เส้นทางเดินป่า Semboku-Kitaakita

One bear approximately 1.5 m in body length. It departed toward the northern mountain area. Distance: 10 m.

Senboku Tazawako-Umezawa, Akita

While I was at home, I heard rustling coming from the area where a plastic bag containing grass placed outside was. I made noise from inside the house to drive it off, and when I checked in the morning the plastic bag had been torn open.

Kitaakita Ani-Ginzan, Akita

A single bear about 1 meter long was sighted and walked off to the east. It was approximately 20 meters from nearby houses.

Senboku Tazawako-Okazaki, Akita

A single bear about 50 cm in body length was observed climbing a tree. After city personnel responded, it appears to have left heading west toward the river. The nearby facility is about 30 meters away.

Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita

Posted: Found along the riverbank; whereabouts since then unknown.

Senboku Nishikicho-Kobuchino, 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

A bear was sighted moving in Ainiginzan Shimoncho, Kitaakita City.

Kitaakita Ani-Ginzan, 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

Observed walking from a private home's garden toward Ani Gakuen.

Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita

Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-03, a bear was sighted moving in Ani Minazuwatari, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture.

Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita

Walked on the residential property and entered toward the mountain. Body length approximately 1.3 m. Departed heading east toward the mountain. Distance to nearest house approximately 3 m.

Senboku Tazawako-Okazaki, Akita

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

[Post] The pickling barrel in the hut had been knocked over. There were bear tracks.

Senboku Nishikicho-Kamihinokinai, Akita

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

Senboku, Akita

[Report] From the area near Kawahara Hall, the bear crossed the rice fields from around the Wabisakura signboard, headed toward the fields, and is wandering near houses.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

A bear crossed the road. Body length unknown. It departed heading east. Approximately 30 meters from nearby houses.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

Observed one bear about 50 cm in body length in a grassy area. It then left toward the mountain to the west. About 150 meters from nearby houses.

Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita

Observed one bear about 1 meter in body length in the roadside grass. It then left toward the mountain to the east. Approximately 100 meters from nearby houses.

Kitaakita Ani-Ginzan, Akita

Observed one bear approximately 1 meter in length. Direction it left is unknown. About 10 meters from a nearby residence.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Minakamikuchi, Anikasawa, Kitaakita City.

Kitaakita Ani-Kayakusa, Akita

Observed one bear about 70 cm long crossing over the guardrail from the national highway into the forested area on the north side. Approximately 50 meters from nearby houses.

Kitaakita Ani-Kayakusa, Akita

One bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted and left heading north. Distance to the residence was about 10 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Around 16:20 on 2026-05-25, one bear crossing a prefectural road was sighted by a woman in her 70s in Mizunomezawa, Kakunodatemachi, Senboku, Akita.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

A bear was sighted in Kakunodate-machi Yamatani Kawasaki Ueno, Senboku City, Akita, around 18:50 on May 23.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

[Post] Spotted while farming

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

I witnessed a single bear about 1 meter in length moving from the municipal road toward Yonaizawa Shrine. It came to within about 5 meters of a nearby house.

Kitaakita Yonaizawa, Akita

At around 11:40 a.m. on May 21, 2026, a man passing by spotted a bear about 1 meter long in roadside grass in Kurozawa, Yonaizawa, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture. According to the Kitaakita Police, the nearest house is about 20 meters away, and the police have warned residents to be careful.

Kitaakita Yonaizawa, Akita

A 1-meter-long bear was sighted on a city road, about 20 meters from a house.

Kitaakita Yonaizawa, Akita

A bear was loitering in front of a house entrance. Body length approximately 1.5 m. Direction of departure unknown. Distance to the house about 1 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

A bear was sighted moving in Kakunodatemachi Kawaranakakawara, Senboku City, around 6:00 AM on 2026-05-21.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

[Post] There is one adult bear in the forest

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Observed one bear about 1 meter in body length heading from the river, across rice fields and railroad tracks, toward the mountain. About 200 meters from nearby houses.

Kitaakita Ani-Yoshida, Akita

Spotted one bear about 0.5 m in body length near the gazebo in the riverside park.

Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita

Was walking near a house from the railroad tracks, body length about 1.2 m, direction of departure unknown. Distance to the house approximately 2 m.

Senboku Nishikicho-Koyamada, Akita

While driving toward the Kakunodate area, a bear about 1.2 m in body length crossed the road from left to right. It departed heading north and was about 100 m from the nearest house.

Senboku Nishikicho-Saimyoji, Akita

Bear sighted walking near the hall. Body length about 1 m. Departed toward the northwest. Distance to the building about 5 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

Observed one cub about 50 cm long remaining in a tree. Approximately 30 meters from nearby houses. Later departed to the west.

Kitaakita Ani-Mizunashi, Akita

A bear was near Kojoyama Park. Body length about 1 m. Distance to the nearest buildings about 200 m. Walked off toward the west.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Body length about 1 m, distance to the house about 200 m, direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Yamayakawasaki, Akita

Body length about 1.2 m. It came down from the mountain, walked near the garbage collection area, and then returned toward the mountain.

Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita

At around 12:55 PM on May 11, 2026, a woman in her 40s driving in Tazawako Komatsu Aza Jomawari, Semboku City, Akita Prefecture, spotted a bear about 1.2 meters long on a municipal road.

Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita

Sighted near the area where the bypass to National Route 46 (toward Akita) ascends. Body length about 1 m. Direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita

Spotted a bear cub in the bushes by the roadside. Mother bear was not seen.

Senboku, Akita