Mountain Iwate

Matsubara Yama

松原山

6 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 2 months ago

Location

Nearby Incidents

News

On the morning of April 21, 2026, in a stream area of Shiwa Town, Iwate Prefecture, a male police officer searching for a missing person with hunting association members was attacked by a bear and was taken to hospital with bites to his face and arms. The bear that was killed was near the scene where the body of a missing woman was found; her body had multiple wounds and is believed to have been attacked by a bear.

Shiwa 日詰, Iwate

2 months ago

News

At around 05:40 on November 8, 2025, a passerby spotted one adult bear near 20-2 Hizume Higashiura in Shiwa Town. No harm to people or damage to property was reported.

Hizume Higashiura, Shiwa Town, Iwate Prefecture, Iwate

8 months ago

Official

Attacked by a bear while working in the garden behind the house.

Shiwa 北田, Iwate

3 years ago

Official

A woman foraging for wild plants was attacked by a bear, sustaining minor head injuries.

Shiwa 山屋, Iwate

5 years ago

Official

Upon inspecting a trap placed in the peach orchard at home, a cub had been captured and was attacked by a nearby mother bear.

Shiwa 山屋, Iwate

7 years ago

Official

About 5:30 a.m., a couple walking in the woods were charged by a mother with cubs, sustaining minor injuries to head, ears, and hip.

Shiwa 遠山, Iwate

11 years ago

News

On the morning of April 21, 2026, in a stream area of Shiwa Town, Iwate Prefecture, a male police officer searching for a missing person with hunting association members was attacked by a bear and was taken to hospital with bites to his face and arms. The bear that was killed was near the scene where the body of a missing woman was found; her body had multiple wounds and is believed to have been attacked by a bear.

Shiwa 日詰, Iwate

2 months ago

News

At around 05:40 on November 8, 2025, a passerby spotted one adult bear near 20-2 Hizume Higashiura in Shiwa Town. No harm to people or damage to property was reported.

Hizume Higashiura, Shiwa Town, Iwate Prefecture, Iwate

8 months ago

Official

Attacked by a bear while working in the garden behind the house.

Shiwa 北田, Iwate

3 years ago

Official

A woman foraging for wild plants was attacked by a bear, sustaining minor head injuries.

Shiwa 山屋, Iwate

5 years ago

Official

Upon inspecting a trap placed in the peach orchard at home, a cub had been captured and was attacked by a nearby mother bear.

Shiwa 山屋, Iwate

7 years ago

Official

About 5:30 a.m., a couple walking in the woods were charged by a mother with cubs, sustaining minor injuries to head, ears, and hip.

Shiwa 遠山, Iwate

11 years ago

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