เส้นทางจักรยาน Tendo-Semboku

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

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

One bear about 1 m in body length was sighted. Direction it left is unknown. Approximately 5 m from a nearby house.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Ogata, Akita

A bear about 1 m in body length was sighted and moved off to the south. It was about 50 m from a nearby building.

Senboku, 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

A bear was sighted in Tazawako-Umezawaofu, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture, around 8:30 AM on June 5, and it was seen moving.

Senboku Tazawako-Umezawa, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Umezawa, Akita

[Post] I saw a dark shape and, on checking, confirmed a 40–50 cm bear on the temple grounds.

Misato 六郷, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Okazaki, Akita

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

Senboku Nishikicho-Kobuchino, Akita

Spotted a bear about 1 m in size in the riverside brush on the right bank of the Kawaguchi River. It moved eastward along the river.

Daisen Itaminai, 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

Witnessed a cub about 70 cm long in a rice paddy. Drove it toward the river using a kei truck’s horn. Distance to the nearest house: 100 m.

Daisen Kitanagano, 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

Sighted in a rice field.

Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, Akita

A witness looked outside from their house and saw a bear across the river. Direction of departure is unknown. / Body length approximately 80 cm / About 70 m to the nearest house

Misato, Akita

A bear was sighted in Ota-machi Kunimizakuraushi, Daisen City, Akita Prefecture.

Daisen Otacho-Kunimi, 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

Sighted in the river channel, body length approximately 0.8 m, direction when leaving unknown, approximately 200 m from a residence

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita

[Post] (Posted at 18:45, no description of the situation. Because address information below the municipality level was missing, it has been supplemented.)

Misato 金沢東根, Akita

One approximately 1-meter-tall bear was sighted. It ran east and entered the brush. Distance to the nearest residence: 100 meters.

Daisen Toyokawa, 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

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

[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

A witness saw a bear entering the Uchidorigawa River from the dam side of Butsuzawa Reservoir / body length about 1.0 m / about 200 m to the nearest house

Misato 金沢東根, 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

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

An animal believed to be a bear was sighted in Iwasaki Mori-ai, Yuzawa City.

Yuzawa, Akita

At around 12:55 on May 31, a bear was sighted in Kanezawa-Higashine Burazawa, Misato Town.

Misato 金沢東根, 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

A city office staff member on patrol spotted one bear running north from the woods where it had been seen around 9:00. It continued moving north and left the area. Body length: over 1 m.

Yokote 雄物川町常野, Akita

A bear about 1 m in size was sighted near the Murasho plant. It ran off to the south. Distance to the building: 20 m.

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

Witnessed a bear about 1 m tall running south along the prefectural road. Distance to the house: 10 m.

Daisen Nagano, Akita

[Report] Spotted a bear about 1.2 m tall. It left heading south along the riverbank.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

While driving, I saw one cub about 50 cm long. It headed toward Kakunodate along the national highway. Distance from houses: 50 m.

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

At around 10:35 on May 30, a bear was seen moving in Kakunodatemachi Iwaseshitano, Senboku City, Akita.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

[Report] A friend contacted me saying there appeared to be a bear on the riverbank behind my house. I looked from a second-floor window and saw a bear walking along the bank from downstream toward the iron bridge. When I shouted loudly, it hurriedly went down the embankment toward the river, and its whereabouts after that are unknown. There happened to be an angler under the iron bridge about 100 meters away; the police arrived, issued a warning, and the angler left. It was a large bear for an adult. It was within 10 meters of a house.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Walked within the property toward the river; body length approximately 1 m; direction of departure west (toward Hinokinai River); distance to the nearest house about 1 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

[Post] (No eyewitness information provided)

Yokote 雄物川町常野, Akita

[Post]

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

Ran from the Negi-ba area toward the Nakamura area.

Yokote 十文字町谷地新田, Akita

I didn't see the bear itself, but there were bear tracks on the rice paddy embankment and in the field next to my house. From the direction of the tracks, it likely moved from west (Tamagawa direction) to east (toward AEON Nakasen store).

Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

A single bear about 1 m in body length was sighted walking southwest from near the intersection. City hall community division staff searched the area near the sighting but did not find it.

Yokote 十文字町源太左馬, Akita

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

[Report] A bear about 1 meter long was sighted walking north along a gravel road.

Yokote 金沢中野, Akita

A bear was sighted in Jūmonji-machi Yachishinden Murashitata, Yokote City.

Yokote 十文字町谷地新田, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

[Post] Under the bridge

Daisen Nagano, 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

[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

In a cherry orchard in Higashine City, Yamagata Prefecture, damage believed caused by a bear was found, with branches broken and claw marks on the trunks.

Higashine 大字泉郷, Yamagata

Around 12:20 on May 29, a bear was seen moving in Mutsunari Yoshizawa Kamidai, Yokote City.

Yokote 杉目, 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

[Report] While driving, I spotted a bear running along the sidewalk on the Ichōgi Park side.

Misato, Akita

One bear was seen moving in Naniwa Ichijoki, Misato Town.

Misato, Akita

A bear was seen moving around at Kitanagano Nakagawara, Daisen City, around 7:30 a.m. on 2026-05-28.

Daisen Nagano, Akita

One bear about 1 m in size was seen coming out of the Tamagawa riverbed and entering a nearby thicket. Distance to the nearest house: 200 m.

Daisen Nagano, Akita

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

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

[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

A bear about 60–70 cm was seen walking near a house. It was observed walking toward the west (river). Afterwards it was reported to have climbed up the levee. Distance to the residence: 20 m.

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

A bear was sighted in Furukawabata, Shimogungo, Daisen City, and was seen moving.

Daisen Shimo-Uguisuno, Akita

[Report] Two bears in front of a house's garage

Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Witnessed moving from along the railway toward the national highway. Size unknown. Distance from residences: 200 m.

Daisen 新下川原, Akita

[Post]

Daisen Kitanagano, 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 sighted in Iwasaki Chitose, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, around 8:00 PM on 2026-05-26.

Yuzawa 岩崎, Akita

A single bear about 1 m in length was sighted near the gazebo on the north side of Hiruzomonuma. Direction of departure unknown. Approximately 170 m from the nearest house.

Yokote 金沢中野, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

Spotted a bear moving north. Body length unknown.

Yokote 金沢中野, 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

[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

At around 8:30 on May 25, a bear was seen moving in Ueno, Kakunodate-machi, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

(Posted) It ran along the side of the building toward the back.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

[Report] One bear sighted; body length unknown

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

[Post] One bear of unknown body length sighted

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

Around 06:50 on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Tazawako Kataichinowatari, Semboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, Akita

An approximately 50 cm-long animal was rummaging through the garbage at the trash collection point. Direction of departure unknown. Approximately 3 m from a residence.

Senboku Tazawako-Kata, 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

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

[Post] A bear cub was running through the rice field. Diagonally across from the fire station.

Senboku Tazawako-Obonai, Akita

A single bear about 60 cm crossed the prefectural road and ran off to the west. Distance to the nearest house: 50 m.

Daisen Toyooka, Akita

A bear was spotted near the Yokote Akamine Junior High School baseball field. It ran west. Because it was seen from a distance, its body length is unknown.

Yokote 大森町, Akita

While driving on a municipal road, I spotted one bear approximately 1.5 m in body length. The bear proceeded north across the rice field for a while, then left heading west. Distance to the nearest house about 30 m.

Yokote 大森町, Akita

At around 10:00 on May 21, 2026, a woman in her 60s at home sighted a bear about 1 meter long in a rice field in Usui Ōnakajima, Omagawamachi, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture. The bear was about 100 meters from nearby houses, and the Yokote Police are urging residents to be cautious.

Yokote 大森町, Akita

Spotted a bear near the carport. It left heading east. An adult about 1 meter in length. On residential property.

Yokote 雄物川町薄井, Akita

[Post] There is one adult bear in the forest

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

A bear was in a farm field. Body length unknown. It departed toward the southeast. It was about 100 meters from nearby buildings.

Senboku, 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

A witness looked outside from their house and saw a bear on the front steps. Subsequent movements are unknown. / Body length approximately 1.0 m / About 5 m from a residence.

Misato, Akita

Posted: Spotted in the rice fields. It came from the Yokosawa area and ran off toward the Kawaguchigawa River.

Daisen Otacho-Yokosawa, Akita

[Report] One cub-like bear sighted on the riverbank embankment. Several police cars are on the scene.

Daisen Otacho-Komaba, Akita

One Asiatic black bear (Tsukinowaguma) was sighted near YUZAWA Clean Center Co., Ltd., and the police were notified. The bear ran off to the east. Police are patrolling the area. The sighting location was about 300 m from residences; the bear’s body length was 1.0 m.

Yuzawa 下関, Akita

Posted: It was sitting on the mountainside facing the road. When a car passed, it returned up the slope. Body length about 1 meter.

Yuzawa 酒蒔, Akita

[Post] (Posted May 19, 16:57; no description of situation)

Misato 境田, Akita

Was roaming near Sankōen

Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata

Just after 04:00 on May 18, 2026, one bear was sighted near Sankouen in Chuo, Murayama City, Yamagata Prefecture. The city warned of the possibility of further sightings and urged residents and passersby to carry noise-making devices like bells or radios and to secure their homes.

Murayama 楯岡中町, Yamagata

A single Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) was sighted within a residential property in the village and reported to the police. The bear ran east from the area. Police patrolled the vicinity but did not locate it and there were no nearby damages. The sighting occurred a few meters from a house; the bear’s body length was about 1.0 m.

Yuzawa 松岡, Akita

Around 11:00 on May 17, one bear was seen entering the mountain in Fukudayama, Shinjō City, Yamagata Prefecture. Based on its size, the bear is believed to be a juvenile.

Shinjo Fukuda, Yamagata

A witness looked east from their home toward the cemetery and saw a bear eating something. The bear then went off into the woods to the east. Body length approximately 60 cm. About 20 m from a residence.

Misato 六郷東根, Akita

A cub was crossing.

Daisen Otacho-Yokosawa, Akita

A witness saw a bear walking south on the town road from inside a building. / Body length approx. 1.0 m / About 200 m to Misato Town Chibata Elementary School.

Misato 千屋, Akita

At around 07:55 on May 16, 2026, a man in Misato Town, Akita Prefecture, spotted a bear about 1 meter long walking on a town road in Tsuchizaki, Ueno-otsu. According to the Daisen police, the location was about 200 meters east of Chihata Elementary School, and the police have urged residents to be cautious.

Misato 本堂城回, Akita

[Report] One bear sighted north of the bedroom window. It ran off to the east.

Misato 本堂城回, Akita

A witness inside a building observed a bear walking southward through a nearby park. / Body length approximately 1.0 m / About 30 m to Mahiruso (special nursing home)

Misato 本堂城回, Akita

I sighted a bear emerging from the undergrowth and heading north. Distance to the houses: 10 m.

Daisen Toyooka, Akita

Around 09:30 on May 14, 2026, a bear about 50 cm long was sighted on a town road in Suginomiya-Shuku, Ugo Town, Akita Prefecture. The nearest house was about 20 meters away, and Yuzawa police have warned residents to be cautious.

Ugo, Akita

A juvenile bear was observed walking on the grounds of a private residence.

Ugo, Akita

A single bear about 1 m in body length was sighted in the rice field north of the Seven-Eleven Yokote Hachiman store. The distance to the nearest house is about 60 m.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

At around 07:30 on the 14th, an approximately 1-meter-long bear was sighted in a rice field in 横手市八幡字十二柳, Akita Prefecture by an elderly man in his 80s who was walking nearby. According to the Yokote Police, the sighting location is about 100 meters from the nearest house, and the police are urging residents to be cautious.

Yokote Shizuka-machi, Akita

It moved from the river area toward the urban area.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

Observed a bear crossing National Route 13 from east to west. The bear then entered the woods on the west side. Distance to the nearest house was about 10 meters. The bear's body length was 1 to 1.5 meters.

Yokote 杉目, Akita

A bear about 1 meter long was seen moving through the rice fields, heading toward the Yasuragi-en area. The distance to the nearest house was approximately 50 meters.

Yokote 金沢中野, Akita

[Report] A cub about 60 centimeters long. According to a neighbor, it has been appearing since yesterday. It was eating something like grass for a while, but disappeared when I looked away for a moment.

Misato 六郷東根, Akita

A witness, while doing farm work, spotted a bear in a cedar grove between their property and the neighbor’s. / Body length approximately 1.0 m / About 10 m from a house.

Misato, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita

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

Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, Akita

[Post] Found droppings after a bear had rubbed against the wall during pesticide spraying in the apple orchard

Yokote 安本, Akita

Small black bear seen while biking road. I turned the corner and saw the back half of the bear as it ran into the wood on the left side of the road. About 70 cm tall.

Senboku, Akita

Found footprints while doing farm work

Ugo 字田畑, Akita

Discovered bear tracks in the field behind the house. Tracks indicate it headed west. Footprints were just over 10 cm in size.

Ugo 郡山, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kumoshikari, Akita

A Yokote City Jūmonji area division staff member, while on patrol, confirmed footprints heading toward the riverbank. The tracks were oriented from the villages of Betsumei and Magado toward the riverbank, and because they appeared fresh, it is possible that a bear that had been hiding around the settlements moved sometime between the night of May 9 and early this morning.

Yokote 十文字町睦合, Akita

Spotted an Asian black bear (tsukinowaguma) in the bushes. By the time police arrived after the report, it had already left. Approximately 20 meters from the residence.

Ugo 字門向, Akita

Ran behind the house

Yuzawa 字田中, Akita

The Yokote City Hall Agriculture and Forestry Maintenance Division conducted an on-site inspection. They confirmed tracks continuing from east to west. The animal is believed to be an adult with a body length of over 1 meter. (In the attached photo, the background is east and the foreground is west. The tracks continue toward the foreground.) No tracks indicating a return toward the river have been found.

Yokote 十文字町睦合, Akita

Spotted one bear over 1 meter in body length in the drainage channel east of my house. Shortly afterward, also observed it in the field north of my house. Direction it left is unknown.

Yokote 十文字町睦合, Akita

Around 6:00 a.m. on May 9, one bear was sighted in the urban area of Izumida Okan Higashi, Shinjō City, Yamagata Prefecture. Based on its size, the bear appears to be an adult.

Shinjo Izumita, Yamagata

At around 05:00 on May 9, one bear believed to be an adult was sighted near a private house in Izumida Higashi, Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture.

Shinjo Izumita, Yamagata

Observed two bears about 0.5 m in length and one bear about 1 m in length. Direction of departure unknown. Approximately 100 m from nearby houses.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Sonoda, Akita

After receiving a report, the Yokote City Office Forestry and Agricultural Maintenance Division conducted an on-site inspection. They confirmed multiple footprints in the field measuring at least 15 cm in length. From the footprints, the animal is believed to be an adult bear with a body length of 1.0 to 1.5 meters. During a surrounding patrol they found several locations where apples had been discarded, confirming signs that bears had been attracted to the area.

Yokote 安本, Akita