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Shouwa Retoromyuujiamu 2 Goukan

昭和レトロミュージアム 2号館

20 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 week ago

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Kitakata 字寺町, Fukushima
Official

On Wednesday, July 1 at approximately 6:43 p.m., in the Suwa area of Kitakata City, a witness (female, in her teens) observed one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 meter in body length) sitting on the grounds of a building while passing by. The subsequent whereabouts of the animal are unknown.

Kitakata 字寺町, Fukushima

1 week ago
Kitakata 字古寺, Fukushima
Official

While driving a vehicle, the reporter sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 0.5 m in body length) in the brush.

Kitakata 字古寺, Fukushima

1 month ago
Kitakata 字天満前, Fukushima
Official

On Tuesday, May 19 at approximately 7:33 PM, in the Tenmamae area of Kitakata City, a witness (man in his 60s) driving on a municipal road observed an animal believed to be a bear (about 50 cm in body length) entering a thicket. The subsequent whereabouts of the animal believed to be a bear are unknown.

Kitakata 字天満前, Fukushima

1 month ago
Kitakata 字長源段, Fukushima
News

On May 15 in Kitakata City, bears were sighted separately in the residential areas of Machinishi and Ougida in the early morning, and a bear was also seen crossing the playground of Matsuyama Elementary School around 07:30. The city set a box trap and captured one bear at about 18:30 the same day; no injuries or property damage have been reported.

Kitakata 字長源段, Fukushima

1 month ago
Kitakata 字町西, Fukushima
News

On the morning of May 15, 2026, multiple bear sightings were reported in Kitakata City. Around 08:00 a.m., a police officer on patrol spotted a single bear about 1 meter long in the grove east of Matsuyama Elementary School; the bear remained there and was later culled in the woods in the evening.

Kitakata 字町西, Fukushima

1 month ago
Kitakata 字町尻東, Fukushima
Official

While driving a vehicle, the witness saw a single bear (about 1.5 m in body length) crossing the road.

Kitakata 字町尻東, Fukushima

1 month ago
Kitakata 字長源段, Fukushima
Official

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

Kitakata 字長源段, Fukushima

1 month ago
Kitakata 字中島, Fukushima
News

At around 06:30 on April 9, 2026, a local woman spotted a single bear about 1 meter long walking west across a rice field in Takadota aza Murahigashi, Toyokawa-machi, Kitakata City. The bear's subsequent whereabouts are unknown and no injuries have been reported. Police are patrolling the area and warning residents to be cautious.

Kitakata 字中島, Fukushima

3 months ago

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