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News Black Bear Iwakiri Elementary School (Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai), Miyagi Dec 22, 2025, 08:30 PM

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Description

Around 20:30 on December 22 a single bear was seen in the garden of a residence in Iwakiri 3-chome, Miyagino Ward, Sendai, and it was sighted again on the road in Iwakiri 1-chome in the early hours of December 23. Police, the city and hunters patrolled near Iwakiri Elementary School; footprints toward the Nanakitagawa River were found and no injuries have been reported.

Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

News

Date & Time

Monday, December 22, 2025 at 08:30 PM

Address

Iwakiri Elementary School (Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai), Miyagi

Coordinates

38.299797, 140.942513

Sources

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/46de87ca38e338cdef4aac2c3c... https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/38420a74c7083a46032222208d... https://article.auone.jp/detail/1/2/5/471_5_r_20251223_17664...

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Lorelei NeutralLisa Wischofskyhttps://www.figma.com/community/file/1198749693280469639https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Remix of „Lorelei Neutral” (https://www.figma.com/community/file/1198749693280469639) by „Lisa Wischofsky”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
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