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Nasushiobara 塩野崎, Tochigi

A bear was sighted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara Murozawa, Fukushima City.

Fukushima, Fukushima

Nasushiobara 春日町, Tochigi

One bear, about 1 m long, was seen crossing National Route 115 in Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi, Fukushima City.

Fukushima, Fukushima

One bear was in a forested area in Babadaira, Nihonmatsu City.

Nihonmatsu 馬場平, Fukushima

Around 9:00 on July 4, a bear was sighted moving in Dakeonsen 4-chome, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima.

Nihonmatsu 岳東町, Fukushima

On Monday, June 29 at approximately 5:30 a.m., in the forested area of Futaishi Nakayama in Shirakawa City, a man in his 40s driving a vehicle sighted one bear (about 1 meter in length).

Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima

One bear was seen in a forest area in Futaishi Nakayama, Shirakawa City.

Shirakawa 南池下, Fukushima

On June 28 at approximately 4:15 p.m., in the Tsuchiyu Onsen area of Fukushima City on National Route 115, a witness (female in her 50s) observed a single bear (about 1 meter in body length) while passing by in a vehicle.

Fukushima, Fukushima

At around 11:10 a.m. on June 28, in the Mizubayashi natural forest area, Arai, Fukushima City, a witness (male in his 70s) spotted one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) while walking.

Fukushima Arai, Fukushima

At around 9:30 a.m. on June 28, a witness (male in his 40s) observed a bear (approximately 1 meter in length) crossing the road on National Route 115 in the Tsuchiyu Onsen area of Fukushima City.

Fukushima, Fukushima

At approximately 9:10 a.m. on June 28, in the Arakawa riverbed area of Arai, Kawashida, Fukushima City, a witness (female in her 50s) observed one bear (about 1 meter in length) walking upstream along the Arakawa riverbed while she was driving.

Fukushima Arai, Fukushima

A bear about 1 meter long was sighted on National Route 115 in Tsuchiyuonsenmachi, Fukushima City, around 9:30 a.m.

Fukushima, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 25 at approximately 7:20 p.m., in the Arai area, Yokotsuka, Fukushima City, a witness (female, in her 50s) sighted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length). The bear headed north into the brush and its whereabouts are unknown.

Fukushima Arai, Fukushima

Around 16:30, one bear (1 m) was spotted in Matsukawa-machi Mizuhara, Fukushima City.

Fukushima Matsukawamachi-Mizuhara, Fukushima

On Thursday, June 25 at about 5:30 a.m., in a forested area of Oyama Osarakubo, Otama Village, a witness (male in his 70s) observed one bear (approximately 1 meter in body length) walking along the woodland near nearby houses. The bear then left into the forest.

Otama, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 6:40 p.m., in the Koyama area of Iwane, Motomiya City, a nearby resident spotted two bears walking through a field (one about 1 m in length, the other about 50 cm). The bears subsequently left on foot toward the forested area to the north.

Motomiya 岩根, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 10:30 a.m., on the Heiwa Line main farm road in Ōzaka, Ōtama Village (Ōyama, Ōsarakkubo area), a witness (male in his 60s) driving a vehicle observed a single bear (about 50 cm in body length) sitting in the woodland adjacent to the road. The bear then ran off east into the forested area.

Otama, Fukushima

One bear was seen crossing a prefectural road in Kinonezaka, Nihonmatsu City.

Nihonmatsu 木ノ根坂, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24 at about 9:30 a.m., on the prefectural road within Kinonezaka in Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 40s) driving a vehicle observed a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the prefectural road from south to north. The bear then ran into the woodland on the north side of the road.

Nihonmatsu 木ノ根坂, Fukushima

Feces thought to be from a bear were found on a riverbed in Fukutamiya-no-mae, Sukagawa City, and confirmed as bear feces.

Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima

On Wednesday, June 24 at approximately 8:20 a.m., a man in his 40s, the discoverer, found what appeared to be bear droppings on the riverbed in the Miyamae area of Fukuroda, Sukagawa City. When staff from Sukagawa City Hall inspected the site, they confirmed the droppings were from a bear.

Sukagawa 袋田, Fukushima

On Saturday, June 20 at approximately 8:15 a.m., a single bear (about 1 m in body length) was sighted crossing the road on National Route 459 in Minamisawa, Suibara, Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City.

Fukushima, Fukushima

Around 4:00 PM on June 19, one bear about 1 meter long was sighted on a road in Oharanishi 1-chome, Nasushiobara City.

Nasushiobara 大原間, Tochigi

On Friday, June 19 at around 9:00 a.m., in the Odagawa Ushishimizu area of Shirakawa City, while driving through a mountain forest, a man in his 50s sighted one animal believed to be a bear (approximately 1 m in body length) in the mountain forest.

Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima

In Shirakawa City Odagawa Ushimizu, around 09:00, one bear-like animal measuring 1 m was in a forest.

Shirakawa 豊地, Fukushima

Nasushiobara 前弥六南町, Tochigi

On Thursday, June 18 at approximately 5:50 a.m., on National Route 459 in the Kinonesaka area of Nihonmatsu City, a witness (male in his 30s) driving a vehicle observed one bear (about 1 m in length) cross the road from north to south and then enter the forest.

Nihonmatsu 木ノ根坂, Fukushima

One bear (about 1 m long) crossed a national road and entered the forest in Kinonesaka, Nihonmatsu City.

Nihonmatsu 木ノ根坂, Fukushima