Mountain Aomori

Ya Sha Yama

矢捨山

64 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 3 weeks ago

Location

Nearby Incidents

Official

I was driving from Ōwani toward Karatake when a bear ran from the right and crossed to the left.

Owani Komaki, Aomori

3 weeks ago

Official

Ran off into the woods. [Broadcast from Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Karatake, Aomori

1 month ago

Official

No information

Hirakawa Osaki, Aomori

1 month ago

News

On the afternoon of May 9, 2026, a bear was repeatedly sighted in rice fields near Hirakawa City's Osaki-Kidoguchi area and near Hiraga Higashi Elementary School. The municipality authorized an emergency gun hunt, and at around 18:30 hunters killed one adult male Asian black bear (about 1.5 m long, approximately 80 kg). No injuries were reported.

Hirakawa Osaki, Aomori

1 month ago

Official

No information

Hirakawa Osaki, Aomori

1 month ago

Official

No information

Hirakawa Osaki, Aomori

1 month ago

Official

No information

Hirakawa Hirofune, Aomori

1 month ago

News

Around 1:00 p.m. on November 15, 2025, a single bear about 1 meter in length was sighted near a residence in the Nagamine district of Owani Town (Owani).

Nagamine district, Owani Town, Aomori

7 months ago

Official

I was driving from Ōwani toward Karatake when a bear ran from the right and crossed to the left.

Owani Komaki, Aomori

3 weeks ago

Official

Ran off into the woods. [Broadcast from Hirakawa City]

Hirakawa Karatake, Aomori

1 month ago

Official

No information

Hirakawa Osaki, Aomori

1 month ago

News

On the afternoon of May 9, 2026, a bear was repeatedly sighted in rice fields near Hirakawa City's Osaki-Kidoguchi area and near Hiraga Higashi Elementary School. The municipality authorized an emergency gun hunt, and at around 18:30 hunters killed one adult male Asian black bear (about 1.5 m long, approximately 80 kg). No injuries were reported.

Hirakawa Osaki, Aomori

1 month ago

Official

No information

Hirakawa Osaki, Aomori

1 month ago

Official

No information

Hirakawa Osaki, Aomori

1 month ago

Official

No information

Hirakawa Hirofune, Aomori

1 month ago

News

Around 1:00 p.m. on November 15, 2025, a single bear about 1 meter in length was sighted near a residence in the Nagamine district of Owani Town (Owani).

Nagamine district, Owani Town, Aomori

7 months ago

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