Mountain Fukushima

Arizuka Yama

蟻塚山

58 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 month ago

Location

Nearby Incidents

Official

While walking along the river, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 0.5 m in body length) on the riverbank.

Kitakata 関柴町平林, Fukushima

1 month ago

News

Around 18:30 on the 7th, a woman spotted one bear (about 50 cm long) on the riverbank along Ubadogawa in Takado-ta, Yabaku, Kitakata City, Fukushima Prefecture. No damage has been confirmed in the area; police are patrolling by patrol car and coordinating with Kitakata City Hall.

Kitashiobara 大字下吉, Fukushima

1 month ago

News

On May 3, 2026 at about 07:10, a roughly 1-meter-long bear was spotted on the riverbed in Nakano-me Ko, Miyoshi, Shiokawa-machi, Kitakata City. Later the same day at about 09:45, a roughly 70-cm bear, believed to be a cub, was seen in woodland in Torimiyama, Matsuyama-machi while a man was cleaning a drainage channel; no injuries were reported and police have urged residents to be cautious.

Kitakata 塩川町三吉, Fukushima

1 month ago

Official

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) moving northward across the riverbed.

Kitakata 塩川町三吉, Fukushima

1 month ago

Kitayama Aza Kaminodai — on the grounds of Kitashiobara First Junior High School (north-side slope), Fukushima

News

On March 26, around 23:07, a single bear about 0.5 m long was sighted climbing a slope on the grounds (north side) of Kitashiobara First Junior High School in Kitayama, Kitashiobara Village. The bear ran off afterwards and no damage has been confirmed; police are patrolling the area and urging residents to be cautious.

Kitayama Aza Kaminodai — on the grounds of Kitashiobara First Junior High School (north-side slope), Fukushima

2 months ago

News

At around 23:07 on March 26, 2026, a single bear approximately 0.5 m long was sighted climbing a slope inside the grounds of Kita Shiobara No.1 Junior High School in Kitashiobara Village, Fukushima Prefecture.

Kitashiobara 大字北山, Fukushima

2 months ago

Official

On Thursday, March 26 at approximately 11:07 a.m., on the premises of Kitashiobara Village First Junior High School (2850 Kamino-dai, Kitayama, Kitaashiobara Village), a witness in a vehicle observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) climbing the slope on the north side of the grounds. The bear then ran away. No human injuries or property damage have been confirmed.

Kitashiobara 大字北山, Fukushima

2 months ago

Official

While aboard a vehicle, observed a bear (about 0.5 m in body length) climbing up the slope on the north side of the premises.

Kitashiobara 大字下吉, Fukushima

2 months ago

Official

While walking along the river, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 0.5 m in body length) on the riverbank.

Kitakata 関柴町平林, Fukushima

1 month ago

News

Around 18:30 on the 7th, a woman spotted one bear (about 50 cm long) on the riverbank along Ubadogawa in Takado-ta, Yabaku, Kitakata City, Fukushima Prefecture. No damage has been confirmed in the area; police are patrolling by patrol car and coordinating with Kitakata City Hall.

Kitashiobara 大字下吉, Fukushima

1 month ago

News

On May 3, 2026 at about 07:10, a roughly 1-meter-long bear was spotted on the riverbed in Nakano-me Ko, Miyoshi, Shiokawa-machi, Kitakata City. Later the same day at about 09:45, a roughly 70-cm bear, believed to be a cub, was seen in woodland in Torimiyama, Matsuyama-machi while a man was cleaning a drainage channel; no injuries were reported and police have urged residents to be cautious.

Kitakata 塩川町三吉, Fukushima

1 month ago

Official

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) moving northward across the riverbed.

Kitakata 塩川町三吉, Fukushima

1 month ago

News

On March 26, around 23:07, a single bear about 0.5 m long was sighted climbing a slope on the grounds (north side) of Kitashiobara First Junior High School in Kitayama, Kitashiobara Village. The bear ran off afterwards and no damage has been confirmed; police are patrolling the area and urging residents to be cautious.

Kitayama Aza Kaminodai — on the grounds of Kitashiobara First Junior High School (north-side slope), Fukushima

2 months ago

News

At around 23:07 on March 26, 2026, a single bear approximately 0.5 m long was sighted climbing a slope inside the grounds of Kita Shiobara No.1 Junior High School in Kitashiobara Village, Fukushima Prefecture.

Kitashiobara 大字北山, Fukushima

2 months ago

Official

On Thursday, March 26 at approximately 11:07 a.m., on the premises of Kitashiobara Village First Junior High School (2850 Kamino-dai, Kitayama, Kitaashiobara Village), a witness in a vehicle observed one bear (about 50 cm in body length) climbing the slope on the north side of the grounds. The bear then ran away. No human injuries or property damage have been confirmed.

Kitashiobara 大字北山, Fukushima

2 months ago

Official

While aboard a vehicle, observed a bear (about 0.5 m in body length) climbing up the slope on the north side of the premises.

Kitashiobara 大字下吉, Fukushima

2 months ago

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