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Higashiyama Grand Hotel

164 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 5 days ago

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We saw a bear around 1m long just before東山ダム damp

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

5 days ago

Official

On Friday, May 29 at approximately 9:40 a.m., on the Yagawa-Omachi prefectural road within Terayashiki, Yumoto, Higashiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 60s) while driving observed one bear (about 1.5 m in body length) traveling from east to west across the road. Subsequent movements are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima

2 weeks ago

News

Around 08:15 on May 19, 2026, a park user and a manager spotted one bear about 1 meter long at the 'Kodomo no Mori' park in Kuroiwa Hanamigaoka, Kadota-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, and reported it to the Aizuwakamatsu Police via the city. The city has closed the park temporarily.

Aizuwakamatsu Yugawaminami, Fukushima

3 weeks ago

Official

On Sunday, May 17 at around 12:50 p.m., a witness (female in her 50s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in a bamboo grove in Yumoto, Higashiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City. After being sighted, the bear entered the forested area deeper in the bamboo grove, and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima

3 weeks ago

Official

At approximately 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 16, in Yumoto, Higashiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (female, in her 50s) sighted three bears in the forest (one about 1 m in length and two about 50 cm in length). After being sighted, the bears returned into the forest and their subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima

3 weeks ago

News

On May 14, 2026 at about 07:40, a bear approximately 1.0 m long was sighted on the riverbank in Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Higashiyama-cho Oaza Ishiyama Innai. The same day, another ~1.0 m bear was seen in Hanamigaoka 2-chome climbing a tree, a ~0.6 m bear was seen climbing a residential fence in Hanamigaoka 1-chome, and a ~0.5 m bear was observed walking along a forest road and entering woodland in Shirakawa-shi, Daisin Masumi Oaza Ohninata — four bears were reported in total.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Ishiyama, Fukushima

1 month ago

Official

A witness, while working outdoors, sighted one bear (about 1 meter in body length) in the mountain woods.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima

1 month ago

Official

On May 13 (Wednesday) at around 2:15 p.m., in the mountains/forest in Yumoto, Higashiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (man in his 70s) spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) while working outdoors. The bear then climbed into the forest and fled.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima

1 month ago

Community

We saw a bear around 1m long just before東山ダム damp

Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

5 days ago

Official

On Friday, May 29 at approximately 9:40 a.m., on the Yagawa-Omachi prefectural road within Terayashiki, Yumoto, Higashiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (male, in his 60s) while driving observed one bear (about 1.5 m in body length) traveling from east to west across the road. Subsequent movements are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima

2 weeks ago

News

Around 08:15 on May 19, 2026, a park user and a manager spotted one bear about 1 meter long at the 'Kodomo no Mori' park in Kuroiwa Hanamigaoka, Kadota-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, and reported it to the Aizuwakamatsu Police via the city. The city has closed the park temporarily.

Aizuwakamatsu Yugawaminami, Fukushima

3 weeks ago

Official

On Sunday, May 17 at around 12:50 p.m., a witness (female in her 50s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in a bamboo grove in Yumoto, Higashiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City. After being sighted, the bear entered the forested area deeper in the bamboo grove, and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima

3 weeks ago

Official

At approximately 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 16, in Yumoto, Higashiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (female, in her 50s) sighted three bears in the forest (one about 1 m in length and two about 50 cm in length). After being sighted, the bears returned into the forest and their subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima

3 weeks ago

News

On May 14, 2026 at about 07:40, a bear approximately 1.0 m long was sighted on the riverbank in Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Higashiyama-cho Oaza Ishiyama Innai. The same day, another ~1.0 m bear was seen in Hanamigaoka 2-chome climbing a tree, a ~0.6 m bear was seen climbing a residential fence in Hanamigaoka 1-chome, and a ~0.5 m bear was observed walking along a forest road and entering woodland in Shirakawa-shi, Daisin Masumi Oaza Ohninata — four bears were reported in total.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Ishiyama, Fukushima

1 month ago

Official

A witness, while working outdoors, sighted one bear (about 1 meter in body length) in the mountain woods.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima

1 month ago

Official

On May 13 (Wednesday) at around 2:15 p.m., in the mountains/forest in Yumoto, Higashiyama-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, a witness (man in his 70s) spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) while working outdoors. The bear then climbed into the forest and fled.

Aizuwakamatsu Higashiyamamachi-Yumoto, Fukushima

1 month ago

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