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6 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 month ago

Location

Nearby Incidents

Official

A witness at home saw one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing their residential property. Additionally, four nearby residents reported sightings of a bear of the same body length.

Otama Oyama, Fukushima

1 month ago

Community

Between Ōyama Elementary School and Yaya. Cub bear

Otama 木ノ下, Fukushima

2 months ago

News

Shortly after 08:00 on April 4, 2026, a female resident in Ootama Village, Ooyama, Fukushima Prefecture, sighted a bear about 1 meter long through her home window. The bear entered the woodland and disappeared from view; no damage to people or property has been confirmed and police are patrolling the area.

Otama 木ノ下, Fukushima

2 months ago

Official

On Tuesday, March 31 at approximately 7:55 a.m., a witness (woman in her 30s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking from the location of the sighting toward the forest north of the rice field in Ooyama, Ikeshimo area, Otama Village.

Otama Oyama, Fukushima

2 months ago

Official

While getting into the vehicle, he/she observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in the fields.

Otama Oyama, Fukushima

2 months ago

News

On March 31, at around 07:55 a bear about 1.0 m long was seen walking from a paddy field toward the forest in Oyama Aza Ikeshita, Ōtama-mura; at 11:21 the same day a bear about 0.6 m long was observed sitting in the bushes beside National Route 49 in Yamagata Aza Kukubo, Inawashiro-machi.

Oyama Aza Ikeshita (Ōtama-mura) — one bear (about 1.0 m) walking from a paddy field toward the forest; Yamagata Aza Kukubo (Inawashiro-machi) — one bear (about 0.6 m) sitting in the bushes beside National Route 49, Fukushima

2 months ago

Official

A witness at home saw one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing their residential property. Additionally, four nearby residents reported sightings of a bear of the same body length.

Otama Oyama, Fukushima

1 month ago

Community

Between Ōyama Elementary School and Yaya. Cub bear

Otama 木ノ下, Fukushima

2 months ago

News

Shortly after 08:00 on April 4, 2026, a female resident in Ootama Village, Ooyama, Fukushima Prefecture, sighted a bear about 1 meter long through her home window. The bear entered the woodland and disappeared from view; no damage to people or property has been confirmed and police are patrolling the area.

Otama 木ノ下, Fukushima

2 months ago

Official

On Tuesday, March 31 at approximately 7:55 a.m., a witness (woman in her 30s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking from the location of the sighting toward the forest north of the rice field in Ooyama, Ikeshimo area, Otama Village.

Otama Oyama, Fukushima

2 months ago

Official

While getting into the vehicle, he/she observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in the fields.

Otama Oyama, Fukushima

2 months ago

News

On March 31, at around 07:55 a bear about 1.0 m long was seen walking from a paddy field toward the forest in Oyama Aza Ikeshita, Ōtama-mura; at 11:21 the same day a bear about 0.6 m long was observed sitting in the bushes beside National Route 49 in Yamagata Aza Kukubo, Inawashiro-machi.

Hokubu Fureai Sentaa

Location

Nearby Incidents

A witness at home saw one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing their residential property. Additionally, four nearby residents reported sightings of a bear of the same body length.

Between Ōyama Elementary School and Yaya. Cub bear

On Tuesday, March 31 at approximately 7:55 a.m., a witness (woman in her 30s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking from the location of the sighting toward the forest north of the rice field in Ooyama, Ikeshimo area, Otama Village.

While getting into the vehicle, he/she observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in the fields.

On March 31, at around 07:55 a bear about 1.0 m long was seen walking from a paddy field toward the forest in Oyama Aza Ikeshita, Ōtama-mura; at 11:21 the same day a bear about 0.6 m long was observed sitting in the bushes beside National Route 49 in Yamagata Aza Kukubo, Inawashiro-machi.

A witness at home saw one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing their residential property. Additionally, four nearby residents reported sightings of a bear of the same body length.

Between Ōyama Elementary School and Yaya. Cub bear

On Tuesday, March 31 at approximately 7:55 a.m., a witness (woman in her 30s) observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) walking from the location of the sighting toward the forest north of the rice field in Ooyama, Ikeshimo area, Otama Village.

While getting into the vehicle, he/she observed one bear (about 1 m in body length) in the fields.

On March 31, at around 07:55 a bear about 1.0 m long was seen walking from a paddy field toward the forest in Oyama Aza Ikeshita, Ōtama-mura; at 11:21 the same day a bear about 0.6 m long was observed sitting in the bushes beside National Route 49 in Yamagata Aza Kukubo, Inawashiro-machi.

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