Inomata Iin

On May 15 a single bear about 1 meter long was repeatedly sighted in a residential area and near Matsuyama Elementary School in Kitakata City. The city set box traps and the bear was captured/put down after entering a trap around 18:30 that day. No injuries or property damage were reported; the elementary school postponed its sports day.

Kitakata 松山町村松, Fukushima

1주 전

On May 15 in Kitakata City, bears were sighted separately in the residential areas of Machinishi and Ougida in the early morning, and a bear was also seen crossing the playground of Matsuyama Elementary School around 07:30. The city set a box trap and captured one bear at about 18:30 the same day; no injuries or property damage have been reported.

Kitakata 字長源段, Fukushima

1주 전

On the morning of May 15, 2026, multiple bear sightings were reported in Kitakata City. Around 08:00 a.m., a police officer on patrol spotted a single bear about 1 meter long in the grove east of Matsuyama Elementary School; the bear remained there and was later culled in the woods in the evening.

Kitakata 字町西, Fukushima

1주 전

On May 15, 2026, a single bear about 1 meter long was sighted from around 05:00 near Matsuyama Elementary School in Matsuyama-cho, Kitakata. The bear was captured in a box trap set by the city at about 18:30; no injuries or property damage were reported.

Kitakata 岩月町喜多方, Fukushima

1주 전

At around 06:30 on April 9, 2026, a local woman spotted a single bear about 1 meter long walking west across a rice field in Takadota aza Murahigashi, Toyokawa-machi, Kitakata City. The bear's subsequent whereabouts are unknown and no injuries have been reported. Police are patrolling the area and warning residents to be cautious.

Kitakata 字中島, Fukushima

1개월 전

Shortly after 16:00 on the 4th, a woman working outdoors in Iwatsuki-machi, Kitakata City, Fukushima, spotted a single bear about 1 meter long moving through a rice field west of her home. No damage has been confirmed, and police are patrolling the area, providing information to Kitakata City and urging residents to be cautious.

Iwatsuki-machi, Kitakata City, Fukushima, Fukushima

5개월 전

Kitakata 東桜ガ丘二丁目, Fukushima

6개월 전

At around 20:40 on November 16, a single bear about 0.5 m long was sighted in a vacant lot south of Sakuragaoka Park in Kitakata. The following morning at 06:50 on November 17, a bear of similar size was also seen on Route 459 (Kitakata, Yamatocho Kohata Kitamukai), and no injuries or property damage were reported; the bear later entered the forest.

Sakuragaoka, Kitakata City, Fukushima

6개월 전