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[Report] A bear about 1 meter in body length crossed the municipal road from the farm road toward the woods to the east.

Senboku, Akita

A child, while returning from school, sighted an animal believed to be a bear in a field. / Body length approximately 50–60 cm / About 10 m from a residence.

Misato 六郷, 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

[Report] Moved along a farm road and into the woods

Senboku Tazawako-Komatsu, 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 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

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

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

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

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

Senboku, Akita

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

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

Senboku, Akita

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

Observed one bear over 1 meter in body length in the underbrush. The bear moved north.

Yokote 睦成, Akita

Around 5:10 PM on 2026-06-03, one bear was seen moving in Oimawari 3-chome, Yokote City, Akita Prefecture.

Yokote 3-chome, 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

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

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

Senboku Tazawako-Okazaki, Akita

[Report] One bear approximately 1.2 m long sighted. Distance to the nearest house: 10 m. Direction of departure: unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, 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

Spotted a bear while driving. It appeared to be trying to enter a building. Size and direction of travel unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, 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 bear was loitering in front of the entrance. Body length approximately 1 m. Left heading east. Distance to the nearest house within 5 m.

Senboku, Akita

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

Senboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita

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

Senboku Nishikicho-Hinokinai, Akita

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

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

Misato 金沢東根, 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

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

Senboku, 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

[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

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

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Daisen Kitanagano, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

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

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

Yokote 金沢中野, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Daisen Kitanagano, 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

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

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Senboku Tazawako-Tazawa, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

[Post] Spotted while farming

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

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Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

[Post] There is one adult bear in the forest

Senboku Kakunodatemachi, Akita

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Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

Around 6:50 on 2026-05-20, a bear was sighted in Shimonobaru Kakekakida, Kakunodatemachi, Senboku City, Akita Prefecture.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, Akita

It was wandering near a prefectural road. Body length approximately 1 m, direction of departure unknown, distance to buildings 10 m.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Shimonobu, 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

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

Misato 境田, Akita

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

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

Senboku Nishikicho-Koyamada, Akita

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

Senboku Nishikicho-Saimyoji, Akita

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

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Kawara, Akita

[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

A city employee on patrol spotted the bear. The bear was wandering on a road in the park and noticed the employee about 60 meters away, but remained standing facing them for a while without moving, so the employee got into a vehicle and approached the bear, at which point it entered the woods in the park. Body length about 1 meter.

Yokote Yawata, Akita

A police officer on patrol spotted a bear near the restrooms in Ōtori Park. The bear went down the slope once but then returned and entered the woods inside Ōtori Park. Its body length is about 1 meter.

Yokote Shinzaka-cho, Akita

Sighted a bear crossing the Ōtorii Bridge near Asakura Elementary School. Body length about 1 m.

Yokote Yawata, 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 m, distance to the house about 200 m, direction of departure unknown.

Senboku Kakunodatemachi-Yamayakawasaki, Akita