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เส้นทางจาก Taihaku Ward, Sendai ถึง Tendo ระยะทาง 1057 km ผ่าน จังหวัดมิยางิ จังหวัดอิวาเตะ จังหวัดอาโอโมริ จังหวัดอาคิตะ และจังหวัดยามากาตะ ในช่วง 30 วันที่ผ่านมา มีรายงานหมี 1054 ครั้งในรัศมี 5 กิโลเมตรจากเส้นทาง โดย 159 ครั้งอยู่ใน 7 วันล่าสุด รายงานล่าสุดคือ 22ชั่วโมงที่แล้ว ใกล้ Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
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18 จุดในระยะ 1 กม. ผ่าน จังหวัดมิยางิ, จังหวัดอิวาเตะ, จังหวัดอาโอโมริ, จังหวัดอาคิตะ, จังหวัดยามากาตะ
A sighting of one bear crossing a prefectural road and leaving in Sakurawatobe Koshimizu, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
June 15
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
June 14
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi
June 14
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takagi Baba 2, Matsushima Town, around 17:40 on 2026-06-13.
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted walking east along the riverbank in Takadate Kumano-do Nakagawa, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen walking downstream in the Sasa River in Kagitori 4-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Oyachi, Miyagi
June 11
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
June 10
Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sugaya-Kamihinokuchi, Rifu Town, around 4:10 a.m.
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 10
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
June 9
Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi
June 7
Sendai, Miyagi
June 7
Sendai Akiumachi-Yumukai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Moniwa Nakayachi-yama in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, around 18:45 on 2026-06-07.
Sendai, Miyagi
June 7
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
June 6
Ishinomaki 鹿妻本町, Miyagi
A driver saw one bear on a road in Kazumakita 1-chome, Ishinomaki City.
Ishinomaki 鹿妻本町, Miyagi
In Kajimakita, Ishinomaki, a bear about 1 m long was seen running south on a road.
Ishinomaki 鹿妻本町, Miyagi
June 5
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-05, a bear was sighted in Takagido-den-ichi, Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sugōdate, Murata Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 00:15 on June 5.
Murata 大字菅生, Miyagi
June 4
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomita-Uenonaka, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, in the early morning.
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
One bear was found captured in a box trap set in a forest in Asai, Higashimatsushima, Miyagi, and was culled.
Higashimatsushima Asai, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 11:30 on 2026-06-02 in Nobirugaoka 1-chome, Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Nobiru Omo-kura, Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 3:00 PM on 2026-06-02.
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 1
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 1st
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
June 1st
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
June 1st
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
June 1st
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 1st
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Iwakiri Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 31
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Hayakawahigashi, Terutama, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
May 31
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
May 29
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
May 29
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yagiyamaminami 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
May 29
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
A junior high school boy spotted one bear on a road in Yagiyama Honcho 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsugaoka, Miyagi
May 29
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi
Around 05:10 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Nitsusawa, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi
May 28
Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi
Two bears about 80 cm long were seen in the parking lot of government employee housing in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 27
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Negaori-Kirita, Matsushima town.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
May 27
Osato Hanyu, Miyagi
May 27
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 26
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, Miyagi
May 26
Higashimatsushima Asai, Miyagi
May 26
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on the Tohoku University Aobayama Campus on the morning of May 26.
Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi
May 25
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
May 25
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
May 25
Osato Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 24
Sendai Akiumachi-Yumukai, Miyagi
May 23
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
May 23
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
May 22
Higashimatsushima Oshio, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Oshio Tenjindō, Higashimatsushima City.
Higashimatsushima Oshio, Miyagi
May 22
Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi
May 21
Natori, Miyagi
May 21
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi
May 20
Sendai Akiumachi-Sakaino, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Iwakiri-Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
At around 18:10 on May 20, a bear about 1 m long was sighted on the riverbank near Iwakiri Ohashi on the Nanakita River in Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; within about 20 minutes there were three reports extending to the Imaichi Bridge area. After hunters set off firecrackers after 20:00, the bear emerged from a thicket and moved westward; no further sightings or damages have been confirmed.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
Early on the morning of May 20, 2026, one bear was sighted on the riverbed in Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai. A nearby elementary school conducted group dismissal and police are on alert.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 20
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 20
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi
May 20
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 19
Natori, Miyagi
May 18
Natori Medeshimashiote, Miyagi
May 18
Higashimatsushima Neko, Miyagi
May 18
Higashimatsushima Oshio, Miyagi
A sighting of one bear crossing a prefectural road and leaving in Sakurawatobe Koshimizu, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
June 15
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
June 15
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
June 14
Higashimatsushima Kawakudari, Miyagi
June 14
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
June 14
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yazutsu, Zao Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 8:30 PM on June 14.
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Takagi Baba 2, Matsushima Town, around 17:40 on 2026-06-13.
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
Around 09:10 on 2026-06-13, one bear was sighted in Choro, Shichikashuku Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shichikashuku 字長老, Miyagi
Two bears, about 1.5 m and 0.5 m long, were sighted on the road in Komurasaki Yamazaki, Zao Town.
Zao 大字小村崎, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted walking east along the riverbank in Takadate Kumano-do Nakagawa, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
June 12
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
June 12
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen walking downstream in the Sasa River in Kagitori 4-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Oyachi, Miyagi
June 11
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
June 10
Shiroishi 大鷹沢鷹巣, Miyagi
June 10
Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi
June 10
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
A pet dog was attacked by a bear on the grounds of a house in Hirasawa, Zaō Town, and suffered a bleeding abdominal injury.
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
June 10
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sugaya-Kamihinokuchi, Rifu Town, around 4:10 a.m.
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 10
Rifu Iidoi, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
June 9
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
June 9
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 9
Taiwa Tsurusu-Ozurusawa, Miyagi
June 9
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
June 9
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 7
Sendai Akiumachi-Yumukai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Moniwa Nakayachi-yama in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, around 18:45 on 2026-06-07.
Sendai, Miyagi
June 7
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
June 7
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ennda Takaki, Zaō Town, Miyagi, around 1:00 PM on June 7.
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
June 6
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
One bear was sighted at a construction site in the Ohira Nakame Koyashiki area of Shiraishi City.
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
June 6
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
June 6
Ishinomaki 鹿妻本町, Miyagi
A driver saw one bear on a road in Kazumakita 1-chome, Ishinomaki City.
Ishinomaki 鹿妻本町, Miyagi
In Kajimakita, Ishinomaki, a bear about 1 m long was seen running south on a road.
Ishinomaki 鹿妻本町, Miyagi
June 5
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-05, a bear was sighted in Takagido-den-ichi, Matsushima Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sugōdate, Murata Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 00:15 on June 5.
Murata 大字菅生, Miyagi
June 4
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomita-Uenonaka, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, in the early morning.
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
One bear was found captured in a box trap set in a forest in Asai, Higashimatsushima, Miyagi, and was culled.
Higashimatsushima Asai, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 2
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted around 11:30 on 2026-06-02 in Nobirugaoka 1-chome, Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Nobiru Omo-kura, Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 3:00 PM on 2026-06-02.
Higashimatsushima Nobiru, Miyagi
June 1
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 1st
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
June 1st
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
June 1st
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
June 1st
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 1st
Higashimatsushima Otsuka, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Iwakiri Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 31
Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi
May 31
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Hayakawahigashi, Terutama, Matsushima Town.
Matsushima Tetaru, Miyagi
May 31
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
May 29
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
May 29
Murata 大字小泉, Miyagi
May 29
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yagiyamaminami 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
May 29
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
A junior high school boy spotted one bear on a road in Yagiyama Honcho 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsugaoka, Miyagi
May 29
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi
May 28
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
Around 05:10 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Nitsusawa, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi
May 28
Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi
Two bears about 80 cm long were seen in the parking lot of government employee housing in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Adachi Yōjiki, Murata Town, Miyagi, on 2026-05-28.
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
May 27
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Negaori-Kirita, Matsushima town.
Matsushima Nemawari, Miyagi
May 27
Osato Hanyu, Miyagi
May 27
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 26
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, Miyagi
May 26
Higashimatsushima Asai, Miyagi
May 26
Matsushima Takagi, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on the Tohoku University Aobayama Campus on the morning of May 26.
Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi
May 25
Osato Nakamura, Miyagi
May 25
Matsushima Sakurawatashido, Miyagi
May 25
Osato Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 25
Zao 大字塩沢, Miyagi
May 23
Rifu Kamiyasawa, Miyagi
May 23
Osato Higashinarita, Miyagi
May 22
Shiroishi 鷹巣, Miyagi
May 22
Higashimatsushima Oshio, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Oshio Tenjindō, Higashimatsushima City.
Higashimatsushima Oshio, Miyagi
May 22
Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi
May 21
Natori, Miyagi
May 21
Matsushima Hatsubara, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Iwakiri-Higashikawara, Miyagino Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
At around 18:10 on May 20, a bear about 1 m long was sighted on the riverbank near Iwakiri Ohashi on the Nanakita River in Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai; within about 20 minutes there were three reports extending to the Imaichi Bridge area. After hunters set off firecrackers after 20:00, the bear emerged from a thicket and moved westward; no further sightings or damages have been confirmed.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
Early on the morning of May 20, 2026, one bear was sighted on the riverbed in Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai. A nearby elementary school conducted group dismissal and police are on alert.
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 20
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 20
Rifu Sawaoto, Miyagi
May 20
Sendai Iwakiri, Miyagi
May 19
Natori, Miyagi
May 18
Natori Medeshimashiote, Miyagi
May 18
Higashimatsushima Neko, Miyagi
May 18
Zao 大字円田, Miyagi
May 18
Higashimatsushima Oshio, Miyagi
June 15
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Hiyoridai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yazutsu, Zao Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 8:30 PM on June 14.
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
Around 09:10 on 2026-06-13, one bear was sighted in Choro, Shichikashuku Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Shichikashuku 字長老, Miyagi
Two bears, about 1.5 m and 0.5 m long, were sighted on the road in Komurasaki Yamazaki, Zao Town.
Zao 大字小村崎, Miyagi
One bear about 1 m long was sighted walking east along the riverbank in Takadate Kumano-do Nakagawa, Natori City.
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
June 12
Shiroishi 福岡蔵本, Miyagi
June 12
Kawasaki, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
One bear about 1.5 meters long was seen walking downstream in the Sasa River in Kagitori 4-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Oyachi, Miyagi
June 10
Shiroishi 大鷹沢鷹巣, Miyagi
June 10
Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi
June 10
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
June 10
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
A pet dog was attacked by a bear on the grounds of a house in Hirasawa, Zaō Town, and suffered a bleeding abdominal injury.
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
June 10
Zao 大字矢附, Miyagi
June 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
June 9
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
June 9
Shiroishi, Miyagi
At Daibara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, a passerby called 110 to report a bear.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
June 9
Shiroishi 字中河原, Miyagi
Around late morning on 2026-06-09, a bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted at Dainohara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
June 9
Shiroishi, Miyagi
June 7
Sendai Akiumachi-Yumukai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted at Moniwa Nakayachi-yama in Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, around 18:45 on 2026-06-07.
Sendai, Miyagi
June 7
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ennda Takaki, Zaō Town, Miyagi, around 1:00 PM on June 7.
Zao 大字平沢, Miyagi
June 6
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
One bear was sighted at a construction site in the Ohira Nakame Koyashiki area of Shiraishi City.
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
June 6
Shiroishi 大平中目, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
A bear was seen walking in a residential area in Akebono-cho, Aoba Ward.
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Mukaida, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
Twenty minutes later, there was also a bear sighting at Akebonocho Park, about 1 km to the southeast.
Sendai Hayamamachi, Miyagi
A driver saw a bear in the residential area of Aramaki Chuo, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Sugōdate, Murata Town, Miyagi Prefecture, around 00:15 on June 5.
Murata 大字菅生, Miyagi
June 4
Sendai 中山台, Miyagi
June 4
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tomita-Uenonaka, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, in the early morning.
Sendai Tomita, Miyagi
Around 6:00 PM on June 4, a bear was sighted in Nakayamadai 4-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai 中山台, Miyagi
A woman reported a bear in the bushes while walking in Nishinakayama 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai 西中山, Miyagi
June 2
Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi
June 1
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
June 1st
Kawasaki, Miyagi
May 31
Kawasaki Hasekura, Miyagi
May 29
Natori Takadate-yoshida, Miyagi
May 29
Murata 大字小泉, Miyagi
May 29
Natori Takadate-kumanodo, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yagiyamaminami 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
May 29
Sendai Midodaira, Miyagi
A junior high school boy spotted one bear on a road in Yagiyama Honcho 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsugaoka, Miyagi
May 29
Sendai Nihondaira, Miyagi
May 28
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
A bear about 80 cm long was sighted in a drainage canal in Saiwai-cho 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
May 28
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
Around 05:10 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Nitsusawa, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi
May 28
Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi
Two bears about 80 cm long were seen in the parking lot of government employee housing in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in a parking lot in Kawauchi Motoyashikita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Adachi Yōjiki, Murata Town, Miyagi, on 2026-05-28.
Murata 大字足立, Miyagi
May 27
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
May 27
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on the Tohoku University Aobayama Campus on the morning of May 26.
Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi
A single bear was sighted on Route 31 in Yahata 5-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai, and it moved northward into the forest.
Sendai 八幡, Miyagi
May 25
Zao 大字塩沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kamiyagari 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Izumichuo-minami, Miyagi
May 24
Sendai Izumichuo-minami, Miyagi
May 23
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
Around 6:30 AM on 2026-05-23, a bear was sighted in Goryo Kuzuoka, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
May 22
Sendai Mizuhodai, Miyagi
May 22
Sendai Shimo-Ayashi, Miyagi
May 22
Shiroishi 鷹巣, Miyagi
May 21
Natori, Miyagi
May 21
Sendai Kadan, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
Near the brush above the forest park, it was crossing the gravel path.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
May 20
Natori, Miyagi
On May 20, 2026 at around 05:50, a woman walking in Taihaku Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, reported seeing a bear walking south to north. There were no injuries; Sendai North Police said a single bear about 1 meter long was seen near the rock garden by the HOKUSHU Science Museum. Officers patrolled but could not confirm it. A bear had also been sighted about 1.5 km south on the 14th, and police cannot tell if it is the same individual.
Sendai Kitane-Kuromatsu, Miyagi
At around 05:50 on the 20th, one adult bear was sighted walking from south to north near the science museum in Taihaku Forest Park, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
On May 20, 2026, Sendai City reported a bear sighting in Taihara Forest Park in Aoba Ward and has temporarily banned passage on most of the park, including paths without street lighting.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
May 19
Natori, Miyagi
May 18
Sendai 中山台, Miyagi
On May 18, 2026 at around 20:00 in Sakuragaoka 6-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai, a passerby reported a black animal about 1 meter long (uncertain if it was a bear) on private property, but residents could not confirm it. At around 22:15 the same day, a bear was reported moving south on a road in Nakayamadai 1-chome and then left for nearby woods. A bear was also sighted at Sakuragaoka Elementary School on the 14th.
Sendai Nishikatsuyama, Miyagi
May 18
Zao 大字円田, Miyagi
June 15
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
Around 9:30 on June 15, a bear was sighted in Tsurusu Kitemi Osaki Shinnyama-shita, Taiwa Town, Miyagi Prefecture.
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi
June 15
Taiwa Tsurusu-Toya, Miyagi
June 15
Osaki 三本木伊賀, Miyagi
Observed one adult bear entering northwest into the woods from the area near Kinugawa Junior High School.
Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Kawauchi Kawamaechō, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Sendai Kawauchi-Kawamaecho, Miyagi
June 14
Rifu Sugaya, Miyagi
June 13
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
June 13
Osaki 三本木坂本, Miyagi
On National Route 456 heading from Esashi toward Daitō, observed one adult (bear) moving from right to left across the road.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
Bear tracks were found in the rice field east of the road east of Higashimizusawa Junior High School.
Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate
June 12
Ohira 奥田, Miyagi
Around 22:15 on June 11, one bear was sighted in Kamisakuragi 2-chome, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 11
Ohira 大衡, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
One bear about 1 meter long was seen walking north along a roadside in Ochiai Matsuzaka Akasaka, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Ochiai-Matsusaka, Miyagi
June 11
Ohira 大森, Miyagi
Around 10:05 on 2026-06-11, one bear was sighted in Maesawa Ropponmatsu, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū 衣川日向, Iwate
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
Bear scat believed to be present at the boundary between the soccer field and the ground golf course in Sakurazutsumi Park.
Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate
June 11
Kurihara 築館字沢入, Miyagi
June 11
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 11
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
Around 8:00 on 2026-06-11, a bear was sighted in Isawa Koyama Harakawa, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Oshimizu 1-chome, Tomiya, Miyagi, around 12:40 on 2026-06-11.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Ono Goto, Taiwa Town, Miyagi, around 9:30 a.m. on 2026-06-11.
Taiwa もみじが丘, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
Witnessed one adult bear entering the mountain to the south from the household premises.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
Bear sighted in the Hidaka-nishi area. (Details unknown)
Ōshū 水沢, Iwate
Around 15:30 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Mizusawa Hidakanishi, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū 水沢, Iwate
June 10
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
Observed one bear moving north on the road west of the pharmacy.
Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate
June 10
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
At around 09:15 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Shiwahime Hachisugiurayama, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 志波姫台東, Miyagi
June 10
Kurihara 志波姫横峰浦, Miyagi
June 10
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 10
Kurihara 築館字内南沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Tsukidate Takada 2-chome, Kurihara City, Miyagi.
Kurihara 築館字内南沢, Miyagi
June 10
Kurihara, Miyagi
Around 9:30 on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Takashimizu Nakano-sawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Semine Ōwanidani, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Mizusawa Ohatajikoji, Oshu City, around 10:05 on June 10.
Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate
June 9
Sendai Kawauchi-Oimawashi, Miyagi
June 9
Osaki 岩出山, Miyagi
Observed one adult bear entering the woods near Shimoodaibukuro Bridge.
Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate
A nearby resident spotted one bear, about 60 cm long, in a wooded area in Tsukidate Kido area, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi
June 9
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 9
Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi
June 9
Kurihara 金成沢辺, Miyagi
At Daibara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, a passerby called 110 to report a bear.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kanari Sawabe Maemonzawa, Kurihara City, on 2026-06-09.
Kurihara 金成沢辺, Miyagi
Around late morning on 2026-06-09, a bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted at Dainohara Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Akashi Shimoinugazawa, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture, around 19:05 on 2026-06-08.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Kurihara 志波姫南堀口, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Akashishitaderamae, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
June 8
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in a grassland in Akashidai 6-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in a wooded area adjacent to Aeon Mall Tomiya in Oshimizu 1-chome, Tomiya City.
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 7
Tomiya 鷹乃杜, Miyagi
June 7
Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi
June 7
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
Around 13:30 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Ohira Heirin, Ohira Village, Miyagi Prefecture.
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
June 6
Ohira ときわ台, Miyagi
June 6
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
One bear was sighted in grassland in the Ohira Shionami area of Ohira Village.
Ohira ときわ台南, Miyagi
Around 09:04 on 2026-06-06, a bear was sighted in Sanbongi Saida Magishi, Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 三本木斉田, Miyagi
June 6
Tomiya 西成田, Miyagi
At around 5:30 a.m. on June 6, one bear was passed by on Route 457 in Yoshioka Ishigamizawa, Taiwa Town.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
In Yoshioka, Taiwa Town, a driver spotted one bear about 1 meter long moving south on Route 457.
Taiwa Yoshioka, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
A bear was seen walking in a residential area in Akebono-cho, Aoba Ward.
Sendai Akebonomachi, Miyagi
June 5
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
Observed one bear heading south on the prefectural road from Ainazawa toward Nagane.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
A bear was sighted at Tsukidate Terukoshi Yamanokamimae in Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館字荒田沢, Miyagi
June 5
Kurihara 築館字照越, Miyagi
June 5
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
Twenty minutes later, there was also a bear sighting at Akebonocho Park, about 1 km to the southeast.
Sendai Hayamamachi, Miyagi
June 5
Taiwa Tsurusu-Yamada, Miyagi
A driver saw a bear in the residential area of Aramaki Chuo, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Aramaki-chuo, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Ainosawa, Oshu City.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
June 4
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Isshō Yanagime Mochikurezawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi, around 18:50 on June 4.
Kurihara 一迫柳目, Miyagi
Observed a bear moving northward near the Tsutsumijiri Residents' Hall.
Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate
June 4
Kurihara, Miyagi
Around 7:40 on June 4, a bear was sighted in Tsukidate Ota Nakaota, Kurihara City.
Kurihara, Miyagi
June 4
Kurihara, Miyagi
June 3
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
June 2
Sendai Kawauchi-Sanjuninmachi, Miyagi
June 1st
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
June 1st
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
June 1st
Osaki 三本木秋田, Miyagi
June 1st
Osaki 岩出山下野目, Miyagi
June 1st
Kurihara, Miyagi
June 1st
Sendai 紫山, Miyagi
Around 18:40 on 2026-06-01, a bear was sighted in Akashi Nitanme, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
May 31
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
May 31
Kurihara 築館字築館蟹沢, Miyagi
May 31
Tomiya 三ノ関, Miyagi
May 30
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Chomeigaoka 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, around 23:15 on May 30.
Sendai Chomeigaoka-higashi, Miyagi
May 29
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
May 29
Ohira, Miyagi
May 29
Ohira, Miyagi
A junior high school boy spotted one bear on a road in Yagiyama Honcho 2-chome, Taihaku Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Matsugaoka, Miyagi
May 28
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
A bear about 80 cm long was sighted in a drainage canal in Saiwai-cho 5-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Okaji, Miyagi
Observed two juvenile bears entering the forested mountain area.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
Around 05:10 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Nitsusawa, Taihaku Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi
May 28
Sendai Futatsusawa, Miyagi
Two bears about 80 cm long were seen in the parking lot of government employee housing in Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
Two bears were sighted in a parking lot in Kawauchi Motoyashikita, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Kawauchi-Motohasekura, Miyagi
May 28
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Asahi 1-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai.
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
Observed one adult and one juvenile (bear).
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
May 27
Ohira 桔梗平, Miyagi
May 27
Tomiya 穀田, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Maesawa Jinja, Oshu City.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
May 26
Sendai 国見, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi, Miyagi
May 26
Kurihara 築館字左野原, Miyagi
Around 11:10 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted at Takenoshita-mae, Tsukidate-Yazawa, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Kurihara, Miyagi
May 26
Kurihara 築館字下待井, Miyagi
May 26
Sendai Kawauchi-Yamayashiki, Miyagi
Around 9:00 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Takayashiki, Tomiya, Miyagi, and was later captured.
Tomiya 杜乃橋, Miyagi
One bear was sighted on the Tohoku University Aobayama Campus on the morning of May 26.
Sendai Aramaki, Miyagi
A single bear was sighted on Route 31 in Yahata 5-chome, Aoba Ward, Sendai, and it moved northward into the forest.
Sendai 八幡, Miyagi
May 25
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
Observed one adult bear on the slope north of Ochiai Bridge.
Ōshū 衣川古戸, Iwate
Sighted one adult bear crossing the prefectural road from north to south.
Ōshū Maesawa, Iwate
Observed one adult bear crossing from south to north near Minowabashi (Minowa Bridge).
Ōshū, Iwate
On the night of 2026-05-25, one bear was sighted on a city road in Narita 8-chome, Tomiya City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Tomiya 明石, Miyagi
May 24
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Kamiyagari 2-chome, Izumi Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Izumichuo-minami, Miyagi
May 24
Sendai Izumichuo-minami, Miyagi
May 24
Tomiya 石積, Miyagi
May 24
Kurihara, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Yatsumatazawa, Tsukidate Shimomiyano, Kurihara City.
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
May 24
Kurihara 築館, Miyagi
May 23
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
May 23
Sendai 南吉成, Miyagi
Around 6:30 AM on 2026-05-23, a bear was sighted in Goryo Kuzuoka, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Sendai Goroku, Miyagi
May 22
Sendai Mizuhodai, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Nyo Kodate, Ōsaki City.
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
May 22
Sendai Matsumori, Miyagi
Spotted two young bears at the roadside.
Ōshū, Iwate
May 22
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
May 21
Tomiya 二ノ関, Miyagi
May 21
Sendai Ogaku, Miyagi
May 21
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
Around 11:40 on May 21, a bear was sighted at Furukawa Shimizu Narita Omotemae in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
Observed one adult bear heading north along the road.
Ōshū 水沢佐倉河, Iwate
May 21
Osaki 古川清水, Miyagi
May 21
Sendai Kadan, Miyagi
May 20
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
A bear was sighted in Furukawa Osaki Odachi, Ōsaki City, Miyagi, around 14:20 on May 20, 2026.
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
Near the brush above the forest park, it was crossing the gravel path.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
At around 10:25 on May 20, 2026, a woman in her 70s encountered a bear about 1 meter long in a bamboo grove behind her home in Furukawa Shinhori, Osaki City, Miyagi. She waved a saw she was carrying and drove the bear off but fell and suffered a fractured bone in her lower back; the bear fled west.
Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi
May 20
Taiwa Ono, Miyagi
Witnessed one young bear bolt down from the bridge railing toward the cliff below.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
On May 20, 2026 at around 05:50, a woman walking in Taihaku Forest Park in Aoba Ward, Sendai, reported seeing a bear walking south to north. There were no injuries; Sendai North Police said a single bear about 1 meter long was seen near the rock garden by the HOKUSHU Science Museum. Officers patrolled but could not confirm it. A bear had also been sighted about 1.5 km south on the 14th, and police cannot tell if it is the same individual.
Sendai Kitane-Kuromatsu, Miyagi
At around 05:50 on the 20th, one adult bear was sighted walking from south to north near the science museum in Taihaku Forest Park, Aoba Ward, Sendai City.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
May 20
Osaki 古川新堀, Miyagi
May 20
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
On May 20, 2026, Sendai City reported a bear sighting in Taihara Forest Park in Aoba Ward and has temporarily banned passage on most of the park, including paths without street lighting.
Sendai Dainohara-shinrinkoen, Miyagi
A bear appeared in Furukawa, Ōsaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and the city carried out its first emergency shooting to cull the animal.
Osaki 古川, Miyagi
May 19
Tomiya 富谷, Miyagi
At a tire chain change area along National Route 397, an adult bear was observed traveling from south to north.
Ōshū Mizusawa-Miyashitacho, Iwate
On the morning of May 19, 2026, one male bear was spotted in a grove near Furukawa Shinden, Osaki City. The city authorized emergency gun hunting for public safety and the bear was killed around 11:00 a.m. The bear was about 1.1 m long, weighed approximately 45 kg, was estimated to be four years old, and is believed to have wandered in via a nearby river.
Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川斎下, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川新田, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川大崎, Miyagi
May 19
Osaki 古川楡木, Miyagi
May 19
Kami 上狼塚, Miyagi
On May 18, 2026 at around 20:00 in Sakuragaoka 6-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai, a passerby reported a black animal about 1 meter long (uncertain if it was a bear) on private property, but residents could not confirm it. At around 22:15 the same day, a bear was reported moving south on a road in Nakayamadai 1-chome and then left for nearby woods. A bear was also sighted at Sakuragaoka Elementary School on the 14th.
Sendai Nishikatsuyama, Miyagi
May 18
Tomiya 大亀, Miyagi
Observed one young bear entering the brush from the road.
Ōshū 衣川日向, Iwate
May 18
Taiwa Ryutsudaira, Miyagi
Observed one bear crossing the road.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
An adult bear was sighted in the woods across from the house. It ran off toward the mountain.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Yazawa 9-chome, Hanamaki City, around 6:05 AM on June 14.
Hanamaki Yasawa, Iwate
The beehive box at the apiary beside the house was knocked over, and one hive frame was damaged.
Morioka Haba, Iwate
While working in an apple pre-cooling storage shed in an apple orchard, a bear was sighted. Apple crates outside the shed and the drain pipe of the refrigerator were damaged.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
The field's mulch was torn, and there were footprints. The compost was disturbed.
Morioka Nagai, Iwate
Around 5:10 AM on June 11, a bear was sighted in Nakaneko Nijūni Shinmei, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Nakaneko, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Ishidoriya-cho Kuronuma 8-chiwari, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Kuronuma, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.
Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate
A bear entered the grounds of a prefectural apartment complex in Yuzawa-Higashi, Morioka, tore open fertilizer bags, and scattered fertilizer.
Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate
A single medium-sized bear was sighted moving toward Iwayama near the Iwayama entrance on National Route 4.
Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.
Morioka, Iwate
There are signs that the bear is fixating on the feed.
Morioka, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
A bear-like animal was sighted in Sanbonyanagi 4-chiwari, Morioka City.
Morioka Sanbonyanagi, Iwate
Observed one adult bear near rice paddies moving north.
Ōshū, Iwate
Around 10:20 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Esashi-Yonezato Shikui, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture.
Ōshū, Iwate
Around 2:00 on June 4, a mature bear was captured on an AI camera on the south side of Kamimachi Park in Ishidoriya-cho, Koji, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Kochi, Iwate
Around 8:00 PM on June 4, a bear was sighted in Kosegawa 1-chiwari, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Kunuginome, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Tengada, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate
One animal believed to be the size of a large dog plus a bit larger, thought to be a bear, was sighted moving toward the Kitakami River.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
An adult bear was seen running east on a road in Ishidoriya-machi Ezo 9-chome, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Eso, Iwate
At the Takahora Mountain trailhead, five hikers sighted a mother bear with her cub.
Shizukuishi 下長根, Iwate
A passerby spotted two bears — a mother and her cub — and they ran off into the woods on the north side.
Morioka, Iwate
There were bear tracks in the field.
Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Towa-cho Tsuchizawa 5-ku, Hanamaki City, Iwate, around 09:10 on May 31.
Hanamaki Towacho-Tsuchizawa, Iwate
Witnessed one bear running eastward toward the cemetery from the tea field intersection.
Morioka, Iwate
Signs suggesting a bear sighting (tracks of raspberries/blackberries eaten)
Morioka Yuzawa, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Kuzu 1-chiwari, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Eso, Iwate
Observed one adult bear moving northward toward the general athletic field near the rice paddies.
Ōshū, Iwate
Around 6:55 a.m. on May 29, a bear was sighted in Kamishinai 10-chome, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Kaminitanai, Iwate
Spotted one juvenile near a house.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
Was walking about 500 meters north.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
Saw what appeared to be a bear and its cub at night.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Aitawara 10-ku, Towa-cho, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Towacho-Ahyo, Iwate
One bear was sighted running away toward Lake Gosho near the Sakura Garden area of Gosho Lake Regional Park.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
Around 10:30 on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Towa-cho Kitakawame 8-ku, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Towacho-Kitakawame, Iwate
Around 4 PM on 2026-05-26, one bear was sighted in Tsunagi, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Tsunagi-... area of Morioka City around 16:20 on May 25.
Morioka, Iwate
There are bear tracks in the vegetable garden behind the house.
Morioka, Iwate
One bear was sighted in Sakuramachi 1-chome, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Toyosawacho, Iwate
A single young bear was sighted near the road by the parking area of the Oirino Wetland Plant Garden in Goshoko Wide-area Park.
Morioka, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Kukunome 3rd Chiwari, Hanamaki City, around 18:00 on 2026-05-24.
Hanamaki Kunuginome, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Koda 8-chiwari, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Koda, Iwate
Around 7:12 PM on May 24, a bear was observed on security camera in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate
Bear tracks on the apple orchard grounds.
Ōshū 江刺広瀬, Iwate
An adult bear was sighted wandering in Shimomachi, Shizukuishi Town.
Shizukuishi 町裏, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Shinbori 32-wari, Ishidoriya-cho, Hanamaki City.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Hachiman, Iwate
At around 10:47 on 2026-05-21, a bear was sighted in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate
Around 07:30 on 2026-05-21, one bear was sighted in Natsusumori, Shizukuishi Town, Iwate Prefecture.
Shizukuishi 七ツ森, Iwate
Around 9:00 on 2026-05-21, one bear was sighted in Towa-chō Tsuchizawa 2-ku, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
Hanamaki Towacho-Momonosawa, Iwate
A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.
Morioka, Iwate
At around 08:45 on May 20, a passerby sighted one bear south of Yahata Elementary School in Ishidoriya-cho, Hanamaki. The bear crossed Prefectural Route 265 from west to east and left the area; no damage was reported, and the police are patrolling the scene and urging residents to be cautious.
Hanamaki Ishidoriyacho-Hachiman, Iwate
An elementary school student on the way to school witnessed something that appeared to be a bear running from the Takenoko Square area of Koshika Park into the woods.
Morioka, Iwate
Witnessed one young bear bolt down from the bridge railing toward the cliff below.
Ōshū 江刺岩谷堂, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Matsuzonocho, Hanamaki City, Iwate, on May 20 in the late afternoon.
Hanamaki Tenkada, Iwate
Report from a citizen. [Sent from Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Niidate, Aomori
One adult bear and two cubs were crossing the Nishiyama agricultural access road.
Kazuno, Akita
Municipal road / body length 1 m / 20 m from a residence / 50 m distance to witness. A bear was observed roaming near the trash collection area from inside the house.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
While heading from Goshogawara toward Daishaka, I saw one bear crossing the road just before the Daishaka snow shelter. It was a short distance away but appeared over 1 meter in size.
Goshogawara 大字前田野目, Aomori
[Report] Spotted one bear (size unknown) in a field near a house. When we rang a bell, it noticed us and returned to the mountain.
Kosaka Araya, Akita
Field / body length 1 m / 50 m from a residence / 50 m from the witness. From inside the house, the witness observed a bear roaming the field.
Kazuno Towada-Suehiro, Akita
Observed one bear crossing the road.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
At around 1:05 PM on June 14, a bear was sighted at Kosaka Mining Museum Furutate in Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
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Kosaka, Akita
An adult bear was sighted in the woods across from the house. It ran off toward the mountain.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
One bear was sighted in Kuradate Kawayada, Owani Town.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
Around 11:00 on June 14, a bear was sighted in Kosakaichinoto, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
While working in an apple pre-cooling storage shed in an apple orchard, a bear was sighted. Apple crates outside the shed and the drain pipe of the refrigerator were damaged.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in a field at 32 Sunakosawa, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It appeared to have come out from the wooded hill behind the house on the west side. The bear was by a pile of firewood next to the house; when it made eye contact it returned to the western woodland. The distance when eye contact was made was about 20 meters, and it was small enough to be thought a cub not yet weaned. No adult bear was seen. The neighbor was informed immediately.
Kosaka, Akita
[Post] Baby bear
Kosaka, Akita
Around 3:00 PM on June 13, a bear was sighted in Kosakamatsunaka Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
I don’t know the exact location or time, but while driving from the town toward Lake Towada I saw a bear cub suddenly run into the brush on the left side of the road. It was just a moment so I didn’t get a photo, but we passed Kosaka Nanadaki Winery within two or three minutes, so I think it was in that general area.
Kosaka, Akita
Proceeding toward Kuradate, Muraoka direction
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
One bear was sighted moving in Kuradate Kawarada, Ōwani Town, Aomori Prefecture.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
Sighted near the greenhouse in the south-side field
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
A single bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed in a mountainside field.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
One bear crossed National Route 101 from north to south.
Aomori, Aomori
While driving to work in a field, the reporter saw a bear sitting in a clearing near the woods on the east side of the apple orchard. The reporter reversed the car to put distance between themselves and the bear, and when they did the bear was gone. It is believed likely the bear escaped into the woods on the east side.
Kuroishi 大字高舘, Aomori
Observed one medium-sized bear inside an apple orchard
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
Numerous bear droppings were found on the premises of a work shed adjacent to the residence.
Morioka, Iwate
A bag of rice bran at a nearby shed was ravaged by a bear.
Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate
Rice field / body length 1 m / 60 m from a residence / approximately 100 m from the witness While driving on a municipal road, a bear was spotted in a rice field. The bear entered the forested area to the south.
Kazuno Hanawa, Akita
[Report] Behind an empty house at 45 Sunagosawa, Kosaka, a young bear about 1 meter long ran into the forest on the west side. Just before that, it had been sighted near a water source in front of the house at 42 Sunagosawa. It appears to have come out of the forest on the east side, crossed rice fields and a river, passed between houses, and entered the forest on the west side. Although bears are known to be present in the hill behind the houses on the west side of the settlement, sightings of a moving bear occurred on the north and south sides of the row of houses. It is unusual to see a bear moving between houses during daytime.
Kosaka, Akita
A crack believed to have been caused by a bear was found in a window of the motorcycle storage/management building at the driving license test center in Shimoda, Morioka City.
Morioka Shimoda, Iwate
A crack was found in a window glass at a driving license test center facility in Morioka City, and police suspect bear damage.
Morioka, Iwate
Field / Body length unknown / 100 m from a residence / No distance reported to witness. Bear tracks were found in the field.
Kazuno Towada-Kusagi, Akita
Expressway / body length 1 m / 600 m to nearest house / 30 m from witness While driving on the expressway, a bear was spotted on the left shoulder. The bear entered the woods on the left.
Kazuno, Akita
[Report] Jukai Line (near Osarube, Kosaka Mine) While heading toward Kosaka, observed one adult bear and two cubs at the shrine entrance from the car.
Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
River / Body length 1 m / 10 m from houses, etc. / Distance to witness 150 m
Kazuno, Akita
City road / body length 1.2 m / 5 m from a private residence / 10 m from the witness Observed from inside a vehicle: a bear crossing the city road and entering the brush.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
City road / body length 1.2 m / 300 m to nearest house / 10 m from witness. While driving on the city road, the witness saw a bear enter the brush north of the road.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
One bear was spotted moving in Towada-Nishikigi Shimono, Kazuno City.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
National road / body length 1.2 m / 300 m from a residence / 30 m from the witness. While driving a vehicle on the national road from north to south, I witnessed a bear crossing the road from east to west and entering the forest.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Vacant lot / body length 70 cm / 10 m from a residence / 20 m from the sighting. While walking on a municipal road, I saw a bear crossing the road from south to north and entering the vacant lot.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
[Posted in Aomori City] From within the facility grounds, it climbed over a fence about 150 cm high and ran off into the outside bush (toward Sawayan). It appears to be a small bear cub about 70 cm in size.
Aomori Toyama, Aomori
A bear was sighted moving in Komagome Hotaruzawa, Aomori City, around 6:10 AM.
Aomori Toyama, Aomori
Multiple passersby spotted one adult bear crossing a road in Osore, Hachimantai City.
Hachimantai 田頭, Iwate
Around 1:25 PM on 2026-06-10, a bear was sighted in Otarube, Kosakamachi Kosaka Mining Area, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hachimantai Azusawazawaikari, Kazuno City, Akita on the afternoon of 2026-06-10.
Kazuno, Akita
Around 06:30 on 2026-06-10, one bear was seen moving in Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
Apples stored in a farmwork/shed used also as a storage shed had been eaten through. In addition, there were many droppings, believed to be from a bear, both inside and outside the shed.
Morioka, Iwate
Railway tracks / body length 80 cm / 10 m from residences, etc. / 20 m distance from the witness: The bear was sighted wandering near the tracks from the grounds of a worksite.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
Rice field / body length 1 m / 300 m from houses, etc. / 40 m from observer While driving on a municipal road, the observer spotted a bear in a rice field.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Nagahashiri Jinba, Odate City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
A cub was sighted in Shimoda Ishibane, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, around 6:50 a.m. on June 9. No human or property damage was reported.
Morioka Shimoda, Iwate
On private property / 1.2 m / Distance to witness 20 m / Distance from house 20 m. A bear was in a tree. It came down from the tree and went off somewhere. Direction of departure unknown.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter long was observed climbing a tree.
Aomori Yasuta, Aomori
Around 7:30 PM on June 7, a bear was sighted in Yasuda, Aomori City.
Aomori Yasuta, Aomori
[Post] Witnessed crossing the road from left to right immediately after getting off the Kosaka-kita IC on the Tohoku Expressway.
Kosaka, Akita
While driving on Route 7, I witnessed a bear about 1–1.5 m long trotting crosswise toward the museum and then entering the woods. Other cars slowed and waited for it to cross, so quite a few people must have seen it. I’m reporting this because I didn’t find any sighting information posted.
Aomori Sannai, Aomori
While driving from the Towada Lake area toward Kosaka town, I saw one bear going under the guardrail on the right (west) side of the road just before the sign that says “1 km to Michi-no-Eki Kosaka.”
Kosaka, Akita
A single young bear was sighted near the parking lot reserved for staff of the Handmade Village.
Morioka, Iwate
It ran through the rice paddies on the left side heading into Aomori City, past Kyowa Transport in Namioka. From what I could see through the passenger-side window, I think it was a cub.
Aomori, Aomori
Posted: A bear came out onto the road while I was driving.
Kazuno Towada-Kusagi, Akita
Field adjacent to a private residence / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness: A bear about 1 m in length was seen from inside a house walking north through a field.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
There are signs that the bear is fixating on the feed.
Morioka, Iwate
While working a ball-collection part-time job at Nashi no Ki Golf Garden, I witnessed a small bear cross right in front of me. It happened last Thursday. In the past I’ve repeatedly heard small bears crying around the same time of day. I tried to post about this several times, but it didn’t seem to go through, so although some time has passed since the sighting, I’m trying again.
Aomori Kobata, Aomori
Was watching from the sidewalk bushes as it prepared to cross the road. When a car passed by, it returned into the bushes.
Hirakawa, Aomori
One bear in Ikarigaseki, Hirakawa City was trying to cross the road from bushes on a sidewalk, but returned into the bushes when a car passed by.
Hirakawa Ikarigaseki, Aomori
One bear was sighted crossing the expressway south of Ajara Parking Area on the Tohoku Expressway in Karunushi, Owani Town.
Owani Karouji, Aomori
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Kosaka Kosaka-kozan, Akita
One animal believed to be the size of a large dog plus a bit larger, thought to be a bear, was sighted moving toward the Kitakami River.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
[Report] Passed through the rice fields from the western settlement, crossed National Route 282, and disappeared into the forest on the east side.
Kosaka Daichi, Akita
Around 4:15 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Arataniyagakuda, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka Daichi, Akita
One bear was sighted in Nijigai, Owani Town, and ran from the road toward the mountains.
Owani Nijikai, Aomori
From a fixed live camera in Matsuo Yoriki, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture 6/3 14:33:48 – Wandering around the premises from the far right of the screen https://www.youtube.com/live/MKmhNRdc4tA?si=2USAsD2IdB92ueZx 531-31 Matsuo Yoriki, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture 028-7302 Campus no Mori (Campus Forest) Hachimantai
Hachimantai, Iwate
While driving from the north toward the south, I sighted a bear about 1.2 meters long near the worksite on the east side. The bear was wandering around the area of the worksite and then was seen heading into the woods to the east.
Kazuno Towada-Suehiro, Akita
Around 09:57 on 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted in Iwato, Aomori City.
Aomori Iwatari, Aomori
While driving on National Route 101 toward Namioka, just past the Daishaka Tunnel, I observed a bear about 1 m in length crossing the roadway from left to right. No damage reported.
Aomori, Aomori
Around 4:10 AM on 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted in Tokusai-ko, Namioka, Aomori City, and crossed the roadway near the Daishaka Tunnel on Route 101. No damage has been confirmed.
Aomori, Aomori
One bear was sighted at Takada Asahiyama in Aomori City just after 6:00 a.m.
Aomori Takada, Aomori
One bear was sighted on a town road in Uwanokida, Oda, Kosaka Town. The bear was about 60 cm long.
Kosaka Daichi, Akita
While driving a car on a municipal road from west to east, I witnessed a bear about 70 centimeters long cross the road from south to north, then run up the embankment and head north. The distance between the car and the bear at the time of sighting was about 2 meters.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
A cub came down from the ravine onto the road, looked closely at the car I was driving, and hurried back into the ravine.
Aomori Takada, Aomori
At a little after 6:00 a.m. on June 2, one bear cub was sighted in Asahiyama, Takada, Aomori City.
Aomori Takada, Aomori
An adult bear was behind the garbage collection point near the caller’s home; afterward it ran off toward the forest.
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
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Kosaka, Akita
At the Takahora Mountain trailhead, five hikers sighted a mother bear with her cub.
Shizukuishi 下長根, Iwate
Municipal road / 50 m from a house / body length 70 cm / 10 m from witness. While passing on the municipal road by vehicle, a bear was spotted on the south side of the road. The bear left to the south.
Kazuno Towada-Okada, Akita
A resident spotted one adult bear crossing a city road in Tagashira 21th district, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture.
Hachimantai 田頭, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita around 5:30 PM on June 1.
Kosaka, Akita
While driving on National Route 101 toward Namioka, collided with a bear that emerged from the left side of the road. The bear then departed in an unknown direction.
Aomori, Aomori
[Post] Went up the mountain with the shrine from near the direct sales shop. Body length about 1.2 meters.
Kosaka, Akita
A cub attempted to climb over the guardrail from the slope beside the railway tracks. One cub.
Aomori Namioka-Daishaka, Aomori
A passerby spotted two bears — a mother and her cub — and they ran off into the woods on the north side.
Morioka, Iwate
Report: A single fairly large bear about 1 meter in length crossed the town road near the south side of the cemetery at 16-1 Kakeshita, Osaki, moving from east to west. It climbed up from the embankment by the drainage channel south of the cemetery onto the town road, dashed into the field to the west, passed alongside the cemetery above the town road, and entered the western mountain forest. This crossing route has seen multiple sightings last year as well, including lone bears and mother-and-cub pairs.
Kosaka, Akita
Witnessed one bear running eastward toward the cemetery from the tea field intersection.
Morioka, Iwate
[Report] While traveling on National Route 7 from Hirosaki City toward Odate City, a bear appeared from the left side of the road shoulder, crossed the highway, and moved to the right side.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
While driving on the single road toward Ajarano Forest Campground, it crossed the road from the left and entered the hillside on the right.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
Around 6:16 PM on 2026-05-30, a bear was sighted moving in Nagabashiri-Jinba, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
I was driving from Ōwani toward Karatake when a bear ran from the right and crossed to the left.
Owani Komaki, Aomori
A bear appeared from along the river and ran off down the road.
Aomori, Aomori
One bear cub ran from west to east.
Owani, Aomori
Spotted one juvenile near a house.
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
Around 06:00 on May 29, one bear was seen moving in Owani Shutchosawa, Owani Town, Aomori.
Owani Nijikai, Aomori
Prefectural road / body length 70 cm / 200 m from houses, etc. / approximately 50 m from the observer. A small bear emerged from the woodland on the east side of the prefectural road, crossed the road, and ran off to the west.
Kazuno, Akita
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Kosaka, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kosaka Wakagi-dachi, Kosaka Town, Akita on 2026-05-28 morning.
Kosaka, Akita
Was attempting to climb the slope beside the road.
Aomori, Aomori
Ran off into the woods. [Broadcast from Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa, Aomori
Was walking about 500 meters north.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
Saw what appeared to be a bear and its cub at night.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
One bear was sighted running away toward Lake Gosho near the Sakura Garden area of Gosho Lake Regional Park.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
Around 4 PM on 2026-05-26, one bear was sighted in Tsunagi, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.
Morioka Tsunagi, Iwate
A bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted around 6:00 PM beside the guardrail on National Route 7 in Tsurugasaka, Aomori City.
Aomori Tsurugasaka, Aomori
Spotted an animal that appeared to be a bear. [Issued by Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Machii, Aomori
While driving from Aomori toward Hirosaki, I spotted one bear about 1.5 m long outside the guardrail on the east side. It was not on the roadway.
Aomori Namioka-Daishaka, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Tsurugasaka, Aomori City.
Aomori Tsurugasaka, Aomori
It ran off toward the tennis courts. [Issued by Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Arayamachi, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Tsunagi-... area of Morioka City around 16:20 on May 25.
Morioka, Iwate
Footprints discovered.
Aomori Iwatari, Aomori
There are bear tracks in the vegetable garden behind the house.
Morioka, Iwate
While gathering wild plants, bear droppings were discovered. They appear to be 2–3 days old.
Aomori Sannai, Aomori
A single young bear was sighted near the road by the parking area of the Oirino Wetland Plant Garden in Goshoko Wide-area Park.
Morioka, Iwate
One bear was seen moving in Arai-cho, Hirakawa City.
Hirakawa Arayamachi, Aomori
A single small cub about the size of a small dog was walking alone; after seeing us it ran off toward the rice fields.
Aomori Kanehama, Aomori
Ran off into the woods. [Broadcast from Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Karatake, Aomori
An adult bear was sighted wandering in Shimomachi, Shizukuishi Town.
Shizukuishi 町裏, Iwate
While driving a car on Nishiyama Agricultural Road heading toward Hanawa, I witnessed a bear about 40 centimeters in height crossing the road from east to west and then walking off into the woods on the west side. The distance between the car and the bear was about 6 meters.
Kazuno, Akita
[Report] I went to my property to take care of the remains after cutting down chestnut trees. After getting out of the car, I saw a bear wandering about 80 meters away. I made noise, but it didn’t react or even look my way; it crossed my property and climbed up the slope to the south.
Kosaka, Akita
Witnessed one bear approximately 1 meter long in the Namioka River. No damage reported.
Aomori, Aomori
Vacant lot / Body length 1 m / 20 m from a house / 30 m distance from eyewitness
Kazuno, Akita
At around 18:10 on May 21, 2026, a man in his 70s at home spotted a roughly 1‑meter bear in a grove in Hanawa, Kazuno City (Shintomei). According to the Kazuno police, the bear was about 30 meters from nearby houses, and the police have urged residents to be cautious.
Kazuno, Akita
On private residential property / body length 1 m / 20 m from the house / 20 m from the witness. Witness observed a bear walking toward the back of the shrine.
Kazuno, Akita
On May 21 at around 12:30, a report was made of a parent-and-child bear in an apple orchard south of Taketate Elementary School in Hirakawa City. City staff patrolling the area sighted a bear-like animal at about 13:30; police and the hunting association conducted searches with drones but could not confirm the bear. The city halted school activities and will set a box trap at 09:00 on May 22.
Hirakawa Okidate, Aomori
Sighted in the apple orchard behind the elementary school grounds [Reported from Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Okidate, Aomori
Around 07:30 on 2026-05-21, one bear was sighted in Natsusumori, Shizukuishi Town, Iwate Prefecture.
Shizukuishi 七ツ森, Iwate
A bear was sighted in Okidate Miyazaki, Hirakawa City, Aomori Prefecture.
Hirakawa Okidate, Aomori
Vegetable garden on private property / Body length 1 m / 15 m from house / 15 m distance from witness I observed a bear lingering in the vegetable garden on my property. I was frightened and went indoors. I have not been able to confirm what the bear did afterward.
Kazuno Towada-Nishikigi, Akita
While driving on the expressway, I encountered a bear cub on the road about 200 meters before Kosaka Parking Area. I slowed down and honked, and it ran into the bushes on the left. The mother bear was not seen. I reported it to the police car that was ahead.
Kosaka, Akita
A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.
Morioka, Iwate
An elementary school student on the way to school witnessed something that appeared to be a bear running from the Takenoko Square area of Koshika Park into the woods.
Morioka, Iwate
Field / body length 1 m / 150 m from a house / 200 m from a witness While driving on the national highway, (the witness) saw a bear running south through a field 200 m south of the highway.
Kazuno, Akita
Witnessed it crossing the road and entering the thicket of the forest on the east side.
Kazuno, Akita
Driver sighted one bear (body length unknown) / heading east / about 100 m south of Hachikō-sō
Odate, Akita
While driving the Namahage Line from Funakawa toward Kitaura, I saw a bear about 1 meter long crossing from right to left just before Aooni Bridge, approximately 180 meters from the nearest building.
Oga Kitaura-Anzenji, Akita
Report from a citizen. [Sent from Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Niidate, Aomori
Observed two bears (mother and cub) while mowing grass. They left toward the west.
Noshiro Makabechi, Akita
While heading from Goshogawara toward Daishaka, I saw one bear crossing the road just before the Daishaka snow shelter. It was a short distance away but appeared over 1 meter in size.
Goshogawara 大字前田野目, Aomori
A bear about 1 meter long was spotted on the runway at Odate-Noshiro Airport in Kitaakita, Akita, and was driven off with fireworks into brush on the south side.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter long was sighted on the runway of Odate-Noshiro Airport. After airport staff responded, it left toward the south.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
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Kosaka, Akita
Damage to crops such as potatoes
Odate, Akita
Observed bear tracks on the field. The tracks were heading northeast.
Oga Iriai-Kamiya, Akita
One bear was sighted in Kuradate Kawayada, Owani Town.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
Around 11:00 on June 14, a bear was sighted in Kosakaichinoto, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, 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
A single bear about 80 centimeters long was in a field at 32 Sunakosawa, Kosaka, Kosaka Town. It appeared to have come out from the wooded hill behind the house on the west side. The bear was by a pile of firewood next to the house; when it made eye contact it returned to the western woodland. The distance when eye contact was made was about 20 meters, and it was small enough to be thought a cub not yet weaned. No adult bear was seen. The neighbor was informed immediately.
Kosaka, Akita
Local resident sighted one bear (body length 1.2 m) / moving north / on convenience store premises
Odate Matsudate, Akita
Proceeding toward Kuradate, Muraoka direction
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
A bear was sighted in a parking lot in Shimizu 4-chome, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate Matsudate, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Kuradate Kawarada, Ōwani Town, Aomori Prefecture.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
Around 6:30 PM on June 13, a bear was seen moving in Asanai Kaminoyama, Noshiro City.
Noshiro Gongendai, Akita
Sighted near the greenhouse in the south-side field
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
A single bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed in a mountainside field.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
One bear crossed National Route 101 from north to south.
Aomori, Aomori
A bear had climbed a tree along the path between Kimimachi Saka Park Plaza No. 1 and Plaza No. 2. Body length about 50 cm. One bear. It fled toward Plaza No. 2.
Noshiro 二ツ井町加護山, Akita
While driving to work in a field, the reporter saw a bear sitting in a clearing near the woods on the east side of the apple orchard. The reporter reversed the car to put distance between themselves and the bear, and when they did the bear was gone. It is believed likely the bear escaped into the woods on the east side.
Kuroishi 大字高舘, Aomori
footprints
Odate, Akita
Around 2:00 PM on June 12, a bear was sighted in Kotsunagi-Nakajima, Futatsui-machi, Noshiro City, and was seen moving.
Noshiro 二ツ井町加護山, Akita
[Report] Approx. 1 m in length — witnessed running toward the Kosaka area.
Odate, Akita
A local resident spotted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / moving east / approximately 20 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita
A nearby resident sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 10 m from the nearest facility
Odate Dateshita, Akita
[Report] A bear about 1 meter long suddenly entered the company premises. When employees were startled and shouted, it ran off toward the north.
Odate Matsudate, Akita
Around 1:25 PM on June 11, one bear was sighted inside the premises of a house in Shimizu 2-chome, Odate City.
Odate Dateshita, Akita
[Report] Behind an empty house at 45 Sunagosawa, Kosaka, a young bear about 1 meter long ran into the forest on the west side. Just before that, it had been sighted near a water source in front of the house at 42 Sunagosawa. It appears to have come out of the forest on the east side, crossed rice fields and a river, passed between houses, and entered the forest on the west side. Although bears are known to be present in the hill behind the houses on the west side of the settlement, sightings of a moving bear occurred on the north and south sides of the row of houses. It is unusual to see a bear moving between houses during daytime.
Kosaka, Akita
[Report] Crossed the road from Kidoishi Waterside Environment Park toward the chicken coop. Body length 1 m
Kitaakita Hachimantai-shinden, Akita
Found bear tracks in the field. They appear to have come from the woods to the northwest of the discovery site.
Odate, Akita
Sighted one bear eating cherry fruits. Body length approximately 1 meter.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
A local resident sighted one bear (approximately 1.0 m in body length) in a field / direction of travel: east / approximately 100 m from the nearest house.
Odate Hinai-Maeda, Akita
One bear about 1 meter in body length was observed in a grassy area. The bear then headed into the mountains. It was about 15 meters from a nearby house.
Kitaakita Motomachi, Akita
Around 06:30 on 2026-06-10, one bear was seen moving in Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
Kosaka, Akita
A local resident spotted one bear (body length unknown) in the woods / direction of travel unknown / 150 m southwest of Manaka Community Center
Odate Akaishi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Nagahashiri Jinba, Odate City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
I couldn’t take proper photos because I was driving, but there were two black lumps that looked like bears. I think it was a parent and child.
Kitaakita, Akita
A single bear about 1 meter long was observed climbing a tree.
Aomori Yasuta, Aomori
Around 7:30 PM on June 7, a bear was sighted in Yasuda, Aomori City.
Aomori Yasuta, Aomori
[Post] Witnessed crossing the road from left to right immediately after getting off the Kosaka-kita IC on the Tohoku Expressway.
Kosaka, Akita
While driving from Omoinai toward Sainokami, a bear about 1.2 m in length climbed up the right roadside embankment and ran off into the woods toward Ohirayama.
Odate, Akita
Observed one bear moving toward the woods to the north. Body length approximately 1 m.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
A bear was sighted on the premises of a special nursing home in Harabutazawa, Noshiro City.
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
While driving on Route 7, I witnessed a bear about 1–1.5 m long trotting crosswise toward the museum and then entering the woods. Other cars slowed and waited for it to cross, so quite a few people must have seen it. I’m reporting this because I didn’t find any sighting information posted.
Aomori Sannai, Aomori
Noshiro Kitsunemori, Akita
[Report] A bear about 1 m tall was in the rice field and ran toward the mountain. About 100 m ahead there was a green onion farmer.
Noshiro Kitsunemori, 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
A juvenile bear about 40 centimeters long suddenly crossed the road at speed from the farm side.
Noshiro Makabechi, Akita
It ran through the rice paddies on the left side heading into Aomori City, past Kyowa Transport in Namioka. From what I could see through the passenger-side window, I think it was a cub.
Aomori, Aomori
A nearby resident sighted one bear in a vacant lot (body length 1.0 m). Direction of travel: west. Approximately 10 m from the nearest house.
Odate, Akita
On June 5 at around 3:29 PM, a bear was seen moving in Hinezawa-dai, Yagihashi, Hinai-machi, Odate City.
Odate, Akita
[Post] Noticing the car, it climbed the concrete wall and disappeared into the bushes.
Odate, Akita
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Odate, Akita
[Report] Appeared again this year in the same place where there were many last year. About 90 cm. When I tried to take a photo, it went into the bushes.
Odate Hinaimachi-Yagihashi, Akita
One bear (about 1.0 m in body length) sighted in the field / direction of travel unknown / approximately 20 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita
[Sighting] About 70 cm in size. Spotted from inside a car. Went from the back of the parking lot into the woods.
Odate, Akita
Crossed the prefectural road and went toward the mountains.
Odate, Akita
One bear (body length 1 m) sighted on a municipal road / direction of travel: east / approximately 300 m northwest of Ogiida Station
Odate, Akita
When our eyes met, it fled toward the river (the Yoneshiro River direction) using its hindquarters. Its body length was over 1 meter and its fur was in very good condition.
Odate, Akita
Around 9:00 on June 5, a bear was sighted moving in Aseishi, Hanaoka-machi, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate, Akita
Around 5:50 PM on June 5, a bear was sighted in Nijida Jinja, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Hachigibashi, Hinai-machi, Ōdate, Akita.
Odate, Akita
Around noon on 2026-06-05, a bear was sighted in Kobogawa, Hanaoka-machi, Ōdate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate Hanaokamachi, Akita
While working a ball-collection part-time job at Nashi no Ki Golf Garden, I witnessed a small bear cross right in front of me. It happened last Thursday. In the past I’ve repeatedly heard small bears crying around the same time of day. I tried to post about this several times, but it didn’t seem to go through, so although some time has passed since the sighting, I’m trying again.
Aomori Kobata, Aomori
Was watching from the sidewalk bushes as it prepared to cross the road. When a car passed by, it returned into the bushes.
Hirakawa, Aomori
One bear in Ikarigaseki, Hirakawa City was trying to cross the road from bushes on a sidewalk, but returned into the bushes when a car passed by.
Hirakawa Ikarigaseki, Aomori
One bear was sighted crossing the expressway south of Ajara Parking Area on the Tohoku Expressway in Karunushi, Owani Town.
Owani Karouji, Aomori
Discovered bear tracks. They continued toward the southeast.
Oga Iriai-Kotogawa, 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
Around 6:30 AM on June 4, a bear was sighted moving in Katayama-cho 3-chome, Odate City.
Odate, Akita
A nearby resident spotted one bear (body length about 1.0 m) / direction of travel: north / approximately 50 m from the nearest house
Odate, Akita
On 2026-06-04 afternoon, one bear was seen moving in Ogata, Ogata Village, Akita.
Ogata 字中央, Akita
Noshiro Kamiyachi, Akita
One bear was sighted in Nijigai, Owani Town, and ran from the road toward the mountains.
Owani Nijikai, Aomori
[Report] Bear spotted in the grass
Odate, Akita
Around 09:57 on 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted in Iwato, Aomori City.
Aomori Iwatari, Aomori
A resident traveling on a municipal road sighted one bear (body length 1 m) heading east / 400 m south of Shimizukawa settlement, Kasuda area.
Odate Kasuda, Akita
A bear was sighted moving around in Kasada-Shimizukawa, Odate City, Akita Prefecture, on June 3 in the morning.
Odate, Akita
While driving on National Route 101 toward Namioka, just past the Daishaka Tunnel, I observed a bear about 1 m in length crossing the roadway from left to right. No damage reported.
Aomori, Aomori
Around 4:10 AM on 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted in Tokusai-ko, Namioka, Aomori City, and crossed the roadway near the Daishaka Tunnel on Route 101. No damage has been confirmed.
Aomori, Aomori
One bear was sighted at Takada Asahiyama in Aomori City just after 6:00 a.m.
Aomori Takada, Aomori
One bear approximately 80 cm in length was sighted. The bear left into the woods on the west side. It was 30 meters from the nearest building.
Oga Oganaka-Kokuyuchinai, 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
Nearby residents sighted one bear (body length 0.7 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 100 m from the nearest house
Odate Nanamagaritai, Akita
One bear, approximately 1 meter, fled east.
Noshiro Futatsuimachi-Niageba, Akita
A cub came down from the ravine onto the road, looked closely at the car I was driving, and hurried back into the ravine.
Aomori Takada, Aomori
At a little after 6:00 a.m. on June 2, one bear cub was sighted in Asahiyama, Takada, Aomori City.
Aomori Takada, Aomori
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Kosaka, Akita
[Report] I observed a bear, believed to be an adult, crossing the road.
Kitaakita, Akita
I sighted a bear, believed to be an adult, crossing the road.
Kitaakita, 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
A bear was sighted in Kosaka, Kosaka Town, Akita around 5:30 PM on June 1.
Kosaka, Akita
Around 12:25 on June 1, a bear was sighted in Unoki Matsukizakai, Oga City, Akita, and was observed moving.
Oga Unoki, Akita
While driving on National Route 101 toward Namioka, collided with a bear that emerged from the left side of the road. The bear then departed in an unknown direction.
Aomori, Aomori
[Post] Went up the mountain with the shrine from near the direct sales shop. Body length about 1.2 meters.
Kosaka, Akita
A cub attempted to climb over the guardrail from the slope beside the railway tracks. One cub.
Aomori Namioka-Daishaka, Aomori
Report: A single fairly large bear about 1 meter in length crossed the town road near the south side of the cemetery at 16-1 Kakeshita, Osaki, moving from east to west. It climbed up from the embankment by the drainage channel south of the cemetery onto the town road, dashed into the field to the west, passed alongside the cemetery above the town road, and entered the western mountain forest. This crossing route has seen multiple sightings last year as well, including lone bears and mother-and-cub pairs.
Kosaka, Akita
A hiker near the summit of Mount Akiba sighted one bear (body length 0.7 m) / direction of travel unknown / approximately 1 km to the nearest facility
Odate Etsuri, Akita
Around 10:00 on May 31, a bear was sighted in Higashi-Iwasamizawa, Odate City.
Odate, Akita
About 70 cm. It appeared from the direction of Numa no Kubo and descended the mountain on the side of the Akibayama shrine.
Odate Etsuri, 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
[Report] While traveling on National Route 7 from Hirosaki City toward Odate City, a bear appeared from the left side of the road shoulder, crossed the highway, and moved to the right side.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
While driving on the single road toward Ajarano Forest Campground, it crossed the road from the left and entered the hillside on the right.
Owani Kuradate, Aomori
Around 6:16 PM on 2026-05-30, a bear was sighted moving in Nagabashiri-Jinba, Odate City, Akita Prefecture.
Odate Nagabashiri, Akita
I was driving from Ōwani toward Karatake when a bear ran from the right and crossed to the left.
Owani Komaki, Aomori
A bear appeared from along the river and ran off down the road.
Aomori, Aomori
Driver sighted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / Direction of travel: east / Approximately 50 m to the nearest building
Odate Hashigeta, Akita
Nearby residents spotted two bears (body lengths 1.0 m and 0.5 m) / heading east / approximately 400 m from the nearest facility
Odate, Akita
One bear cub ran from west to east.
Owani, Aomori
A resident on a walk observed two cubs on the road and one adult bear in the woods. The subsequent directions in which they left and the body lengths of the three bears are unknown. The nearest houses are approximately 150 m away.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
Around 02:25 on 2026-05-29, a bear was sighted in Wagamihis'edodai, Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture. It was seen on surveillance camera.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
At around 2:00 AM, one bear was sighted on a forest road by a camera. Body length and direction of departure are unknown.
Kitaakita Wakigami, Akita
Around 06:00 on May 29, one bear was seen moving in Owani Shutchosawa, Owani Town, Aomori.
Owani Nijikai, Aomori
A single bear about 80 cm in body length was observed moving off to the south; approximately 150 m from nearby residences.
Kitaakita Maeyama, Akita
Fled after being startled by a car
Kitaakita Nanukaichi, Akita
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Kosaka, Akita
Around 8:00 on May 28, one bear was spotted moving in Shichinukazai, Kitaakita City.
Kitaakita Nanukaichi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kosaka Wakagi-dachi, Kosaka Town, Akita on 2026-05-28 morning.
Kosaka, Akita
Driver spotted one bear (body length 1.0 m) / direction of travel unknown / on the grounds of the neighborhood community center
Odate, Akita
A bear was sighted in Shakanai Naganoma, Odate City, around 6:05 PM on May 27.
Odate, Akita
Was attempting to climb the slope beside the road.
Aomori, Aomori
Ran off into the woods. [Broadcast from Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa, Aomori
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
A bear about 1.5 meters long was sighted around 6:00 PM beside the guardrail on National Route 7 in Tsurugasaka, Aomori City.
Aomori Tsurugasaka, Aomori
Spotted an animal that appeared to be a bear. [Issued by Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Machii, Aomori
While driving from Aomori toward Hirosaki, I spotted one bear about 1.5 m long outside the guardrail on the east side. It was not on the roadway.
Aomori Namioka-Daishaka, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Tsurugasaka, Aomori City.
Aomori Tsurugasaka, Aomori
It ran off toward the tennis courts. [Issued by Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Arayamachi, Aomori
Footprints discovered.
Aomori Iwatari, Aomori
Sighted one bear about 1 m tall. It fled to the south.
Noshiro Todoroki, Akita
While gathering wild plants, bear droppings were discovered. They appear to be 2–3 days old.
Aomori Sannai, Aomori
One bear was seen moving in Arai-cho, Hirakawa City.
Hirakawa Arayamachi, Aomori
A single small cub about the size of a small dog was walking alone; after seeing us it ran off toward the rice fields.
Aomori Kanehama, Aomori
jumped out into the highway
Noshiro Hiyashimizu, Akita
Driver sighted one bear crossing the road (body length 50 cm) / direction of travel: west
Odate, Akita
Ran off into the woods. [Broadcast from Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Karatake, Aomori
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
[Report] While driving on the highway, I witnessed a bear cub crossing the roadway.
Kitaakita Maeyama, Akita
While driving on the Akita Road, three bears — a mother and two cubs — were walking in the rice fields near the Isedotai archaeological site.
Kitaakita, Akita
Observed one bear approximately 1 meter in body length departing toward the mountain to the north. It was about 5 meters from nearby houses.
Kitaakita Kawai, Akita
Witnessed one bear approximately 1 meter long in the Namioka River. No damage reported.
Aomori, Aomori
Around 11:00 on May 22, a bear was sighted in Ukawa-Nakadate, Mitane Town, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Mitane Ukawa, Akita
[Post] In Itazawa area, mountain side of Hiketsuki River
Odate Itazawa, Akita
On May 21 at around 12:30, a report was made of a parent-and-child bear in an apple orchard south of Taketate Elementary School in Hirakawa City. City staff patrolling the area sighted a bear-like animal at about 13:30; police and the hunting association conducted searches with drones but could not confirm the bear. The city halted school activities and will set a box trap at 09:00 on May 22.
Hirakawa Okidate, Aomori
Sighted in the apple orchard behind the elementary school grounds [Reported from Hirakawa City]
Hirakawa Okidate, Aomori
A bear was sighted in Okidate Miyazaki, Hirakawa City, Aomori Prefecture.
Hirakawa Okidate, Aomori
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Kitaakita Komori, Akita
While driving on the expressway, I encountered a bear cub on the road about 200 meters before Kosaka Parking Area. I slowed down and honked, and it ran into the bushes on the left. The mother bear was not seen. I reported it to the police car that was ahead.
Kosaka, 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
While running, I suddenly saw a bear about 0.5 m long come out onto the road right in front of me. It left heading toward the north side of Takao High School main gate.
Kitaakita Asahicho, Akita
At around 19:20 on the 19th, a man in his 40s who was running spotted a single bear about 50 cm long on a sidewalk in Isecho, Kitaakita City. The nearest house was about 5 meters away; Akita Hokutaka High School and the Kitaakita City Hall are nearby, and the police have warned residents to be cautious.
Kitaakita Isecho, 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 about 1.5 m long was seen crossing the prefectural road from south to north.
Kitaakita Shimosugi, Akita
While driving the Namahage Line from Funakawa toward Kitaura, I saw a bear about 1 meter long crossing from right to left just before Aooni Bridge, approximately 180 meters from the nearest building.
Oga Kitaura-Anzenji, 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
Crossing the road. Large individual.
Akita, Akita
Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain
Akita, Akita
[Post] Feces
Akita, 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
(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange
Akita, Akita
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Akita, 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
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
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.
Akita, Akita
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
[Report] An animal believed to be a bear ran off
Akita, 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
One bear about 1 m in body length walked southeast along the lakeshore of the western irrigation canal. Approximately 25 m from the nearest building.
Oga Futto, Akita
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Oga Funagawaminato-Funagawa, Akita
[Post] While driving from Unosaki to Funakawa, a black shape appeared in the car headlights. When I checked, it was a bear.
Oga Funagawaminato-Minamihirasawa, 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
[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
[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
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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 moving in Tsuchizakiminato-kita 6-chome, Akita City.
Akita Kohoku-shincho, 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
Post: While passing by on my bicycle I smelled a wild animal. When I looked to the side there was a bear about 1.5 m long.
Katagami Tenno, 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
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Akita, 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
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
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
Discovered bear tracks. They continued toward the southeast.
Oga Iriai-Kotogawa, Akita
Bear tracks discovered. They continued toward the southeast.
Oga Iriai-Kotogawa, Akita
Witnessed a bear leaving eastward from the parking lot. Body length approximately 1 m. 5 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Body length approximately 1 m
Ogata, Akita
There was a bear about 50 cm tall.
Akita Hodono-Kanasamachi, Akita
Around 1:00 PM on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Kanadashi-Horiuchi, Akita City. It was seen moving.
Akita, 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
It ran out onto the highway. It ran across to the opposite lane and fled.
Akita Yanagida, Akita
[Report] Crossed the road
Ogata, Akita
One bear was sighted moving in Funakoshi Hachiroyachi, Oga City, Akita Prefecture.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
While driving on the road, I sighted one bear. It departed heading northwest.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
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Oga Funakoshi, Akita
[Report] While heading from the Hachiryū Bridge direction toward Funakoshi Station, it appeared from the left side of the road.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
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Oga Funakoshi, Akita
Observed one bear approximately 50 cm in body length. It left heading northwest.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
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Oga Funakoshi, Akita
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Oga Funakoshi, Akita
While traveling on the road, I sighted one bear.
Oga Funakoshi, Akita
[Post] Went out onto the national highway
Oga Funakoshi, 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
Around 6:00 on 2026-06-03, a bear was sighted in Funakoshi-Ikkou, Oga City, Akita Prefecture.
Oga Funakoshi, 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
One bear approximately 80 cm in length was sighted. The bear left into the woods on the west side. It was 30 meters from the nearest building.
Oga Oganaka-Kokuyuchinai, 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
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
One bear approximately 1 meter in body length was sighted 100 meters north of the residence. The bear walked off continuing north.
Akita, 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
Crossing in front of a car
Akita, Akita
Posted: It ran off immediately. I only saw one, but there are fields and such nearby.
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 moving in Tenno Kitano, Katagami, Akita, around 06:30 on May 31.
Katagami, 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
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
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
[Report] Spotted a bear while driving — body length 1.5 m
Oga Funagawaminato-Minamihirasawa, 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
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
A bear was sighted in Kanazawa-Takaoka Inari Hayashi, Akita City.
Akita, 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
One bear sighted on the west side grounds of Meio High School. Body length 1.0 m. Departed into the southern thicket. Distance from school building: 30 m.
Akita, 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
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
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
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
[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
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
[Post] In the bushes beside the cafe
Akita Omachi, 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
Sighted near Mutsumi Landscaping and Civil Engineering
Katagami, Akita
[Post] It was on the road while heading from Sannō toward the station. It was near a daycare center.
Akita Hodono-Torimachi, 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] A young bear about 50 cm crossed the road.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, 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
[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
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
Environment: Business premises / Size: Unknown
Funagata, Yamagata
[Report] One bear cub found on the railway tracks
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
Spotted a small bear in the rice fields near the levee. Made noise to drive it toward the nearby woods, and it ran away.
Daisen Kyowa-Mineyoshikawa, Akita
Environment: Farmland / Size: Appears to be a cub
Tendo 大字奈良沢, Yamagata
One bear (approximately 1 m in length) was sighted on the Omagari Nishi Road downhill lane. It then fled toward the left side of the uphill lane.
Daisen Uchiotomo, 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
Crossing the road. Large individual.
Akita, Akita
Crossing the small bridge beside the rice field, it walked slowly into the brush.
Akita, Akita
A single bear, over 1 meter in body length, was seen climbing a tree. The bear later came down from the tree, but because there were thickets beneath the tree it walked into, its direction of departure is unknown.
Yokote Maego, Akita
Spotted a young bear (50 cm) on the road shoulder. 300 m to the nearest house.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:30 on June 15, a bear was seen moving in Takamatsushita-no, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
Yuzawa 相川, Akita
A bear jumped out from the mountain area and ran off toward the river to the south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 350 m from residences.
Yuzawa 相川, Akita
Crossed the road and proceeded up the mountain
Akita, Akita
[Post] Feces
Akita, Akita
A cub came out onto the sidewalk trying to cross the road, was startled by a passing car, and returned back into the brush.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, 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
On my way by car toward Iwami Sannai, I discovered a bear on the road to the left.
Akita, Akita
One bear approximately 1 m in body length was observed in farmland. The bear then left toward the forested mountains to the south.
Yokote Maego, 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.
Akita, Akita
Posted: In front of a private home's entrance. Police have been notified.
Akita, Akita
(Posted) Crossed the road and headed toward Kita Interchange
Akita, Akita
A bear moving was sighted in Hatanosawa, Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City, around 10:03 on June 13.
Akita, Akita
When I was about to go to the convenience store, it ran across the parking lot.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
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Akita, Akita
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Akita, Akita
[Report] While walking my dog, I heard rustling in the bushes; when I looked, a bear stuck its head out. I heard it prowling in the undergrowth for a while.
Akita, Akita
I sighted one 1‑m bear that came out of the woods on the west side of the house and was walking on the road. It then returned to the woods to the southwest. Distance from the nearest building: 5 m.
Akita, 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
[Report] Crossed the area near the Lower House inner IC entrance from right to left as seen by a witness, which on the map is from north to south. Body length about 1 m, approximately 200 m to a private house.
Yuzawa Shimo-Innai, 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
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
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.
Akita, Akita
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.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving through, an adult bear about 1–1.5 m long crossed (in front of me) from the forest.
Akita, Akita
(Report dated June 16) A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. The bear ran into the woods.
Yokote Yasuda, Akita
[Post] Sighted when getting out of the car
Yuzawa, Akita
Posted: It went down the road toward the houses.
Akita, Akita
After being seen in the watermelon field, it ran off toward the northwest hills. / Environment: Near residences / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Terauchi, Yamagata
One bear approximately 1.0 m in length was sighted within the facility grounds. Direction of departure is unknown. Approximately 10 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long was sighted by a man on a facility premises in Goshono-Shimoshutsutsumi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
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
[Report] It appeared to be a cub, as it was relatively small. It crossed the limited-access road and entered the brush toward the parking lot of Akita Prefectural Central Park.
Akita, Akita
After 12:00, it was seen on the road in front of Bōchū Community Hall. Startled by the sound of a tractor, it ran off toward the mountain. Body length about 1 m. About 1 m from a private house.
Yuzawa, Akita
A citizen driving on the highway toward Akita City spotted a bear approximately 1 meter in length on the west embankment.
Daisen, Akita
Encountered a bear about 1 meter tall while walking. It went off to the south.
Akita Kamikitate-Saruta, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Yasuzawa, Yamagata
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Akita, Akita
Spotted one bear near Autoland Kyowa. It ran into the underbrush.
Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita
Captured / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama, Yamagata
A bear was seen moving in Matsuokabochu, Yuzawa City.
Yuzawa, Akita
[Post] While driving from the Kawabe area toward Akita Chuo IC, a cub about 50 cm long was walking on the sidewalk.
Akita, Akita
Bear droppings believed to be from a bear were discovered on the path between the park and the daycare center.
Akita, Akita
[Report] An animal believed to be a bear ran off
Akita, 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
[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.
Akita, Akita
Bear sighted on middle school grounds: one bear, approximately 50 cm; left the area and went into the forest about 20 m east of nearby residences.
Akita, Akita
Posted: It was in the river under the bridge. Appeared to be an adult. It was large.
Yokote 十文字町佐賀会, Akita
60 cm, one bear, left toward the forested mountain area 10 m west of nearby building
Akita, 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
[Post] A bear about 1 m (tall)
Akita, Akita
It ran along the farm road. It wasn't that big.
Akita, 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
At a chicken coop in Kawabe Moriyama-ne, Akita City, a bear ate 9 of 20 chickens. The about-1m bear stayed at the scene and was culled as a nuisance animal.
Akita, Akita
A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa, Akita
Sighted within residential property. Bear approximately 1 m in size.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Mamurogawa Nozoki, Yamagata
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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
[Post] I thought I saw something move in my car mirror, and when I looked closely there was a bear.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long ate cherries just before harvest at a cherry orchard in Shiratori, Murayama City.
Murayama 大字白鳥, Yamagata
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Daisen Teradate, Akita
Daisen Teradate, Akita
A bear about 1 m in size was near the south side of the Teradate Community Interaction Center. It passed by the center and ran toward the north embankment road. It descended from the embankment road toward the riverbank and was lost from sight.
Daisen Teradate, Akita
[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).
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Jonancho, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, around 14:35 on 2026-06-07.
Yokote Shirominami-machi, Akita
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Daisen, Akita
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Daisen, Akita
A member of the public spotted one bear about 1.5 m long in a rice paddy while doing farm work. The bear left heading north toward the embankment.
Daisen, Akita
Around 10:15 on June 7, a bear was sighted moving in Yanagita-Otomosawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
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.
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] While driving from Kyowa toward Akita City, I sighted an individual approximately 1 meter in body length.
Akita, Akita
Around 06:17 on 2026-06-07, a bear was sighted in Yuwa-Tsubakigawa Komasakadai, Akita City.
Akita, 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
While riding my motorcycle, a bear about 1 meter tall ran alongside me as if fleeing — I panicked.
Akita, Akita
Moved through the rice fields and entered the grounds of a vacant house.
Yokote 十文字町腕越, Akita
A bear that had been missing since the morning was seen emerging from nearby woods. The bear moved toward the Chūō housing complex and the Jūmonji Nursery School area. Its whereabouts after that are unknown.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
A bear cub less than 1 meter long was spotted on the highway heading from the Akita area toward Yokote.
Daisen, Akita
[Report] While working in the fields, an almost 1-meter-long young bear ran off toward Yamada Elementary School.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
One bear cub appeared beside the highway (heading toward Omagari). Startled by a car, it quickly hid in the bushes.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
A citizen spotted one bear less than 1 meter in length on a prefectural road. The bear left heading east into the brush.
Daisen, Akita
It ran off in the direction of the national highway.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
It ran right past in front of me. The distance was less than about 5 meters.
Daisen Kariwano, Akita
Crossed the road about 500 m before the Jūmonji Interchange tollbooth toward the Yokote side.
Yokote 十文字町, Akita
[Report] While traveling on the Tohoku-Chuo Expressway from Yokote toward Yuzawa, an adult bear crossed from the west to the east (toward National Route 13). (Posting may be delayed due to heavy traffic to the site.)
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Post] (No description of circumstances)
Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, Akita
Witnessed entering the brush (woods) on a highway embankment. Body length 70–80 cm.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
Moved to the cherry orchard on the west side / Environment: farmland / Size: unknown
Higashine 大字島大堀, Yamagata
While driving from the Nashinoki three-way junction toward Nishihara, I saw someone walking.
Yokote 十文字町西原二番町, Akita
A woman driving on National Route 13 in Nashi, Jūmonji-machi, Yokote City, spotted one bear crossing the road westward.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Report] While thinning apple trees, a bear about 1 meter long ran toward the railroad (west) about 10 meters in front of me. It quickly crossed the tracks and disappeared.
Yokote 十文字町梨木, Akita
[Report] While traveling from Akita Minami IC toward Akita Chuo IC, a bear crossed from the left to the right. Adult bear, 1.5 m — size comparable to bears at Kuma-Kuma Park.
Akita, Akita
[Report] In front of Kawabe Junior High School gate: a cub about 80 cm ran from the Raikochi apartment complex toward the grove of mixed woods.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya Raiguchi, Akita City, around 08:40 on 2026-06-06.
Akita, Akita
A farmer working in an apple orchard spotted a single bear about 1 m in body length at a distance of roughly 20 m. The bear then went off toward the woods to the east.
Yokote Sotonome, Akita
I spotted a bear about 50 cm at the shoulder on the ground. It ran south toward the shrine. It was close to the building.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While attempting to cross the road along Route 13, it noticed a car and descended the slope.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted walking on a city road in Kamicho, Yokote City, around 4:45 p.m.
Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita
Post: About 1 meter long, it headed toward the Mizuho Road direction.
Yokote Kamiuchi-machi, Akita
On 2026-06-05 around 16:30, one bear was seen moving in Yamada Yūgaoka, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
A bear approximately 60 cm in body length, appearing to have just finished climbing up a slope on the road in front of the dispensing pharmacy, was observed. When it made eye contact with the observer, it descended the slope and fled eastward into a rice field. The distance to the nearest house is about 200 meters.
Yuzawa 字上下舘, Akita
While driving on National Route 13 from Akita toward Omagari, a bear entered the highway from the shrubs on the small hill on the left, tried to cross the road to head toward Wada Station, but was blocked by the central divider fence. It attempted two or three times to ram through the fence to get out but couldn’t, and then fled back into the shrubs on the hill it had come from.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While driving, observed a creature that appeared to be a bear cub walking on the road; it moved toward the mountains and disappeared.
Akita, Akita
Report: Encountered a bear about 1 m in body length while walking in a park. Distance approximately 50 m. It left heading southeast.
Akita, Akita
Around 7:00 PM on 2026-06-04, one bear was sighted in a park in Goshosodai 2-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
While waiting at a traffic light, it crossed from the bushes on the right to the bushes on the left. The right side is the national highway side.
Akita, Akita
A black bear about 1 meter long crossed a field from the mountain behind a house and moved back toward the mountain.
Akita, Akita
One bear about 1 meter in body length was sighted on the embankment of the Yokote River. The bear departed to the north.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Around 17:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Mutsunari Otoriyama Shita, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, and it was seen moving.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Observed a bear slowly walking north along the river-management road (the road on top of the embankment). The bear noticed a small pickup truck that came from the south and slowly entered the riverside brush. The river area is unmanaged and the brush is thick, so it was impossible to determine how the bear moved after that. The bear’s body length appeared to be about 1.4 m.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Report: I was walking along the embankment road behind the house toward the downstream side of the Yokote River when a small pickup truck approached from behind, so I went down into the brush on the embankment; after that I could not confirm (the animal/thing).
Yokote Yawata, Akita
I was walking when I spotted one in the bushes. When I made a noise, it ran off toward the north (the prefectural road side).
Akita, Akita
One bear was seen moving in Taihei Hatta Fuzunosaki, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] A single Asiatic black bear (about 70 cm) entered the forest.
Akita, Akita
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.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted in Taihei Hatahata, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] A bear about 80 cm in size was found in front of a house entrance. It then headed toward the stream and left.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 80 cm in body length crossed the road to the north. Distance from the building: 10 m.
Akita, Akita
[Report] A single bear cub suddenly appeared from the bushes as it joined National Route 13 from the Amano side.
Akita, Akita
Report: An adult bear was spotted on the roadside.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving, there was only a small bear cub wandering around the center of the road.
Akita, Akita
Around 10:00 on 2026-06-04, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoya, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Farmland / Size: Juvenile
Sakegawa, Yamagata
A 50 cm-long cub was walking along the road. It ran off toward a forestry road.
Akita, Akita
[Report] A 1.2 m long bear left the embankment tail at the Ushirokawa drainage sluice and departed toward the Omono River.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
Posted: It was located between the forest and the embankment.
Daisen Jinguji, Akita
There was a bear about 50 cm tall.
Akita Hodono-Kanasamachi, Akita
Around 13:30 on 2026-06-04, a bear was sighted in Goshono Tsutsumidai 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
(Posted) Ran away
Akita, Akita
Posted: Came out from the brush trying to cross the road. When the car horn was sounded, it went back into the brush. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
Post: About 1 m in body length — ran off into the bushes toward Miiri nursery school
Yokote 杉目, Akita
A bear over 1.2 m in body length was seen entering the thicket north of Miiri Nursery School by a patrolling police officer. (Spotted while driving on the prefectural road. The bear was moving from east to west.)
Yokote 杉目, Akita
Crossing the road from the side opposite Yokote High School and entering the bushes
Yokote 杉目, Akita
A young bear about 30 centimeters long went from the river toward the grounds of Omagari Agricultural High School.
Daisen Onukitakabatake, Akita
[Report] After finishing work, while driving as usual, I saw a bear crossing the roadway.
Akita, Akita
Moved from the grassy area in the center of the neighborhood toward the Inari shrine on the mountain side. Nearby is the Kitanoda Park Arena tennis courts.
Akita, Akita
Was walking in the middle of a rice paddy. When I honked the horn, it ran away behind a shrine. Body length about 1 m.
Akita, Akita
Around 5:25 PM on 2026-06-03, a bear was sighted in Kawabe-Kitanoda-Takaya-Odaka, Akita City, and it was seen moving.
Akita, 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
[Post] While driving southbound on the Akita Expressway, crossed from west to east. About 2 km before Kyowa IC. Sex unknown, likely female.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
[Post] A bear about the size of a small cub was sniffing the grass on the sidewalk. I didn't see any sign of its parent.
Akita, Akita
On 2026-06-03 around 15:40, a bear was sighted in Owamihiratootorimaki, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.
Akita, Akita
Several children (multiple) on their way home from school sighted an animal believed to be a bear and reported it fled eastward. City officials patrolled the area but did not find it. Body length unknown.
Yokote 十文字町十五野新田, 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
While driving on Route 13, I saw the face of one bear in the bushes directly across from Boatpia Kawabe.
Akita, Akita
Around 1:45 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Maeda, Kawabe-Kitanoda Takaya, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Witnessed from inside a car. It slowly moved toward the north embankment.
Akita, Akita
[Post] About 80 cm in length — a small bear cub was walking through the brush between houses.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Near Kotomozawa Bridge, a black bear cub was standing on the sidewalk. It ran into the woods just before a vehicle passed by.
Akita, Akita
Around 5:50 AM on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakoyamaeda, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
I spotted a bear on the Akita Road. It walked off to the north. One bear about 1 m (tall). Approximately 1 km to the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
[Report] At around 3:30 AM, a black animal about 50 cm ran off to the east.
Akita Izumiichinotsubo, Akita
At around 1:20 PM on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Kitanodakoya Kuronuma Shimotsutsumishita, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 11:00 on June 3, one bear was seen moving in Kawanabe-Wada Shikida, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
On the evening of 2026-06-03, one bear was sighted on a city road in Omagari Kanaya-cho, Daisen City.
Daisen Iida, Akita
Around 2:40 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted in Yanagita Ishigami, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
At around 3:50 PM on June 3, a bear was sighted moving in Kyowa-Nakayodogawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
Around 10:55 on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Yamagomori, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
(Post) Was running in the parking lot within the Silver Area (near the tree). Went off somewhere immediately.
Akita, Akita
Posted: In front of Tersa. The same bear is in the same spot. It’s been watching constantly.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A bear and her cub were along National Route 13.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Location: between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 m from the main entrance of Tersa. Observed one adult Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma). Bear size about 1.0 to 1.2 m. Probably the same individual seen on May 29. Weather: clear. Temperature: 24°C.
Akita, Akita
[Post] My daughter said she saw it while coming home from school. Near the entrance to Pinocchio Park.
Akita, Akita
A bear over 1.5 m long ran at high speed, crossed the road, and went down toward the Red Cross Hospital side.
Akita, Akita
Crossing the Akita Expressway
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
While traveling on the highway from Akita toward Omagari, I spotted a bear about 1 meter long in the forested area to the east, but it left immediately.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
[Report] Observed one Asiatic black bear (approx. 1.2 m in body length) walking along the riverbank. The bear crossed the river and then left into the brush to the north.
Yuzawa, Akita
A badly damaged unidentified body was found on a hillside behind a residential area in Kawabe-Wada, Akita City.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
In Kawabe-Wada, Akita City, a 73-year-old woman was attacked by a bear and died while mowing grass.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
While weeding on the property, I was attacked.
Akita, Akita
A woman was found dead in a mountain forest near her home in Kawabe-Wada, Akita City, and investigators considered that she may have been attacked by a bear.
Akita Kawabe-Wada, Akita
【Post】
Yuzawa 字角間沢, Akita
A report was received of feces believed to be from an Asiatic black bear, and the scene was inspected. It was believed to be feces of an Asiatic black bear.
Yuzawa 字稲荷山, Akita
Spotted a bear from the kitchen. Direction when it left unknown. The screen door was torn. One bear about 1 m (long/tall).
Akita, Akita
Saw a bear from the kitchen. It left and its whereabouts are unknown. The screen door was torn. About 1 m (away/long).
Akita, Akita
Observed one bear. Body length unknown. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
Around 4:00 AM on June 2, a bear was sighted in Kawabe Moroi Nakamichi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Crossing in front of a car
Akita, Akita
I went outside and it walked past the front of the entrance.
Akita, Akita
Environment: Farmland / Size: Adult
Obanazawa Gobono, Yamagata
Sighted at the railroad crossing near Kurata Factory. It ran away toward Yuzawa Station, parallel to the tracks. About 10 meters from a house.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
Two bears were sighted crossing a road in Koganehara, Yuzawa City, Akita.
Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita
A bear was sighted in Sugasawa-shinjo Sunada, Yuzawa City, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
[Report] Appeared near the Shinjo railroad crossing in Yuzawa City, headed along the farm road toward Yuzawa Station, crossed the tracks, and entered the Ugo Transportation parking lot. The bear believed to be the adult female is about 1.0–1.1 m in height; the bear believed to be a cub is about 0.7–0.8 m in height.
Yuzawa 字祝田, Akita
[Report] Witnessed on the opposite side of the national highway from Yuzawa-kita police box. The witness was driving and passed by quickly, so the body length, number of bears, and movements are unknown. Estimated to be within 10 meters of a house.
Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita
One bear was sighted at Sugisawa Mori Michiue in Yuzawa City, Akita.
Yuzawa 字黄金原, Akita
Posted: It ran off immediately. I only saw one, but there are fields and such nearby.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Around the 77.3 km marker on the Akita Expressway, moving from the road into the mountains
Akita, Akita
Crossed the road from the IC side
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
[Report] When I drove home, it ran away from in front of my house toward the grassy area. It looked small, so it appeared to be a cub. It was dark, so I couldn’t take a photo.
Yokote Akasaka, Akita
Observed a bear about 1 m tall crossing the highway. The bear left toward the eastern woodland.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
Observed a bear about 1 m in size crossing the highway. The bear departed toward the eastern woodlands.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
[Report] On the highway (Akita Expressway) near Daisen City Nangai, it was crossing the road from the west side toward the east side.
Daisen, Akita
[Report] A bear crossed the road on a curve with a passing lane on National Route 13.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
A bear about 60 cm long was sighted near the Yuzawa High School ski jump. The bear went into the mountain. Distance to the nearest houses is about 100 meters.
Yuzawa 字東松沢, 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
When I drove by, it stuck only its face out of the snow-melting ditch, then quickly pulled back in. At first I thought it was a raccoon dog, but its face (head) was completely black, so I posted because it might be a bear cub.
Yuzawa, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Hoyama, Yamagata
One bear was seen moving in Shimokitate Hotokawa Ubagasawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
An animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Iwasaki Mori-ai, Yuzawa City.
Yuzawa, Akita
In the afternoon of 2026-05-31, a bear was sighted in Shinmachi, Yuzawa City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 松岡, Akita
It was on the road, so I honked the horn and it ran off into the woods on the Sky Dome side.
Akita Yuwa-Tsubakikawa, Akita
[Report] One bear sighted. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
It came out of the grassy thicket, noticed the car, and turned back.
Akita, Akita
[Report] (No description of the situation) The map point was in a different area, so the map point has been corrected based on the entered address and lot number.
Yokote 2-chome, Akita
Environment: Public facility / Size: Juvenile
Obanazawa, Yamagata
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama, Yamagata
Two bears were sighted near the mountainside on the east side of the batting center. Their subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Distance to the nearest house: approximately 5 meters.
Yuzawa 杉沢新所, Akita
A bear was seen moving in Yuwatsubakigawa Okutsubakidai, Akita City, around 03:51 on May 30.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Saw a bear crossing the prefectural road from north to south. Size about 80 cm. Moved into the woods on the east side.
Akita, Akita
At around 18:30 on May 29, one bear was spotted moving in Osawagoshu Yagiyama, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Osawagosyuku, Akita
Was walking along the river. When horns were sounded from a kei truck and a small car, it went up into the mountains. An area with many bamboo shoots.
Daisen Osawagosyuku, Akita
It swam across the Omonogawa River and made it to the opposite bank.
Daisen Sugiyamada, Akita
[Report] While driving from Akita Airport toward Daisen City, a cub ran out onto the road from the left. It was startled by the car and ran back into the mountains.
Daisen, Akita
One adult approximately 1 m in body length was sighted. It walked off to the south toward the brush along the highway.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
[Report] The location was between Goshono General Park and Akita Tersa. About 20 meters from the main entrance of Tersa. I sighted one adult Asian black bear (Tsukinowaguma). The bear’s size was about 1.0–1.2 meters. The bear entered the park-side thicket once, but then returned to the same spot. After that it repeated disappearing into and reappearing from the thicket three times, and finally disappeared into the thicket. At that time, there were only a few cars in the parking lot. Also, traffic between Tersa and Aeon was not heavy. Weather: clear. Temperature: 18°C.
Akita, Akita
Posted: Parking space for Kuroneko Yamato truck
Akita, Akita
A family of Asian black bears (Tsukinowaguma) was wandering around a Yamato Transport truck. The adult was about 120 cm and the cub about 60 cm. The bears wandered for about five minutes before leaving to the south.
Akita, Akita
Environment: golf course, hot spring facility / Size: young cub
Funagata, Yamagata
A surveillance camera at the Asakura water level observation station near Otorii Bridge captured one bear of unknown length moving downstream along the Yokote River.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Witnessed crossing the road from brush near Yokote High School and entering brush on the east side. Body length approximately 1 m.
Yokote 杉目, Akita
One bear about 80 cm was sighted on the road near the gymnasium. It headed east toward the children’s daycare.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
At around 9:20 on May 29, a bear was sighted moving in Nango-Nashikida, Daisen City, Akita.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
[Report] There were footprints in the field on the property of my home.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
There were footprints in the garden on the property.
Yuzawa 字東赤土山, Akita
Sighted one bear approximately 1 meter in body length. The bear left heading east.
Yokote Myoei-cho, Akita
Witnessed a bear between the tennis courts and the field at Ootori Park. The bear went into the northwest brush. Body length approximately 1 m.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Otori-cho, Yokote City, Akita, around 8:05 a.m. on May 29.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Captured / Environment: Forest / Size: Adult
Kaneyama Yasuzawa, Yamagata
Around 9:00 on May 29, a bear was sighted in Akinagicho, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote Myoei-cho, Akita
Around 4:00 PM on May 29, a bear was seen moving in Kyowa-Nakayodogawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Kyowa-Nakayodokawa, Akita
A bear was sighted in Mutsunari Hachimandada, Yokote City, Akita on May 29 around 12:50 PM.
Yokote Yawata, Akita
Around 12:20 on May 29, a bear was seen moving in Mutsunari Yoshizawa Kamidai, Yokote City.
Yokote 杉目, Akita
[Post] A giant bear
Akita, Akita
Multiple people saw a bear from the Yokote High School side enter the brush on the south side. About 1 m in length.
Yokote 杉目, Akita
At around 3:50 PM on May 28, a bear moving was sighted in Mutsunari-Tsuruyachi, Yokote City.
Yokote 杉目, Akita
It was beside the guardrail. As I passed by in the car, it did a somersault under the guardrail and went into the bushes.
Daisen Kyowa-Sakai, Akita
A bear was sighted around 3:15 PM on May 28 in Kyowa Funaoka Ichi-no-watari, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Daisen, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Funagata, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on a road at Higashizawa Reservoir in Murayama City and moved into the forested area.
Murayama 楯岡東沢, Yamagata
One bear was sighted on the road near Higashizawa Reservoir. It moved into the forest. / Environment: Road / Size: Adult
Murayama Shieldhill East Marsh, Yamagata
On 2026-05-28 at night, a bear was sighted in Goshono Jizodai 4-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] One cub about 60 cm
Akita, Akita
At around 21:53 on 2026-05-27, a bear was sighted in Shimokitate Tomogawa Urugasaki, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 19:35 on 2026-05-27, an animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Kamikita-Saruta Futatsudera, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While driving, a black animal that appeared to be a bear was moving in the woods. Body length over 1 m.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Spotted a bear from inside a car near the river. It seemed agitated, swinging its head back and forth. Size was under 1 meter, thin build.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kamikita-te Funo-Wakinoda, Akita City, around 18:45 on May 27.
Akita, Akita
A fairly large bear. It was fat. There is also a school for students with disabilities nearby.
Akita, Akita
Two bears (a parent and a cub) were sighted on a city road near 10 Narusawa, Narusawa, Yuzawa City. The bears fled toward the mountain to the southeast. The adult measured 1.0 m in body length; the cub measured 0.6 m. The sighting occurred about 10 m from a residential area.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
A driver traveling on a prefectural road sighted a single bear about 1.2 m long crossing the road. The bear left and headed into the mountains to the south.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
Environment: Forest / Size: Juvenile
Kaneyama Yamazaki, Yamagata
[Post] There were footprints in the field, so I sent the photos to an acquaintance in the hunters' association to check. He said they were bear footprints and seemed fairly fresh.
Yokote, Akita
Bear-like animal tracks were found in Dai-Ichinoseki, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita
Saw it while driving; when I honked the horn it ran away.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Goshono-Motomachi 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While taking an early-morning walk, I spotted one bear. It's on an elementary school student’s route to school, so I think it's dangerous.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Nangai Oohata Kawazawa, Daisen City, Akita around 17:12 on May 27.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
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
[Report] Two bears in front of a house's garage
Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita
An adult roughly 1 meter in length was under the plum tree at the house.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
A bear about the size of a cub was seen walking.
Akita Tegata-Yamanakamachi, Akita
While driving on Prefectural Route Akita-Kitanoda, I saw one bear about 50 cm crossing from east to west. It was 30 m from the nearest building.
Akita, Akita
A bear emerged from the brush on the right but quickly became out of sight.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
Around 08:40 on May 26, a bear was sighted in Narusawa, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Yuzawa 成沢, Akita
A bear was seen crossing a road in Kamabuchi, Mamurogawa Town.
Mamurogawa Kamabuchi, Yamagata
A bear was sighted moving in Kawabe-Kitanodakōya-Kanda, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 6 PM on 2026-05-26, a bear was sighted in Nango Araya-bu, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.
Daisen Nangai, Akita
A bear was sighted in Iwasaki Chitose, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, around 8:00 PM on 2026-05-26.
Yuzawa 岩崎, 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
There's a big bear outside the house.
Akita, Akita
Around 20:25 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Goshono-Jizoden 4-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Road between Refresh Garden and Goshono Gakuin. A 50–60 cm Asian black bear (tsukinowaguma).
Akita, Akita
[Post] I think it was a female bear with cubs. It ran in front of the car for a short distance, then left the road and went into the grass.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Moon-ringed bear droppings. Two round pieces.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While walking in the park, I saw a skinny adult bear and one cub. At first the adult looked like a large black dog. The adult was about 1 m and the cub about 0.5 m in size. After that the bears went into the brush on the Yayoi-kko Village side.
Akita, Akita
Posted: Three bears (a parent and two cubs) were on the road; when a car approached they escaped into the bushes.
Daisen Uchiotomo, Akita
On a private road, one bear about 60 cm was sighted. It left toward the mountains to the east, 20 m from a house.
Akita, Akita
At around 3:55 PM on May 25, a bear was sighted in Yasumoto Shimogoshono, Yokote City.
Yokote 安本, Akita
A bear was sighted in the parking lot of Astimo Co., Ltd. Body length unknown.
Yokote 安本, Akita
I witnessed an adult bear about 1 meter long crossing the front of my house through the former orchard and entering the snowbreak (windbreak) trees alongside the JR East railway tracks.
Yokote 安本, Akita
A bear was sighted moving in Yasumoto Minaminihe, Yokote City.
Yokote 安本, Akita
Post: One newborn bear emerges from the bushes but soon returns
Akita, Akita
[Correction] One bear approximately 1 m in body length was sighted moving eastward in the order of Shimosaichūmura, Tarogoya, and Hyūga. *Multiple sightings reported. Incorrect: westward Correct: eastward
Yokote 下境, Akita
Around 11:40 on May 25, one bear was sighted moving in Shimokagari-Hinata, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.
Yokote 下境, Akita
Observed a bear crossing Prefectural Route Nozaki-Jumonji and entering the grove of Yotsuya Rural Park. Body length approximately 1 m.
Yokote, Akita
Witnessed one bear entering the woods from near a cemetery. Body length unknown because the sighting was from a distance.
Yokote, Akita
Two bears about 1 m long (not a parent and child; possibly two juvenile bears) ran from the east-side mountain down to the Osawa River, then returned to the mountain. On the morning of April 23 another bear was also seen in the same way, so there may be a settled population in the area.
Daisen Osawagotera, Akita
A bear about 1.5 meters long was running. It went into the forested mountain area.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Witnessed it leaving from a nearby farm road and going into the cemetery.
Yokote, Akita
According to Akita Prefecture, around 04:18 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Taiyū Tamura, Yokote City, Akita, and was seen moving.
Yokote 百万刈, Akita
While traveling on the prefectural road, a single bear approximately 1.5 m in length was observed in the parking lot of Taiyū Nursery School. It then departed to the west. The distance to the nearest residence was about 10 m.
Yokote, Akita
A bear was sighted in Taiyū Shinmachi, Yokote City.
Yokote, Akita
Around 7:00 on May 25, one bear was seen moving in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Chibarayama, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long crossed the road in front of the Oasis Hall in Kurokawa heading south and ran off toward the rice fields.
Yokote 黒川, Akita
At around 16:47 on May 24, a bear was seen moving in Kanehanyu, Kawabe Toneyoshi, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Post] A bear was walking on the sidewalk while a car was driving.
Akita, Akita
Post: An adult (over 1 m) crossed the road.
Akita, Akita
A bear about 1 meter long crossed the Akita Expressway northbound.
Akita, Akita
[Post] Attempting to cross a highway
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted moving around 12:40 in Yuwa-Tsubakikawa Karuizawa, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Posted]
Akita, Akita
[Report] One bear about 1 meter. It crossed the river and entered the mountain across the way.
Akita Yuwa-Tsubakikawa, Akita
Crossed the roadway and entered the bushes.
Akita, Akita
A bear (1 m) crossed the road in front of Wannam Pier and departed to the southeast. It was 10 m from nearby buildings.
Akita, Akita
A bear (1 m) crossed the road in front of WanNyapia and left heading southeast. It was 10 m from the nearby building.
Akita, Akita
Report: One bear sighted. Size and direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
One bear sighted on the west side grounds of Meio High School. Body length 1.0 m. Departed into the southern thicket. Distance from school building: 30 m.
Akita, Akita
Spotted a bear (1 m) while walking. The bear then left toward the north into the brush. 30 m to the nearest house.
Akita, Akita
[Post] While in a car, I witnessed it crossing from the rice field into the yard of a residence (toward a shed).
Daisen Osawagosyuku, Akita
[Report] One approximately 1-meter bear sighted. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Kaminotegofuruno Fukadazawa, Akita City.
Akita, 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
Size: Adult
Funagata, Yamagata
While eating, believed to be a parent and child.
Akita, Akita
According to the tracks, it headed north from the sighting location / Size: adult
Shinjo, Yamagata
Report from a passing woman / Size: Unknown
Mamurogawa Hiraoka, Yamagata
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
Size: Adult
Higashine, Yamagata
[Post] Running along the rice paddy ridge
Akita Yotsugoya-Koaji, Akita
[Post]
Akita, Akita
Observed a large bear in a field. One bear. Direction of departure unknown. Distance from building: 50 m.
Akita, Akita
A facility user sighted a bear on the perimeter road. Body length 60 cm. Appeared small. Left heading south. Distance from the building 50 m.
Akita, Akita
Officer on patrol sighted it. Body length about 1.0 m. One individual. Departed toward the northwest.
Akita, Akita
A police officer on patrol sighted a bear. Approximately 1.0 m in body length. One individual. It left heading west.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Ran along a path and entered a private home's yard.
Akita, Akita
Spotted a bear walking from my property to the neighboring lot. Body length 1.0 m. One bear. Moved east and left. Distance from the building: 5 m.
Akita, Akita
One bear sighted on the premises. Body length 1.0 m. Left heading east. Distance from buildings: 2 m.
Akita, Akita
While driving, I sighted one bear. Body length 1.0 m. It departed to the south. Distance from the building: 5 m.
Akita, Akita
Left south along the city road adjacent to Gosho-no Third District Park. Body length 1.0 m. One individual. Distance from the building: 10 m.
Akita, Akita
Spotted a bear while driving. Body length 1.0 m. It departed to the west. 10 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
After running along the road, it went into the yard of a private residence.
Akita, Akita
Spotted a bear while driving. Body length 1.0 m. One bear. Moved away to the west. 10 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
While on duty, one bear was sighted on a municipal road. It was wandering around the area. Body length approximately 1.0 m. Direction in which it left unknown. Distance from buildings: 5 m.
Akita, Akita
At around 10:50 on the 21st, a man in his 50s working nearby spotted a single bear about 1 meter long in Goshono Jizoida 2-chome, Akita City. The Akita East Police warned residents and patrolled the area by patrol car, noting that a junior high school and high school are approximately 300 meters away.
Akita, Akita
Observed a bear moving from north to south along the Oodangawa River near Hibashi Bridge / Size: juvenile
Murayama 大字林崎, Yamagata
Around 14:57 on 2026-05-20, a bear was sighted in Goshono Jizoden 3-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
About 1 meter. In the Refresh Garden parking lot.
Akita, Akita
[Report] Adult bear. Went in the direction of Hoshitsuji Shrine.
Akita Hodono-Torimachi, Akita
[Post]
Akita, Akita
[Post] Bear.
Akita, Akita
Sighted inside Akita Refresh Garden. Size approximately 1.0 m. The bear then moved east.
Akita, Akita
Around 14:00 on May 20, 2026, a man playing golf spotted a single bear about 1 meter long on the course of Akita Refresh Garden in Gosyono Jizoden 3-chome, Akita City. The area is a residential district with nearby junior high and high schools and a shopping mall; the police have contacted related agencies, are patrolling the site with patrol cars, and are warning residents to be cautious.
Akita, Akita
On 2026-05-20 afternoon, one bear was seen moving in Goshono Jizoden 4-chome, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
Around 14:00 on the 20th, a man playing golf spotted a single bear about 1 meter long on the course of Akita City Refresh Garden in Goshono Jizohta 3-chome, Akita City. The Akita East Police Station said the nearest junior and senior high schools are about 200 m away and houses about 100 m, and patrol cars are broadcasting warnings to alert people.
Akita, Akita
Observed one bear crossing National Route 341 from north to south. It went into the woods. Body length about 50 cm.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, Akita
Report: While I was walking, there was a bear about 140 cm tall in the forest underbrush.
Akita Senshu-meitokumachi, Akita
A bear was sighted in Yotsugoya Suetomatsumoto Sakanoue, Akita City.
Akita, Akita
[Report] While driving on the road, a bear about 1 meter long was walking in a rice field beside the road.
Akita, Akita
Observed one cub crossing the road from south to north / Size: juvenile
Shinjo Odashima, Yamagata
[Post] In the bushes beside the cafe
Akita Omachi, Akita
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Daisen Kitanome, Akita
[Post]
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
Was trying to cross the road. When a car came, it went back into the bushes.
Akita, Akita
One bear was sighted on company premises. Body length: 1.0 m. It departed southward. Distance from the building: 10 m.
Akita, Akita
A bear was sighted in Oomachi 1-chome, Akita City.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita
On 2026-05-20 around 12:30, a bear was sighted in Kyowa Kamiyodokawa, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, and was seen moving.
Daisen Kyowa-Kamiyodokawa, 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
Size: Unknown
Higashine 大字羽入, Yamagata
Sighted on the premises from inside the residence. Walked off to the west. Body length about 1 m. Approximately 10 m from the building.
Akita, Akita
[Post] It was on the road while heading from Sannō toward the station. It was near a daycare center.
Akita Hodono-Torimachi, 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
Environment: Forest / Size: Adult and cub
Obanazawa Nyu, Yamagata
[Post] A young bear about 50 cm crossed the road.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, 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
[Report] A bear cub was walking along the river. It walked in the direction of Chiaki (Senkyu) Park.
Akita Hodono-Nakacho, Akita
Posting: Eating something in the same spot. I’ve seen it every time I go for the past two or three days.
Akita, Akita
Size: cub/juvenile
Oishida Tazawa, Yamagata
[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
One bear was sighted in a rice paddy 50 m south of Takara (Tamakawa?) Community Center. Direction of departure unknown.
Akita, Akita
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
Yokote construction firm Hasshin Kensetsu used a drone equipped with an infrared camera to survey bear habitat and captured footage this spring of three bears believed to be a parent and two cubs. The drone detects heat signatures and is used for locating bears in forests and investigating sites of human-bear incidents.
Yokote Akagawa, Akita
Size: Unknown
Higashine, Yamagata
Size: Unknown
Funagata Tomita, Yamagata
There was a bear in a rice paddy. I saw it from a distance from the road; it was relatively large. It seemed to be walking slowly.
Akita, Akita
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