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

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

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

Posted: It went down the road toward the houses.

Akita, Akita

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

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

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Akita, Akita

Spotted one bear near Autoland Kyowa. It ran into the underbrush.

Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, 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

[Post] A bear about 1 m (tall)

Akita, Akita

It ran along the farm road. It wasn't that big.

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

[Post] I thought I saw something move in my car mirror, and when I looked closely there was a bear.

Akita, Akita

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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

Witnessed one bear believed to be the mother and two cubs; sizes unknown. Direction in which they left is unknown.

Yokote 睦成, 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

[Post] Did not run away

Yokote 増田町吉野, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[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] 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 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

A single bear about 1 meter long crossed the national highway and went up into the mountains on the north side.

Yokote 増田町吉野, 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

[Report] While traveling on the road, it ran from a side path beside the rice field into the middle of the rice field.

Akita, 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

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[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

While eating, believed to be a parent and child.

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

[Post] Running along the rice paddy ridge

Akita Yotsugoya-Koaji, Akita

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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

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

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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

[Post] In the bushes beside the cafe

Akita Omachi, Akita

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Daisen Kitanome, 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

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

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

[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

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

[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

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

[Report] An adult bear was at the roadside. It noticed the car and ran into the brush.

Daisen, Akita

It ran from the rice-field ridge, crossed the road, and ran into the rice field on the opposite side.

Akita, Akita

The bear was running and wandering along the sidewalk beside the airport road. It crossed from the Honda side to the Shibano side.

Akita, Akita

[Report] I was driving slowly north along the field ridge that runs parallel to the road between the airport road and two rice paddies.

Akita, Akita

Post: Body length about 1.2 m. In broad daylight on a hill area. From the south-side woods heading toward residential area. Dangerous due to school commute time.

Akita, Akita

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

Misato 境田, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

Post: About 80 cm. Right front paw injured.

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

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Akita, Akita

It was limping, about 1 meter.

Akita, Akita

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

Akita, Akita

It came out from the farm road and went down the slope toward the Omono River.

Akita, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Koya, Akita

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

Akita Terauchi-Ohata, Akita

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Daisen, Akita

Footprints believed to be from a bear were found in the field.

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

Discovered what appears to be bear tracks in the field.

Daisen Jinguji, Akita

One bear about 1.0 m in length was sighted in the rice field south of Takara River Community Center. It departed heading south from there. It was 150 m from the community center.

Akita, Akita

[Post] While driving toward Akita City, I spotted a bear in the rice field beside the road. It appeared to be a cub. It was running toward Route 13. Body length about 1 meter.

Daisen Kyowa-Funesawa, Akita

[Post] A machine-like device (a device that plays dog barks to deter bears) was making a lot of noise. When I went to check, there was a bear wandering around the area.

Akita, Akita

A parent and child were playing on a large tree.

Akita, Akita

Observed during a walk. It went up toward the cemetery park.

Akita, Akita

It crossed the road.

Akita, Akita

Local residents witnessed an adult bear (approximately 1.2 m) entering the mountains from nearby rice fields.

Daisen, Akita

Spotted a bear in the rice field. Body length about 60 cm. It left to the south. Approximately 250 m from nearby houses.

Akita, Akita

While harvesting bamboo shoots, I sighted one bear about 1.2 meters long.

Daisen, Akita

[Post] It ran across the yard and headed toward Kappei.

Akita Arayamatsumigaoka-higashicho, Akita

Sighted bears crossing the prefectural road from south to north. Body lengths: 1.0 m and 70 cm. Distance from the building: 5 m.

Akita Arayakatsuhiramachi, Akita

One bear approximately 1 m (shoulder height) was sighted on the roadway. It left heading east. About 30 m from nearby buildings.

Akita, Akita

A bear about one meter long came down the mountain slope.

Akita, Akita

A young bear was crossing the road.

Akita, Akita

[Post] [No description of the situation]

Yokote Yanagida, Akita

[Post] In a fallow rice field, one adult and two cubs were eating something.

Akita, Akita

[Report] While resting in the car, I spotted a bear heading toward the municipal baseball stadium. [Yokote City Agriculture and Forestry Maintenance Division note] The location information is clearly incorrect, so the point on the map is provisional. It is unknown whether this is the old Yokote Municipal Stadium in Yokote Park or another municipal stadium.

Yokote 1-chome, Akita