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A mother and cub bear crossed the road from west to east. Their body lengths were about 1 m and about 0.3 m, respectively. They departed heading east. The nearest building is approximately 500 m away.

Senboku, Akita

A mother and cub crossed the road from west to east. Their body lengths were about 1 m and about 0.3 m, respectively. They left heading east. They were approximately 500 m from nearby buildings.

Senboku, Akita

Body length approximately 50 cm, direction of departure unknown, distance to the building approximately 10 m

Senboku, Akita

Ran off south while driving. Body length 1 m. 10 m to building. 5 m from car.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi, Akita

Posted: Entered the grounds of Seirei Junior College

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

While passing along the road, I discovered bear droppings.

Akita, Akita

Around 06:45 on June 21, bear-like traces were found in Sakura-gaoka 4-chome, Akita City, Akita Prefecture; animal droppings resembling bear droppings were discovered.

Akita Kamikitate-Odo, Akita

[Post] There was feces on the road. When I had a hunter check it, he said it was from a cub and that cherry pits were mixed in it.

Akita, Akita

Witnessed a bear leaving to the west. Body length 1 m. 10 m from a residence.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

[Report] One young Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) was on National Route 194 on the Komagatake side. It noticed the passing cars and returned to the mountain.

Senboku, Akita

Crossed in front of me while I was driving

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Appeared from the bushes and went back into the bushes.

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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.

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

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Crossing the road. Large individual.

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A bear was sighted in Soegawa Chinochi, Akita City.

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Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain

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

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

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

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(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange

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

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

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In the rice field, about 1 m in body length, moving away toward the south (where houses are located). Approximately 20 m from the nearest home.

Senboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Tazawako Obonai-machi Tada, Senboku City, around 8:45 a.m.

Senboku, 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

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

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

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

Akita Narayama-Furukawashinmachi, Akita

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

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While driving, it emerged from the bushes, crossed the road right in front of me, and went into the bushes.

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Posted: It went down the road toward the houses.

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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.

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Saw it in the rice field. Size approximately 0.8 meters. It then left toward the forested area on the west side of the Sannai River.

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Around 12:20 on June 10, a bear was sighted in Kawabe-Sannai Dekibuchi, Akita City, and was seen moving.

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

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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.

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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.

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[Post] Walked along the back of the rice paddy and climbed up the cliff

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

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[Report] While doing farm work, I witnessed a bear that crossed the Kawarashi Bridge from the village side, crossed the prefectural road, and moved toward the rice fields. One bear about 1 m (in size).

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Around 10:15 on June 7, a bear was sighted moving in Yanagita-Otomosawa, Akita City.

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Observation: A bear ran across the road from the western grassy area toward the eastern hillside on the route from Taihei Hatta to Soegawa, crossing at a distance of about 1 meter from me. An elderly man was working in the nearby western grasses, so I immediately called out and warned him.

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A bear cub was walking along the road. After spotting a person and watching them for a while, it fled into the mountains.

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A bear emerged from the woods but noticed us (people) and fled back into the forest.

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Report: A large Asiatic black bear (tsukinowaguma) was seen running from behind the community center in Soba Town toward the fields. Firecrackers were used, but the bear did not appear very startled.

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A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-San'nai Rumise-no, Akita City.

Akita, Akita

A black bear about 1 meter long crossed a field from the mountain behind a house and moved back toward the mountain.

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One bear was seen moving in Taihei Hatta Fuzunosaki, Akita City.

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A bear about 1 meter long was on the front porch. Startled, I went into the house and watched; it then entered the neighbor’s property. It was about 10 meters from the building.

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One bear was sighted in Taihei Hatahata, Akita City.

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[Report] A bear about 80 cm in size was found in front of a house entrance. It then headed toward the stream and left.

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A bear about 80 cm in body length crossed the road to the north. Distance from the building: 10 m.

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Report: An adult bear was spotted on the roadside.

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Around 10:00 on 2026-06-04, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City.

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A 50 cm-long cub was walking along the road. It ran off toward a forestry road.

Akita, Akita

While driving, encountered a mother bear about 1 m in body length and a cub about 40 cm in the center of the road; they departed northward toward the mountain. Distance to the nearest house approximately 30 m.

Senboku, Akita

There was a bear about 50 cm tall.

Akita Hodono-Kanasamachi, Akita

At around 9:30 on 2026-06-04, one bear was seen moving in Nishi-ki-machi Hinokinai Aunai-gata, Semboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku, Akita

[Report] After finishing work, while driving as usual, I saw a bear crossing the roadway.

Akita, Akita

Around 4:20 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagida-Otomozawa, Akita City, and was seen moving.

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It ran out onto the highway. It ran across to the opposite lane and fled.

Akita Yanagida, Akita

Two bears sighted in a vacant lot beside the regional farm road. Two bears, each about 1.2 m in body length. Direction of departure unknown. 10 m from a building.

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

Akita Izumiichinotsubo, Akita

Around 2:40 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagita Ishigami, Akita City.

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Crossed the road, went through a home's yard, and headed into the brush

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A bear over 1.5 m long ran at high speed, crossed the road, and went down toward the Red Cross Hospital side.

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Crossing in front of a car

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I saw a bear from the car. It ran north. One bear, 10 meters from a house.

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

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A mother and cub bear crossed the road from west to east. Their body lengths were about 1 m and about 0.3 m, respectively. They departed heading east. The nearest building is approximately 500 m away.

Senboku, Akita

A mother and cub crossed the road from west to east. Their body lengths were about 1 m and about 0.3 m, respectively. They left heading east. They were approximately 500 m from nearby buildings.

Senboku, Akita

Observed one bear about 1.0 m in length on the road. It departed northward. 5 m from a building.

Akita, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Tayamanyazuka, Akita City, around 6:00 AM on June 1.

Akita, Akita

On June 1 around 3:35 PM, a bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Sanai Sobadai, Akita City.

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I had placed ten 45-liter garbage bags in the carport beside my house when a bear was rummaging through the trash. Two bears — one about 1.0 m and the other about 1.5 m tall — left heading east.

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Around 9:40 PM on 2026-05-31, one bear was seen rummaging through garbage bags at a carport on a home property in Kawabe-Sanai, Akita City.

Akita Kawabe-Sannai, Akita

At around 9:00 p.m. there was a sound of the east-side wall of the house being torn. When I checked this morning, there were bear claw marks on the wall and the screen of the sliding screen door had been ripped and fallen.

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[Post] I heard a flapping/pattering sound on the premises. When I looked, it had opened a sewer/drain cover. Even when I banged on the window glass it looked at me and didn’t run away; after I banged several times it ran off, but then came back.

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One bear, 70 cm. It was on the property of the house. It escaped into the brush on the west side.

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A bear was loitering in front of the entrance. Body length approximately 1 m. Left heading east. Distance to the nearest house within 5 m.

Senboku, Akita

A cub was walking through a rice field. Body length approximately 0.5 m. Direction of departure: west. Distance to the nearest building: about 30 m.

Senboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita

On 2026-05-31 afternoon, one bear was sighted moving in Konamiuchi, Hinokinaiki, Nishiki-machi, Semboku City.

Senboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita

While driving, a single bear about 60 cm crossed the road from north to south and then left into the woods on the south side. There are no buildings nearby.

Akita, Akita

Sighted a bear about 80 cm to 1 meter tall. When I made a noise, it ran off into the cedar grove.

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One bear was seen moving in Shimokitate Hotokawa Ubagasawa, Akita City.

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Around 19:40 on 2026-05-31, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Sannai Chokai, Akita City.

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[Post] Two bear cubs and their mother came out onto the roadway from the shore of Lake Tazawa

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

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It came out of the grassy thicket, noticed the car, and turned back.

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[Report] One cub about 60 cm

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At around 21:53 on 2026-05-27, a bear was sighted in Shimokitate Tomogawa Urugasaki, Akita City.

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Around 19:35 on 2026-05-27, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kamikita-Saruta Futatsudera, Akita City.

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[Post] While driving, a black animal that appeared to be a bear was moving in the woods. Body length over 1 m.

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A fairly large bear. It was fat. There is also a school for students with disabilities nearby.

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A bear was sighted in Minamigaoka 2-chome, Akita City, on 2026-05-27 afternoon.

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

Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita

Post: Nights of May 25–26 — At Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine honeybees built a nest, and a bear that targeted them appeared over two nights. There were multiple bear claw marks on the shrine’s lower wall panels.

Akita, Akita

Body length approximately 50 cm, direction of departure unknown, distance to the building approximately 10 m

Senboku, Akita

Ran off south while driving. Body length 1 m. 10 m to building. 5 m from car.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, 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

While passing along the road, I discovered bear droppings.

Akita, Akita

Around 06:45 on June 21, bear-like traces were found in Sakura-gaoka 4-chome, Akita City, Akita Prefecture; animal droppings resembling bear droppings were discovered.

Akita Kamikitate-Odo, Akita

[Post] There was feces on the road. When I had a hunter check it, he said it was from a cub and that cherry pits were mixed in it.

Akita, Akita

Witnessed a bear leaving to the west. Body length 1 m. 10 m from a residence.

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

Crossed in front of me while I was driving

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Appeared from the bushes and went back into the bushes.

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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.

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

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Crossing the road. Large individual.

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A bear was sighted in Soegawa Chinochi, Akita City.

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Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain

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[Post] Feces

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(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

(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange

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

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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

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

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

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

Akita Narayama-Furukawashinmachi, Akita

Posted: It went down the road toward the houses.

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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.

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

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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.

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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

Around 10:15 on June 7, a bear was sighted moving in Yanagita-Otomosawa, Akita City.

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Observation: A bear ran across the road from the western grassy area toward the eastern hillside on the route from Taihei Hatta to Soegawa, crossing at a distance of about 1 meter from me. An elderly man was working in the nearby western grasses, so I immediately called out and warned him.

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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.

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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.

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A bear about 1 meter long was on the front porch. Startled, I went into the house and watched; it then entered the neighbor’s property. It was about 10 meters from the building.

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One bear was sighted in Taihei Hatahata, Akita City.

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[Report] A bear about 80 cm in size was found in front of a house entrance. It then headed toward the stream and left.

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A bear about 80 cm in body length crossed the road to the north. Distance from the building: 10 m.

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Report: An adult bear was spotted on the roadside.

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There was a bear about 50 cm tall.

Akita Hodono-Kanasamachi, Akita

Around 4:20 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagida-Otomozawa, Akita City, and was seen moving.

Akita, Akita

It ran out onto the highway. It ran across to the opposite lane and fled.

Akita Yanagida, Akita

Two bears sighted in a vacant lot beside the regional farm road. Two bears, each about 1.2 m in body length. Direction of departure unknown. 10 m from a building.

Akita, Akita

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

Akita Izumiichinotsubo, Akita

Around 2:40 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagita Ishigami, Akita City.

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A bear over 1.5 m long ran at high speed, crossed the road, and went down toward the Red Cross Hospital side.

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Crossing in front of a car

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

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A fairly large bear. It was fat. There is also a school for students with disabilities nearby.

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A bear was sighted in Minamigaoka 2-chome, Akita City, on 2026-05-27 afternoon.

Akita, 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

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

Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita

Post: Nights of May 25–26 — At Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine honeybees built a nest, and a bear that targeted them appeared over two nights. There were multiple bear claw marks on the shrine’s lower wall panels.

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