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Taka Oyama

高小山

94 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 1 month ago

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Nearby Incidents

Official

A single young bear was sighted, believed to have come down from the mountains.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

1 month ago
Official

A beehive box at the apiary beside the house was knocked over, and one frame was damaged.

Morioka Shimokuriyagawa, Iwate

1 month ago
Official

An adult bear was sighted near the garbage collection point.

Morioka Tsuchibuchi, Iwate

1 month ago
Official

One bear sighted in the hot spring facility parking lot

Morioka, Iwate

1 month ago
Morioka, Iwate
Official

An adult bear was behind the garbage collection point near the caller’s residence; it then ran off toward the forested area.

Morioka, Iwate

1 month ago
Morioka, Iwate
Official

The field plastic mulch was torn and there were footprints. The compost was disturbed.

Morioka, Iwate

1 month ago
Morioka Hirakashinden, Iwate
News

On May 1, 2026, sightings of a presumed adult bear were reported multiple times in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. The bear was seen at 10:50 near the FamilyMart Shibutami store in Shimoda, at 13:50 wandering on the road in Tsukigaoka 2-chome, and at 18:37 knocking over apple boxes in front of a shed in Mon/Suma; no human or property damage was reported.

Morioka Hirakashinden, Iwate

1 month ago
News

According to Morioka West Police, at around 13:50 on May 1, 2026, a passerby sighted one bear-like animal wandering near the municipal road east of Morioka Juvenile Prison at 15-1 Tsukigaoka 2-chome, Morioka City. The direction it went is unknown, and no human or property damage has been confirmed.

Morioka Hirakashinden, Iwate

1 month ago

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