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Yamamoto Machi Shakaifukushi Kyougikai

山元町社会福祉協議会

7 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 3 months ago

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Yamamoto Town in Miyagi Prefecture prepared 777 bear-deterrent bells at a cost of about ¥600,000 and held a presentation ceremony at Yamashita Elementary School on February 26 to give them to all elementary and junior high students. The town decided to distribute the bells after a roughly 1-meter bear was captured in December in a forested area of the Ohira district using a box trap; this is believed to be the town's first captured bear.

Yamashita Elementary School (Yamamoto Town), Miyagi

3 months ago
Yamamoto Town, Miyagi
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At around 06:50 on December 16, 2025, a 73-year-old man found a female bear (about 1 meter long) caught in a box trap for wild boar in a forested area of Ohiradate-no-uchi, Yamamoto Town. The town's wildlife damage control team responded and euthanized the bear after it began to struggle and damage the trap, creating a danger to personnel.

Yamamoto Town, Miyagi

6 months ago
Yamamoto Town, Miyagi
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In December 2025, the town of Yamamoto captured a single bear in a mountain forest, the town's first such capture. In response, the town distributed about 780 bear bells to all elementary and junior high students and incoming pupils, handing them over at Yamashita Elementary School.

Yamamoto Town, Miyagi

6 months ago
News

In December 2025, the town of Yamamoto captured one bear that had appeared in the woodland. The town distributed about 780 bear bells to all elementary and junior high schools and incoming students, and Mayor Shinichi Hashimoto handed them to student representatives at Yamashita Elementary School.

Yamashita Elementary School (Yamamoto Town), Miyagi

6 months ago
Official

October 26, 2025

Yamamoto Asohara, Miyagi

8 months ago
Official

August 27

Yamamoto Asohara, Miyagi

10 months ago
Official

August 27.

Yamamoto Asohara, Miyagi

1 year ago

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