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Nitchuu Sen Shidare Sakura Satsuei Supotto

日中線しだれ桜撮影スポット

32 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 month ago

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Official

On Tuesday, May 19 at approximately 7:33 PM, in the Tenmamae area of Kitakata City, a witness (man in his 60s) driving on a municipal road observed an animal believed to be a bear (about 50 cm in body length) entering a thicket. The subsequent whereabouts of the animal believed to be a bear are unknown.

Kitakata 字天満前, Fukushima

1 month ago
Kitakata 松山町村松, Fukushima
News

On May 15 a single bear about 1 meter long was repeatedly sighted in a residential area and near Matsuyama Elementary School in Kitakata City. The city set box traps and the bear was captured/put down after entering a trap around 18:30 that day. No injuries or property damage were reported; the elementary school postponed its sports day.

Kitakata 松山町村松, Fukushima

1 month ago
Kitakata 字長源段, Fukushima
News

On May 15 in Kitakata City, bears were sighted separately in the residential areas of Machinishi and Ougida in the early morning, and a bear was also seen crossing the playground of Matsuyama Elementary School around 07:30. The city set a box trap and captured one bear at about 18:30 the same day; no injuries or property damage have been reported.

Kitakata 字長源段, Fukushima

1 month ago
Kitakata 字町西, Fukushima
News

On the morning of May 15, 2026, multiple bear sightings were reported in Kitakata City. Around 08:00 a.m., a police officer on patrol spotted a single bear about 1 meter long in the grove east of Matsuyama Elementary School; the bear remained there and was later culled in the woods in the evening.

Kitakata 字町西, Fukushima

1 month ago
Official

A police officer on patrol in a police car, conducting public safety surveillance, observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the grove of scrub woodland east of Matsuyama Elementary School.

Kitakata 松山町村松, Fukushima

1 month ago
Official

While driving a vehicle, the witness saw a single bear (about 1.5 m in body length) crossing the road.

Kitakata 字町尻東, Fukushima

1 month ago
Kitakata 岩月町喜多方, Fukushima
News

On May 15, 2026, a single bear about 1 meter long was sighted from around 05:00 near Matsuyama Elementary School in Matsuyama-cho, Kitakata. The bear was captured in a box trap set by the city at about 18:30; no injuries or property damage were reported.

Kitakata 岩月町喜多方, Fukushima

1 month ago
Official

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (approximately 0.5 m in body length) crossing the road.

Kitakata 字長源段, Fukushima

1 month ago

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