Mt. Eboshi

At around 07:30 on November 7, 2025, a single bear about 1.5 meters long was found inside the first floor of the Namerikawa Onsen ryokan Fukushima-ya in Yonezawa, Yamagata. The inn's owning family of three were briefly trapped on the second floor but escaped via an emergency staircase; the bear was culled under an emergency shooting order by the city at around 11:50.

Namerikawa Onsen Fukushima-ya (Osawa, Yonezawa, Yamagata), Yamagata

8 months ago

November 3, 9:50 (米沢市大沢)

Yonezawa, Yamagata

8 months ago

Around 3:00 PM on October 26, in Kurayama area, Tsuyu Onsen Town, Fukushima City, the witness saw a bear about 1 m walking near a facility. The bear then left northwest from the sighting location.

Fukushima, Fukushima

8 months ago

Around 12:30 PM on October 26, in Tsuyu Onsen Town, Fukushima City, the witness saw a bear about 1 m walking near a facility. The bear then left northwest from the sighting location.

Fukushima, Fukushima

8 months ago

Fukushima, Fukushima

9 months ago

Around 9:35 AM on July 21, along the Bandai Azuma Skyline route near the Jodo-daira Visitor Center, a man in his 40s driving toward Fukushima City observed a bear about 1.5 m long walking southwest from the road about 100 m away; the bear walked toward the southwest (toward the Jodo-daira Visitor Center).

Fukushima, Fukushima

11 months ago

June 14 (Fri) 7:00 PM (Yonezawa City, Osawa).

Yonezawa, Yamagata

2 years ago