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12 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 2 weeks ago

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Aomori Uramachi, Aomori
News

A single bear is believed to be holed up inside the Cross Tower A-Bay building in Aomori City. Police and members of a hunters' association are surrounding the site and conducting capture operations, and a box trap has been brought in.

Aomori Uramachi, Aomori

2 weeks ago
Aomori Nagashima 1-chome, Aomori
Community

At least one cub (young bear) entered inside.

Aomori Nagashima 1-chome, Aomori

2 weeks ago
Aomori Ono, Aomori
News

Around 15:30 on the 15th, a juvenile bear was sighted entering a mixed commercial facility (including a hotel) in Nagashima, Aomori City, and is believed to be holed up inside. Police, city officials and members of the hunters' association have gathered at the scene.

Aomori Ono, Aomori

2 weeks ago
Aomori Ono, Aomori
News

At around 15:30 on May 15, 2026, a bear entered the first floor of a building in Nagashima 1-chome, Aomori City, prompting people inside to evacuate to upper floors. Police and government hunters carried out an emergency shooting and culled one adult male bear about 1 meter long.

Aomori Ono, Aomori

2 weeks ago
Aomori Nishitaki, Aomori
News

A bear is believed to be occupying the first floor of a mixed-use commercial building in central Aomori City, leaving more than 10 people (patrons of a pharmacy and a hotel) trapped. A bear was also sighted at a parking lot about 300 meters away around the same time, possibly a different individual, and Aomori City is considering emergency shooting to eliminate the very high risk of human injury.

Aomori Nishitaki, Aomori

2 weeks ago
Aomori Uramachi, Aomori
News

On the afternoon of May 15, 2026, a bear entered the Cross Tower A-Bay commercial complex (Nagasima 1-chome) in central Aomori City and remained inside for several hours. Police cordoned off the area and set box traps; around 18:10 local hunters fired and killed one bear. Multiple sightings were reported across the city that day, and a bear was also seen about 300 meters away in a parking lot, possibly a different individual.

Aomori Uramachi, Aomori

2 weeks ago
Aomori Nagashima 1-chome, Aomori
Community

A sighting report was posted to Aomori Prefecture's bear log.

Aomori Nagashima 1-chome, Aomori

2 weeks ago
Aomori Nagashima 1-chome, Aomori
Community

A bear holed up in the Cross Tower A-Bay in central Aomori City, people stranded on upper floors According to Aomori City and the police, at around 3:30 p.m. today a single bear was sighted in Nagashima, Aomori City. The scene is the Cross Tower A-Bay, and at least one cub is said to have entered the building. The bear is still believed to be holed up inside.

Aomori Nagashima 1-chome, Aomori

2 weeks ago

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