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Namegawaonsen Fukushimaya

5 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 month ago

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At around 08:45 on April 29, 2026, two bears were sighted in Osawa, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture. The bears' lengths are unknown, no injuries to people have been confirmed, and the city is urging caution.

Yonezawa Osawa, Yamagata

1 month ago
News

At around 07:30 on November 7, 2025, a single bear about 1.5 meters long was found inside the first floor of the Namerikawa Onsen ryokan Fukushima-ya in Yonezawa, Yamagata. The inn's owning family of three were briefly trapped on the second floor but escaped via an emergency staircase; the bear was culled under an emergency shooting order by the city at around 11:50.

Namerikawa Onsen Fukushima-ya (Osawa, Yonezawa, Yamagata), Yamagata

7 months ago
News

Around 07:30 on November 7, 2025, a bear about 1.2 meters long entered the Fukushimaya hot-spring inn in Osawa, Yonezawa (Yamagata Prefecture) via the crawlspace, remained on the first floor, ransacked a refrigerator and tore shoji screens. The inn's three family members escaped via an emergency staircase unharmed, and the bear was culled in an emergency shooting by hunters around 11:50.

Osawa, Yonezawa, Yamagata

7 months ago
Official

November 3, 9:50 (米沢市大沢)

Yonezawa, Yamagata

7 months ago
Official

June 14 (Fri) 7:00 PM (Yonezawa City, Osawa).

Yonezawa, Yamagata

2 years ago

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