Mountain Iwate

Iwakami Yama

岩神山

15 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 week ago

Location

Nearby Incidents

Official

A single juvenile bear was sighted within the premises of the workshop (Medaka-en).

Morioka Yanagawa, Iwate

1 week ago

Official

There are bear tracks at the experiential farm located on the south side of the elementary school.

Morioka, Iwate

2 months ago

News

At around 09:10 on the 11th, a passerby at the Nakatsugawa riverbed near Yamagishi 2-chome in Morioka City observed one bear cub leaving downstream. The police notified Morioka City Hall and are conducting patrols and public advisories in the area.

Nakatsugawa riverbed, Morioka, Iwate

3 months ago

News

Around 11:00 on March 8, near the 5th station of the Mount Iwakami trail in Kuzakai, Miyako City, a 69-year-old man from Morioka fell waist-deep into a snow hole and was bitten on the left calf by an adult bear inside the hole. The man escaped on his own, and with his female companion they drove the bear off using trekking poles; the companion was uninjured and the man sustained minor injuries (about two weeks to recover).

Mount Iwakami (Kuzakai, Miyako City), Iwate

3 months ago

News

On December 5, Morioka City carried out mowing on the Nakatsugawa riverbank in the city center to remove brush where bears could hide. Because bears have been appearing repeatedly near the urban area during winter, the city specially cleared the nationally managed riverbank.

Nakatsugawa riverbank (Morioka), Iwate

6 months ago

Official

Saw one bear near the house garage.

Morioka Yanagawa, Iwate

7 months ago

Official

An adult bear was sighted in a rice paddy east of Minamae Minami Junior High School. It moved eastward (toward the residential area).

Morioka Yanagawa, Iwate

7 months ago

Official

One bear was sighted in the lodging facility's parking lot. It ran off toward the southwest (toward the forested brush).

Morioka Yanagawa, Iwate

8 months ago

Official

A single juvenile bear was sighted within the premises of the workshop (Medaka-en).

Morioka Yanagawa, Iwate

1 week ago

Official

There are bear tracks at the experiential farm located on the south side of the elementary school.

Morioka, Iwate

2 months ago

News

At around 09:10 on the 11th, a passerby at the Nakatsugawa riverbed near Yamagishi 2-chome in Morioka City observed one bear cub leaving downstream. The police notified Morioka City Hall and are conducting patrols and public advisories in the area.

Nakatsugawa riverbed, Morioka, Iwate

3 months ago

News

Around 11:00 on March 8, near the 5th station of the Mount Iwakami trail in Kuzakai, Miyako City, a 69-year-old man from Morioka fell waist-deep into a snow hole and was bitten on the left calf by an adult bear inside the hole. The man escaped on his own, and with his female companion they drove the bear off using trekking poles; the companion was uninjured and the man sustained minor injuries (about two weeks to recover).

Mount Iwakami (Kuzakai, Miyako City), Iwate

3 months ago

News

On December 5, Morioka City carried out mowing on the Nakatsugawa riverbank in the city center to remove brush where bears could hide. Because bears have been appearing repeatedly near the urban area during winter, the city specially cleared the nationally managed riverbank.

Nakatsugawa riverbank (Morioka), Iwate

6 months ago

Official

Saw one bear near the house garage.

Morioka Yanagawa, Iwate

7 months ago

Official

An adult bear was sighted in a rice paddy east of Minamae Minami Junior High School. It moved eastward (toward the residential area).

Morioka Yanagawa, Iwate

7 months ago

Official

One bear was sighted in the lodging facility's parking lot. It ran off toward the southwest (toward the forested brush).

Morioka Yanagawa, Iwate

8 months ago

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