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Morioka Tegami Kan

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109 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 6 days ago

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Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
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One adult bear (suspected) sighted

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

6 days ago
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
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At around 05:45 on May 20, 2026, an adult bear was sighted near Enkoji temple in Sannocho, Morioka City, and a passerby called emergency services. According to local residents the bear moved from a parking lot near the temple toward Shiekamachi; sightings have continued in the area, prompting notifications to a school and the postponement of a planned road race.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

1 week ago
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
Official

I found large bear footprints.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

1 week ago
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
Official

One medium-sized bear sighted in an apple orchard

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

1 week ago
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
Official

One bear (size unknown) was observed moving into the northern woodland.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

1 week ago
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
Official

I found large bear footprints.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

2 weeks ago
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
Official

While working in a rice field, the reporter spotted one medium-sized bear on the lower slope of the mountain behind them. They fired a rocket firework to scare it off, and the bear fled up into the mountain.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

2 weeks ago
Morioka Honchodori 2-chome, Iwate
Official

Spotted one young bear near the staff-only parking lot at Tezukuri Village.

Morioka Honchodori 2-chome, Iwate

2 months ago

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