were sighted on a farm road near Kusaochi Shrine.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita

[Report] Body length approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita

[Report] Was walking on the municipal road in front of a house. Destination unknown.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kanazawa-Takaoka Inari Hayashi, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Around 12:35 on 2026-05-25, a bear was seen moving in Showa Toyokawa Tsukinoki Omiya, Katagami City, Akita Prefecture.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawafunabashi, Akita

Around 8:00 on May 25, a bear was sighted in Fukuyama-Yokoyama, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita

On the morning of 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Showa Toyokawa Tsukinokizawa, Katagami, Akita.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawatsukinoki, Akita

jumped out into the highway

Noshiro Hiyashimizu, Akita

[Report] Observed two individual bears remaining on the roadway at the rear of a line of vehicles stopped at a traffic signal.

Katagami Showa-Midarebashi, Akita

Witnessed a mother and cub bear east of the municipal road

Nikaho, Akita

[Post] While driving from Tatenomaru Shokudo in Akita City toward Hamada, I saw a bear near the foot of Mt. Omoriyama trying to come onto the road. It noticed the car, stayed on guard, and disappeared into the bushes. Sorry, no dashcam. Body length about 1 m.

Akita, Akita

On the morning of 2026-05-24, one bear was seen moving in Hiedasawa, Hamada, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

Sighted one bear swimming across Kurogata and walking toward the eastern mountains. About 1 m in length. Near Kunpu-en.

Nikaho Innai, Akita

Body length: approximately 0.8 m Distance to houses: approximately 10 m Went back into the forest

Yurihonjō 内黒瀬, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 内黒瀬, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita

700 meters from a private residence

Nikaho Kisakatamachi-Hongo, Akita

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

Mitane Ukawa, Akita

Traveled from north to south through the T-shaped intersection at Otake Hall. Body length approximately 50 cm.

Nikaho Otake, Akita

A passerby sighted one bear, approximately 70 cm. It was 10 m from Nissan Motor Company. The bear departed toward the Terauchi direction.

Akita Yabase-Miwacho, Akita

(Posted) Appears to be a cub; ran off toward the New National Highway direction.

Akita Yabase-Shinkawamukai, Akita

[Report] Was near the garbage station. Fled westward (toward the sea).

Akita, Akita

[Report] Headed in the opposite direction of the bypass

Akita, Akita

Distance to houses: 50 m. Body length: 1 m. Fled westward.

Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita

While traveling from Toraike Katagami toward Prefectural Route Oga-Shōwa Iidagawa, one bear about 0.7 m in body length was observed. It moved in the direction of the western woodland.

Katagami Iitagawa-Shimoabukawa, Akita

Bear body length: 1.0 m. Distance to residences: 50 m. It walked away toward the mountain.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Likely passed by a house and headed toward the mountains.

Nikaho 鳥の海, Akita

One bear moved from in front of Shisumiike Hall toward the pond. Body length approximately 1 m.

Nikaho 鳥屋森, Akita

Bear body length: 0.8 m Distance to homes/buildings: 50 m

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Observed while driving. Spotted one bear approximately 50 cm in body length crossing a T-intersection from north to south. It left heading into the woods to the south. Nearest building: 300 meters away.

Akita, Akita

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

Mitane Ukawa, Akita

Around 4:00 PM on 2026-05-22, a bear was seen moving in Kisakata-machi Yotsumii, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture.

Nikaho 鳥屋森, 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 Ishiwaki Yamanokami, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Around 8:00 PM on 2026-05-22, a man walking on the Akita Tenno Line (Shin-kokudo) in Yabase, Akita City, spotted a bear about 70 cm long. The bear went north.

Akita Yabase-Dojonumamachi, Akita

Around 18:40 on May 21, a woman in her 60s at home spotted a bear about 1 meter long in a field in Takasaki, Gojome-machi, Akita Prefecture (Takasaki aza Suzumedate Shimokawara). According to the Gojome police, the bear was about 10 meters from a nearby house, and the police have warned residents to be cautious.

Gojome 字上町, Akita

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Gojome 字上町, Akita

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

Yurihonjō 船岡, Akita

A cub went from my yard into the bushes to the east. Body length about 50 cm.

Nikaho 上狐森, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kogamori, Kisakata-machi, Nikaho City.

Nikaho 上狐森, Akita

A single bear cub was seen in the woods beside the road. Its body length was about 50 cm.

Nikaho 上狐森, Akita

Around 15:00 on May 21, 2026, a bear about 60 cm long was sighted in a rice field in Matsuba, Kisakatacho, Nikaho City by a woman in her 50s driving a car. According to the Yurihonjo Police, the site is about 140 meters from the nearest building, and other sightings have been reported nearby; the police are urging residents to be cautious.

Nikaho 上狐森, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.0 m Distance from houses: approximately 10 m Left heading toward Ishiwaki Ground

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

On 2026-05-21 around 10:55, a bear was seen moving in Ishiwaki Benkeigawa, Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture.

Yurihonjō 鍛冶町, Akita

At about 10:35 a.m. on May 21, a bear approximately 1.2 meters in length was sighted by a man in his 70s at a park in Nyudojima, Kisakata-cho, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture. According to the Yurihonjo police, the bear was about 10 meters from a nearby house, and the police have warned residents to be cautious.

Nikaho 象潟島, Akita

Witnessed one bear running inside Nyudojima Children's Park. Body length approximately 1 m.

Nikaho 象潟島, Akita

Distance to the nearest house: 10 m Body length: approximately 1 m After being sighted, fled toward the bamboo grove

Yurihonjō 巣組, Akita

While gathering wild vegetables, I saw a 40 cm-long bear eating something. I want it removed.

Akita, Akita

It was crossing the road from under the elevated highway and eating grass in the woods.

Ikawa 坂本, Akita

While commuting by car, a mother bear and her cubs were crossing the road.

Akita, Akita

Distance to houses: 10 m; Body length: approx. 1 m

Yurihonjō, Akita

Around 10:10 on 2026-05-21, a bear was seen moving in Ishiwaki Shimochoro-numa, Yurihonjo City, Akita.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.2 m Distance to houses: approximately 20 m Left from north to south

Yurihonjō 今野谷地, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.0 m. Distance to houses: approximately 15 m. Departed from the north side toward the south side.

Yurihonjō 今野谷地, Akita

A bear was sighted on a city road in Idojiri, Yurihonjo City.

Yurihonjō Idojiri, Akita

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Yurihonjō 観音町, Akita

A bear about 1 meter tall was walking on the road. Startled by a car, it ran off toward the railroad tracks.

Katagami Showa-Okubo, Akita

While driving, I saw a black individual trying to slip between houses. It was dark so I couldn’t see clearly, but it seemed larger than a black cat, with thicker legs and slightly longer fur.

Yurihonjō 片町, Akita

Distance to the house: 10 m; Body length: approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō, Akita

Distance to houses: 50 m; body length: approximately 1 m

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

At around 18:25 on May 20, a bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the grounds of Honjo Kita Junior High School in Ishiwaki, Yurihonjo City. Additional sightings occurred across the city overnight into the morning of May 21; no injuries were reported and police have urged caution.

Yurihonjō Ishiwaki, Akita

[Report] Adult bear. Went in the direction of Hoshitsuji Shrine.

Akita Hodono-Torimachi, Akita

Report: While I was walking, there was a bear about 140 cm tall in the forest underbrush.

Akita Senshu-meitokumachi, Akita

[Post] In the bushes beside the cafe

Akita Omachi, Akita

Sighted a bear at a distance of 10 m. Distance to the nearest house: 100 m. It ran off toward the sea.

Akita, Akita

Moved through the back of the residential property toward Izu Shrine, then relocated to the forested hills to the north.

Katagami Showa-Toyokawakamiabukawa, Akita

At around 08:00 on the 20th, a woman in her 70s driving a car spotted a bear about 1 meter long on a municipal road in Hamada Aza Ishiyamashita, Akita City. The nearest house was about 100 meters away, and the Akita Central Police Station is patrolling the area by patrol car and issuing warnings to residents.

Akita, Akita

Crossed the road and headed south.

Noshiro, Akita

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Akita Izumi, Akita

[Report] While commuting from the Sanno direction toward Akita Station, I saw a bear in a parking lot. It was a single cub, about 70 cm long.

Akita Omachi, Akita

A bear was sighted in Oomachi 1-chome, Akita City.

Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita

Report: After getting off at Izumi-Sotokawashi Station and exiting toward the Sotokawashi side, there was a bear in the park on the left. Its eyes were shining in the dark. Body length unknown.

Akita, Akita

[Post] I was running along the riverbank.

Ikawa 葹田, Akita

Body length: approximately 1.0 m Distance to houses: approximately 20 m Sighted inside the park

Yurihonjō, Akita

Condition: 1 m Distance from dwellings: 100 m

Yurihonjō Utetsu, Akita

Size: Adult

Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata

Witnessed while walking along the embankment on the Uchinokoshi side of Imogawa. Afterwards swam across Imogawa to the opposite side.

Yurihonjō Utetsu, Akita

Sighted near Mutsumi Landscaping and Civil Engineering

Katagami, Akita

Distance to houses: 5 m. Body length: about 1 m. Moved toward the mountains.

Yurihonjō, Akita

[Post] It was on the road while heading from Sannō toward the station. It was near a daycare center.

Akita Hodono-Torimachi, Akita

[Report] Was running in the direction of travel on the highway, then made a U‑turn and started running off again.

Gojome 浦横町, Akita

It was a cub about 5–60 cm. It was walking along, but when I rang the bear bell I had, it ran off toward the station.

Akita, Akita

[Post] A limping bear climbed up the hill behind the houses.

Akita Izumikamanomachi, Akita

[Post] Spotted walking on the expressway

Gojome 大川西野, Akita

[Post] A young bear about 50 cm crossed the road.

Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita

One bear (1.5 m) sighted near the highway interchange

Hachirogata Kawasaki, Akita

I saw a black object larger than a dog. It went into the trees near a house. Its movements were fairly slow, and it appeared to have a problem with its right leg.

Akita, Akita

[Report] A young bear was in the rental parking lot next to the 7-Eleven.

Akita Hodono-Torimachi, Akita

Sighted behind a shop on Torimachi Street.

Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita

Sighted a bear crossing the road from south to north. Body length approximately 1 m. 150 m from the nearest building.

Akita, Akita

A cub was on the riverbank's edge.

Akita Omachi, Akita

[Post] There was something like a bear in the company's grove. I was too scared to look properly, but it was not a dog. Bigger than a dog, about just under 1 meter.

Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita

[Post] I went to clean the trash area and saw something like a bear in the park at the back, got scared and ran away. It climbed over the fence toward the Leopalace side and disappeared. It had an injured leg.

Akita, Akita

[Report] During pick-up/drop-off, it was at the corner of the house. It looked like a bear with bad legs. Body length about 1 m.

Akita, Akita

A single juvenile bear was in the shrine grounds. About 70–90 cm tall. Not as tall as 1 m. It was in the shrubbery at the edge of the wooded area, then walked eastward.

Akita Omachi, Akita

[Post] While riding on the bicycle path I saw a black object at the roadside. It was limping on its right leg. A bear from the day before yesterday?

Akita, Akita

Observed one bear. Body length approximately 1.0 m. It went toward the mountains to the south.

Nikaho Hirasawa, Akita

Around 11:00 on May 19, 2026, a teenage man riding a bicycle spotted a bear about 1 meter long on the premises of a business in Hirasawa Sakaida, Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture. According to the Yurihonjo Police, the nearest house is about 150 meters away and the police have warned residents to be cautious.

Nikaho Hirasawa, Akita

[Report] A bear cub was walking along the river. It walked in the direction of Chiaki (Senkyu) Park.

Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita

[Post] On the way back from fishing I found something like a bear in the grass. I think its body length was about 70 cm. When I honked the horn it ran away.

Akita Omachi, Akita

Body length: approx. 0.7 m. Distance to dwelling: approx. 1.0 m. Went away toward the mountains.

Yurihonjō 岩城下蛇田, Akita

Posted: Near the university

Yurihonjō Kawaguchi, Akita

Size: Adult

Sakata 坂野辺新田, Yamagata

On the way back from the Kawabata area, I saw one young bear. Its body length was about 70–80 centimeters. It was alone in an open space that looked like a parking lot.

Akita Omachi, Akita

In the early morning of May 19, 2026, a roughly 70-cm bear was sighted in front of Neburi Nagashi-kan in Omachi, Akita City at about 02:30. At 09:50 a similarly sized bear-like animal was seen near a nearby parking lot. Subsequent sightings were reported along the river, at a shrine, and near a supermarket, and authorities say the bear may still be in the area.

Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita

On 2026-05-19 a bear was sighted on the Akita Expressway near Gojome Town; when a driver slowed down the bear, startled, ran alongside the car. The driver said that if it had been dark they might have collided, and prefectural police report there have been three vehicle collisions with bears this year.

Gojome Noda, Akita

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

Mitane Sotooka, Akita

Body length 1 m

Mitane Shitobashi, Akita

Body length 1 m

Mitane Shitobashi, Akita

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

Mitane Sotooka, Akita

Witnessed a bear running north along a path through the rice fields.

Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita

One bear about 1 m long was observed crossing a municipal road from the rice fields on the south side toward the Nikaho area.

Nikaho Kurokawa, Akita

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

Noshiro 字塞ノ神, Akita

Around 08:30 on the 18th, an about 1.2-meter-long bear was spotted on a city road in Omoriyama, Hamada, Akita City by an elderly man in his 80s working in the fields. The Akita Central Police stated the nearest house was about 60 meters away; patrol cars warned residents, and the zoo increased in-park announcements and firecracker use, stepped up staff patrols, and switched automatic doors to manual operation.

Akita, Akita

Sighted a bear near the rotary. It left heading into the northern woods. Body length approximately 1.2 m. Distance from building: 60 m.

Akita, Akita

(Post) Crossed the Nihonkai Tohoku Road heading toward the sea.

Nikaho Konoura, Akita

While driving on the prefectural road toward the hospital area, I spotted one bear crossing. Body length about 1 m.

Nikaho, Akita

[Post] While walking from Izumi-Sotoasahikawa Station I saw a black moving object. Larger than a dog, about 1.2 m. It looked like its front leg was injured.

Akita, Akita

Around 04:20 on May 18, a black bear about 1.2 meters long was sighted near JR Izumigaoka-Akihikawa Station in Sotoasahikawa, Akita City; it appeared to have an injured front paw. On May 17 in the same area, a bear believed to have an injured front paw entered a private property, and police responded by setting off firecrackers.

Akita, Akita

Witnessed leaving the road heading north while in motion. Body length 1 m. 10–20 m to buildings.

Akita, 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

[Report] While walking, I saw a bear moving from the mountain toward the Seria area. It appeared to be dragging one of its legs as if injured. It might be the same individual as the one seen around 5 p.m.

Akita, Akita

Witnessed crossing the road toward the mega-solar (solar power) site. Body length about 1 m.

Nikaho Tazukami, 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

At around 17:45 on May 17, one bear was sighted on the grounds of a private home in Gaikasugawa, Sango-dena, Akita City. The Akita Rinko Police Station has not confirmed whether the bear left and is continuing to monitor the area, saying the bear may still be on the property.

Akita, Akita

[Report] Passing through Sotoasahikawa Anpasu. Came out in front of a car, went through the irrigation channel behind Maruhan Sotoasahikawa, crossed from Akigin Sotoasahikawa branch toward the dentist opposite, entered the grounds of the house behind the dentist, and is believed to still be on that property. Appears to have an injured right front leg and was limping while running. Body length about 1.2 m.

Akita, Akita

Crossed the road toward the north side (the wholesale market side). Body length about 1.2 meters.

Akita, Akita

Posted: Walked along what looked like a waterway/irrigation canal next to the currency exchange

Akita, Akita

Post: About 80 cm. Right front paw injured.

Akita, Akita

Crossed from the southwest to the northeast side of the intersection. Body length 1 m. 10 m from a building.

Akita, Akita

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Akita, Akita

It was limping, about 1 meter.

Akita, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1 m tall in the field.

Nikaho Innai, Akita

[Post] A bear crossed the new national road near Kusautsugawa.

Akita, Akita

While resting at the bottom of the stairs, I spotted a bear about 1 meter tall.

Nikaho, Akita

A cub was walking

Nikaho, Akita

[Report] Crossed the road

Noshiro 字塞ノ神, Akita

Length: Unknown Distance to nearest house: Approximately 80 m Departed toward the mountain woods to the north

Yurihonjō, Akita

A police officer driving by witnessed it running across the road from west to east. Body length 1 m. 5 meters from a private house.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

[Report] Passed across the garden embankment from west to east. Body length about 1 meter from snout to tail. Caution needed as this was in a residential area.

Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

Witnessed by visitors at Gokoku Shrine. Left toward the east side of the shrine. Body length 1.5 m. Distance from buildings unknown.

Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

At around 13:15 on the 17th, a man visiting the prefectural Gokoku Shrine in Terauchi Ohata, Akita City, saw a bear approximately 1.5 meters long. The bear moved eastward, was about 20 meters from the nearest building, and the Akita Rinko Police are patrolling the area by patrol car and warning residents.

Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

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Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

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Akita Terauchi-Yakeyama, Akita

A single bear cub crossed the city road toward the mountains.

Nikaho Maesawa, Akita