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Kaiyou Kan

海洋館

11 bear incidents recorded · Last sighted 2 months ago

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Gotsu Hashicho, Shimane
Official

Around 4:50 p.m. on April 5, 2026, near JR San'in Line Namako Station, a train driver sighted one bear cub about 60 cm in body length crossing the tracks.

Gotsu Hashicho, Shimane

2 months ago
Gotsu Hashicho, Shimane
News

At about 16:50 on April 5, near JR San'in Line Hasako Station, the driver of a stopped Super Oki limited express spotted a juvenile bear about 60 cm long crossing the tracks from the seaside to the mountainside. There was no contact with the train and no impact on operations; the city issued warnings via disaster mail and radio.

Gotsu Hashicho, Shimane

2 months ago
Official

Around 6:25 AM on 2025-10-22, a bear about 1 meter long crossed National Route 9 about 300 meters west of Echitsu City Kawawa? Elementary School.

Gotsu Hashicho, Shimane

8 months ago
Official

Around 9:25 a.m. on September 15, 2025, one bear about 1 meter long in the woods near the Eco Clean Center in Namiko-cho.

Gotsu Hashicho, Shimane

9 months ago
Official

September 29, 2024, around 11:25 AM on a municipal road in Kamifu-cho, Hamada City: one adult bear and two cubs.

Hamada Kushirocho, Shimane

1 year ago
Official

Sept 28, 2024, around 11:00 a.m., two bears of unknown size near the entrance to Shimane Prefectural Iwami Seaside Park in Namiko-cho, Gotsu City.

Gotsu Hashicho, Shimane

1 year ago
Official

2024-09-21 around 1:40 PM, in Hamada City Kuji-cho near the east side of Shimane Prefectural Iwami Kaigan Park Park Reservation Center ground: one adult and two cubs.

Hamada Kokubucho, Shimane

1 year ago
Official

Around 2:50 PM, August 28, 2024, in the woods near Shimane Iwami Sea Park (Iwami Kaigan Park) in Kokubucho, Hamada City, one animal about 1 m long sighted. Prefecture, city, and Hamada Police patrolling the area.

Hamada Kushirocho, Shimane

1 year ago

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