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182 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 week ago

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Hirosaki, Aomori
Community

Crossing the road from within the parking lot

Hirosaki, Aomori

1 week ago
News

Around 13:45 on April 22, 2026, near Taga Shrine on the mountain path in Sotoyama, Sakuraba, Hirosaki City, someone heard a sound like a bear and sighted a black hairy object. There were no injuries, and the city is conducting patrols and issuing warnings around the site.

Hirosaki, Aomori

1 month ago
News

Hirosaki City announced that around noon on the 23rd a single bear was spotted near Kuniyoshi Park in Kuniyoshi-muramoto.

Near Kuniyoshi Park (Kuniyoshi-muramoto), Hirosaki, Aomori

5 months ago
Hirosaki 大字国吉, Aomori
Official

One bear sighted

Hirosaki 大字国吉, Aomori

5 months ago
News

Around 10:30 AM on December 19, 2025, one bear was sighted near Naruse in Sakuraba, Hirosaki, about 100 meters from Higashimeya Junior High School. No damage was reported and the bear was observed heading east.

Higashimeya Junior High School, Aomori

5 months ago
Official

One bear sighting.

Hirosaki 大字桜庭, Aomori

5 months ago
Nishimeya Village, Aomori, Aomori
News

In Nishimeya Village a roughly 50-cm bear cub was recorded by the municipal surveillance camera colliding with an automatic door. The village uses meat from Asian black bears captured and culled in box traps at its roadside station and local restaurants.

Nishimeya Village, Aomori, Aomori

6 months ago
Nishimeya Village Office, Aomori
News

In Nishimeya Village, Aomori Prefecture, a fair was held selling meat from bears captured in box traps. Although there were no human injuries, a bear cub entered the village office, and the capture total reached 74 as of November 21, 2025, a record high.

Nishimeya Village Office, Aomori

6 months ago

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