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One bear about 50 cm long was seen climbing a roadside embankment in Shimodama, Hagi, Yamaguchi.

Hagi Shimotama, Yamaguchi

Around 6:37 p.m. on July 14, 2026, one bear was sighted on the JR Sanin Main Line, near the midpoint between Iwami-Tsuda Station and Kamate Station.

Masuda Kibecho, Shimane

A bear was sighted in Kibe Town, Masuda City, around 6:37 PM on July 14.

Masuda Kibecho, Shimane

Hagi Tsubaki, Yamaguchi

Around 6:00 p.m. on July 12, 2026, one bear was near the Noji taxi stop in Shimotanecho, Masuda City.

Masuda Shimotanecho, Shimane

On July 11, 2026, at around 8:00 PM, one bear was seen crossing a road and moving into the mountains in Yunotsu-cho Yusato Nakamura, Ōda City.

Oda Yunotsucho-Yusato, Shimane

At around 6:20 PM on July 11, 2026, one young bear was observed approximately 200 meters along the road leading from the Masuda-Abu Line in Shirakami-cho, Masuda City, toward the national farmland development area.

Masuda Musocho, Shimane

Around 7:10 a.m. on July 11, 2026, an adult bear was sighted about 200 meters south of Okami Police Box in Okami, Misumi-cho, Hamada City.

Hamada Misumicho-Okami, Shimane

Around 7:10 a.m. on July 11, 2026, one adult bear was observed about 200 meters south of Okami police box in Okami, Misumi-cho, Hamada City.

Hamada Misumicho-Okami, Shimane

Around 7:14 p.m. on July 10, 2026, one bear was observed near the intersection of the Mochiishi Airport municipal road and the Ichihara-Mochiishi farm road in Takatsu-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Takatsucho, Shimane

Around 5:40 p.m. on July 10, 2026, one (bear) near Sakonmaiyama Shrine in Otsugocho, Masuda City.

Masuda Otokocho, Shimane

Around 17:40 on 2026-07-10, one bear was sighted in Otsukocho, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.

Masuda Otokocho, Shimane

Around 7:14 PM on 2026-07-10, one bear was sighted in Takatsu-cho, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.

Masuda Takatsucho, Shimane

Around 8:45 p.m. on July 9, 2026, one bear was (sighted) near the intersection of Prefectural Route 309 (Tosen-dotsu Tsuda Station Line) and the terminus of Municipal Nakatsuda East Line in Tsuda-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Tsudacho, Shimane

Around 9:00 p.m. on July 8, 2026, one bear was sighted approximately 600 meters from JR Kamate Station toward Okami Station in Nishi-Hirahara-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Nishihirabaracho, Shimane

Around 7:50 PM on July 8, 2026, one bear was on the left (north) bank of the Masuda River between Ose Bridge and Kukumo Bridge in Kusukumo-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Kukumocho, Shimane

Around 19:50 on 2026-07-08, a bear was sighted in Kukuomocho, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.

Masuda Kukumocho, Shimane

Around 11:25 a.m. on July 7, 2026, one bear was found along National Route 9 near the Nishinotani community center in Okami, Misumi-cho, Hamada City.

Hamada Misumicho-Okami, Shimane

Around 7:30 on July 6, a bear was sighted in Tsubakihigashinakanokura, Hagi City.

Hagi Chinto, Yamaguchi

Hagi Chinto, Yamaguchi

A woman in her 70s saw one bear in Chinto, Hagi City, while stepping out to take out the garbage.

Hagi Chinto, Yamaguchi

A bear was sighted in Misumi-cho Nishikawachi, Hamada City.

Hamada Misumicho-Saigouchi, Shimane

At around 8:10 a.m. on July 5, 2026, a young bear was seen along National Route 9 near the JA Funeral Center in Misumi, Misumi-cho, Hamada City.

Hamada Misumicho-Misumi, Shimane

On July 5, 2026, at approximately 10:40 a.m., one juvenile bear was [observed/located] on the road connecting the Harumidai settlement in Nishi-Kawachi, Misumi Town, Hamada City, to the Fukuura settlement.

Hamada Misumicho-Saigouchi, Shimane

Around 19:45 on 2026-07-04, one bear was sighted in Tonda-cho, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.

Masuda Todacho, Shimane

Around 7:45 PM on July 4, 2026, three bears were near Inosako Community Center in Enda-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Todacho, Shimane

Around 19:20 on 2026-07-04, a bear was sighted in Ōkusachō, Masuda City.

Masuda Okusacho, Shimane

About 7:20 p.m. on July 4, 2026, one bear was near Myokenji Temple in Okusa-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Otokocho, Shimane

Hagi Hijiwara, Yamaguchi

At approximately 5:30 a.m. on July 3, 2026, one bear was spotted about 200 meters west of the Matsubarashita bus stop in Shirakami-cho, Masuda City, at the foot of the mountain.

Masuda Shirakamicho, Shimane

Around 5:30 a.m. on July 3, a bear was sighted in Shirakami-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Shirakamicho, Shimane

At approximately 12:40 p.m. on June 30, 2026, one bear was observed about 1 kilometer northeast of the Masuda Regional Clean Center in Otani-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Tadacho, Shimane

Around 5:00 a.m. on June 30, 2026, two bears were sighted approximately 100 meters from the intersection of Okuda Street and Dojo Street in Yasutomi-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Yasudomicho, Shimane

Around 9:20 a.m. on June 29, 2026, one bear was (sighted) near the Kawashimo community center in Shimotane Town, Masuda City.

Masuda Shimotanecho, Shimane

At around 9:00 a.m. on June 29, 2026, one bear was [sighted/encountered] near the intersection of National Route 9 and the Okuda Kamisen city road in Yasutomi-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Yasudomicho, Shimane

At around 7:30 a.m. on June 29, 2026, an adult bear about 1 meter long was found on a prefectural road near the Gotsu Water Purification Plant in Matsukawa-cho, Gotsu City.

Gotsu Matsukawacho-Shimokawado, Shimane

Around 9:00 on June 29, a bear was sighted in Yasutomi Town, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.

Masuda Yasudomicho, Shimane

Around 7:15 p.m. on June 28, 2026, one juvenile bear was observed on the Nishi-Iwami Regional Farm Road near the Masuda District Wide-area Clean Center in Tada Town, Masuda City.

Masuda Tadacho, Shimane

Around 6:00 p.m. on June 28, 2026, one bear was sighted near the Karitō embankment at the intersection of the Karitō Line city road and the Sakoda-Karitō Line city road in Kiami-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Shirakamicho, Shimane

About 6:00 p.m. on June 28, 2026, one bear was sighted near the Kanchō embankment, at the intersection of the municipal roads Kanchō Line and Sakoda-Kanchō Line in Kiaimi Town, Masuda City.

Masuda Kiamicho, Shimane

A local train from Masuda to Hamada collided with a bear and stopped in Kibe-cho, Masuda City, on the San'in Line between Kammate and Iwami-Tsuda stations.

Masuda Kibecho, Shimane

At approximately 7:50 a.m. on June 28, 2026, a local JR Sanin Line train collided with a bear between Kamate and Iwami-Tsuda stations in Kibecho, Masuda City, and came to a stop.

Masuda Tsudacho, Shimane

Around 2:50 p.m. on June 26, 2026, one young bear was reported approximately 150 meters south of Fukuura Community Hall in Nishikawachi, Misumi-cho, Hamada City.

Hamada Misumicho-Saigouchi, Shimane

On 2026-06-26 in Nishihirabara-cho, Masuda City, Shimane, a bear was sighted in the morning.

Masuda Nishihirabaracho, Shimane

Around 8:45 a.m. on June 26, 2026, near the Nishihirabara Tunnel on the San'in Expressway Misumi–Masuda Road in Nishihirabaracho, one bear was [reported/seen].

Masuda Nishihirabaracho, Shimane

A bear was sighted in Nishikawachi, Misumi-cho, Hamada City.

Hamada Misumicho-Saigouchi, Shimane

Around 11:20 on June 26, 2026, one young bear was on National Route 9 near the JA Funeral Center in Ono hamlet, Misumi, Misumi-cho, Hamada City.

Hamada Misumicho-Misumi, Shimane

Around 7:30 p.m. on June 25, 2026, near the intersection of the Prefectural Route Tanemitsuzumi Line and the Municipal Kibe-Tane Line in Shimoina Town, one bear...

Masuda Shimotanecho, Shimane

Around 3:45 p.m. on June 24, 2026, one bear was near the Asakura-side entrance of the Sasakura Tunnel in Mito Town, Masuda City.

Masuda Kukumocho, Shimane

Hagi Akiragi, Yamaguchi

Around 7:20 PM on June 22, 2026, at Todakakimoto Shrine in Toda Town, Masuda City, one adult bear and three cubs.

Masuda Todacho, Shimane

Around 8:00 a.m. on June 22, 2026, one (bear) was on the road about 100 meters from Nakanishi Junior High School in Shirakami-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Shirakamicho, Shimane

Around 5:15 a.m. on June 22, 2026, one bear was near the San'in Road Nishihirahara Tunnel area in Nishihirahara-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Tsuchidacho, Shimane

Around 7:00 p.m. on June 19, 2026, a single bear approximately 50 cm in body length was crossing from the north to the south at the Asayama Interchange entrance intersection on National Route 9 in Asakura, Asayama-cho, Ōda City.

Oda Asayamacho-Asakura, Shimane

On June 19, 2026, at around 2:20 p.m., a young bear was seen leaving the road near the Misumi IC intersection on National Route 9, in the Morimizogami (Morizoegami) settlement of Misumi, Misumi Town, Hamada City, heading toward the Ishida River.

Hamada Misumicho-Saigouchi, Shimane

Around 1:00 PM on June 19, 2026, one bear was near Myokenji Temple.

Masuda Otokocho, Shimane

At around 7:00 a.m. on June 19, 2026, one bear was [encountered] at an agricultural pumping facility (First Lift Pump Station) in Iida Town, Masuda City.

Masuda Iidacho, Shimane

At around 6:15 a.m. on June 19, 2026, a single cub about 50–60 cm long was found on a prefectural road near the San’in Expressway Gotsu-nishi Interchange in Ninomiya Town.

Gotsu Uyagawacho, Shimane

About 9:15 p.m. on June 18, 2026, one bear about 30 cm in body length was found on a residential lot in Hane-nishi, Kute-cho, Ōda City.

Oda Kutecho-Hanenishi, Shimane

Around 5:30 p.m. on June 18, 2026, one bear was observed near a grape greenhouse in Shirakami-cho, Masuda City.

Masuda Shirakamicho, Shimane