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Mountain Yamagata

Ryuu Ke Gaku

竜ヶ岳

47 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 month ago

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Iide Naka, Yamagata
Official

An adult approximately 1.5 m in body length was sighted near houses and walked off toward the mountains. / Size: Adult

Iide Naka, Yamagata

1 month ago
Iide Hagyu, Yamagata
Official

Environment: around the house / Size: juvenile

Iide Hagyu, Yamagata

5 months ago
Iide Hagyu, Yamagata
Official

December 25, 1:00 PM (Iide Town, Hagyo)

Iide Hagyu, Yamagata

6 months ago
Iide Hagyu, Yamagata
Official

December 18, 1:50 PM (飯豊町萩生)

Iide Hagyu, Yamagata

6 months ago
News

On the morning of November 13, 2025, a single bear about 75 cm long was spotted in a persimmon tree on private property in Teraizumi, Nagai City, and about 200 meters later was seen again in another persimmon tree. Municipal staff and hunters responded, and at 07:10 an emergency shooting was authorized by the forestry official to cull the bear; there were no human injuries.

Teraizumi, Nagai City, Yamagata

7 months ago
News

At around 15:50 on November 12, 2025, a cub about 75 cm long was spotted by a resident in a persimmon tree on private property in Teraizumi, Nagai City, and remained there after sunset. The city, police, and the local hunters' association kept watch and searched; at about 07:10 on November 13 the cub was found in a field roughly 200 meters northwest of the sighting and was put down by emergency gunfire by members of the hunters' association.

Teraizumi, Nagai City, Yamagata

7 months ago
Official

November 8, 9:20 PM (Hirayama, Nagai City)

Nagai, Yamagata

7 months ago
Official

October 29 at 16:40 (飯豊町中)

Iide Naka, Yamagata

7 months ago

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