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Benkei No Suzuriishi

弁慶の硯石

48 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 month ago

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Inawashiro 大字磐根, Fukushima
Official

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 0.5 m in body length) crossing the road.

Inawashiro 大字磐根, Fukushima

1 month ago
Bandai 大字更科, Fukushima
Official

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (approximately 0.5 m in body length) crossing the road.

Bandai 大字更科, Fukushima

1 month ago
Bandai 大字更科, Fukushima
Official

On Tuesday, June 2, at approximately 7:20 p.m., in the area of Nanatsumori, Bandai, Bandai-machi, a female witness driving on a town road sighted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length). The bear then crossed the town road from the sighting location and left into the grove of scrub trees to the south.

Bandai 大字更科, Fukushima

1 month ago
Bandai, Fukushima
Official

On Wednesday, May 20 at around 5:00 PM, on a town road in Enhei area, Sarashina, Bandai Town, a witness driving eastbound on the town road observed one bear (approximately 70 cm in body length) crossing the road from left to right and then entering the forested area on the right side of the road.

Bandai, Fukushima

1 month ago
Bandai, Fukushima
Official

While driving, the witness saw one bear (about 0.7 m in body length) crossing the town road from north (grass/brush) to south (woodland).

Bandai, Fukushima

1 month ago
News

Around 5:00 PM on May 20, a bear was sighted in Sarashina Tohei, Bandai Town, Fukushima.

Bandai, Fukushima

1 month ago
Bandai 大字更科, Fukushima
Official

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (approximately 0.8 m in body length) crossing the main prefectural road from north to south. The bear left heading south into a rice paddy on the south side of the main prefectural road.

Bandai 大字更科, Fukushima

3 months ago
News

Around 15:00 on April 11, 2026, a single bear about 80 cm long was sighted crossing a prefectural road (Major Local Road Inawashiro-Shiogawa Line) north to south in Sarashina, Bandai Town, Fukushima. The bear went into rice fields on the south side of the road and its whereabouts are unknown; no injuries or property damage have been reported. Police have shared information with the town, are patrolling the area by patrol car, and have urged residents to be cautious.

Bandai 大字更科, Fukushima

3 months ago

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