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57 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 6 days ago

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Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
News

A bear was sighted in Tsuboyo Minamihama, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima, around 09:30 on July 6.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

6 days ago
Official

On Monday, June 22, at approximately 11:49 a.m., on the JR Ban'etsu West Line right-of-way within Goto, Sekito, Inawashiro Town, a train driver operating a train toward Aizuwakamatsu City collided with one bear (length unknown) that entered the right-of-way from the right. No injuries reported.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

2 weeks ago
Inawashiro 大字関都, Fukushima
Official

On June 21 (Sunday) at approximately 6:10 PM, near the 95.6-kilometer post on the outbound (Niigata-bound) lanes of the Ban-etsu Expressway in Mochida, Kawageta, Inawashiro Town, a driver in his 40s observed a bear approximately 1 meter in body length on the south side of the road while traveling on the Ban-etsu Expressway outbound (toward Niigata). The bear’s movements after being sighted are unknown.

Inawashiro 大字関都, Fukushima

2 weeks ago
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
Official

On Sunday, June 21 at around 3:30 p.m., on the Banetsu West Line within Maeda, Sekito, Inawashiro Town, a train driver, while operating a train headed toward Aizuwakamatsu City, sighted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) on the track area. The bear then left into the woods on the west side.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

2 weeks ago
News

Around 15:30 on 2026-06-21 in Sekito Maeda, Inawashiro Town, a JR Ban'etsu West Line train driver saw one bear about 0.5 m long inside the track area while operating the train.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

3 weeks ago
Inawashiro 大字関都, Fukushima
Official

On Tuesday, June 16, at approximately 6:06 p.m., near the 94.4-kilometer post on the downhill (eastbound) lanes of the Ban-etsu Expressway in Sekito, Inawashiro Town, a vehicle driver (male, in his 50s) traveling on the expressway toward Inawashiro spotted a bear crossing the highway from west to east. The bear, about 1 meter in body length, left the highway and went into the forested area on the east side of the expressway.

Inawashiro 大字関都, Fukushima

3 weeks ago
Inawashiro 大字関都, Fukushima
Official

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road.

Inawashiro 大字関都, Fukushima

3 weeks ago
Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima
Official

On Friday, June 12, at around 8:00 a.m., a witness spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the trees of a mulberry tree in a grove within a stand of mixed woods in Maehama, Tsuboyō, Inawashiro Town, to the west of the witness's residence.

Inawashiro 大字金田, Fukushima

1 month ago

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