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559 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 6 days ago

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Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
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One adult bear (suspected) sighted

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

6 days ago
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
News

At around 05:45 on May 20, 2026, an adult bear was sighted near Enkoji temple in Sannocho, Morioka City, and a passerby called emergency services. According to local residents the bear moved from a parking lot near the temple toward Shiekamachi; sightings have continued in the area, prompting notifications to a school and the postponement of a planned road race.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

1 week ago
Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate
Official

I found large bear footprints.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

1 week ago
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
Official

Empty honey boxes and frames were disturbed; the place where frames are stored was ransacked.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

1 week ago
Official

One beehive box at the apiary beside the house was missing. Bear footprints and paw prints were found nearby.

Morioka Shimoyonai, Iwate

1 week ago
Morioka, Iwate
News

On the morning of May 14, 2026, an apparently adult bear was sighted on the grounds of Iwate University in Morioka. The university urged people to stay inside buildings and canceled all classes for the day.

Morioka, Iwate

1 week ago
Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate
Official

An adult bear was sighted in the woodland across from the house. It ran up the mountain.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

1 week ago
Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate
News

Bear sightings were reported in Morioka between the 13th and the morning of the 14th; around 05:30 a bear was seen near Iwate Junior/Senior High School in Nagatacho, and around 07:40 one was seen near a dormitory on Iwate University's Ueda campus. Police officers confirmed one adult bear on the university grounds but its subsequent whereabouts are unknown; Iwate University canceled the second-period classes and urged students to stay inside.

Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate

1 week ago

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