Minshuku Ebisuya

On Thursday, May 7 at around 6:30 p.m., in the Yabaki area, Takadota, Toyokawa Town, Kitakata City, near Ubadogawa, a witness (female in her 60s) was walking along the Ubadogawa when she spotted one bear (approximately 50 cm in body length) on the riverbank. She left the area immediately, so the bear’s subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Kitakata 豊川町高堂太, Fukushima

3개월 전

On May 3, 2026 at about 07:10, a roughly 1-meter-long bear was spotted on the riverbed in Nakano-me Ko, Miyoshi, Shiokawa-machi, Kitakata City. Later the same day at about 09:45, a roughly 70-cm bear, believed to be a cub, was seen in woodland in Torimiyama, Matsuyama-machi while a man was cleaning a drainage channel; no injuries were reported and police have urged residents to be cautious.

Kitakata 塩川町三吉, Fukushima

3개월 전

While driving a vehicle, the observer sighted one bear (about 1 m in body length) moving northward across the riverbed.

Kitakata 塩川町三吉, Fukushima

3개월 전

On Thursday, April 9 at around 6:30 a.m., in a rice field in Murahigashi, Takadota, Toyokawa-machi, Kitakata City, a witness (female in her 50s) observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) moving westward through the rice field while she was at home. The bear’s subsequent whereabouts are unknown.

Kitakata 豊川町高堂太, Fukushima

4개월 전

While at home, the observer sighted one bear (about 1 m in length) moving westward through the rice field on the south side of the residence.

Kitakata 豊川町高堂太, Fukushima

4개월 전

Kitakata 塩川町新井田谷地, Fukushima

9개월 전

Kitakata 関柴町上高額, Fukushima

10개월 전

Around 1:33 AM on October 11, on a road in Kitakata City, Koshakami area, a witness viewing live security camera footage observed a bear about 1.5 m moving south on the west side of the road. A police officer at the scene also observed another bear about 50 cm on the south side of a private residence. The two bears joined, but their whereabouts afterward are unknown.

Kitakata 関柴町上高額, Fukushima

10개월 전