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Mount Iwate has been shaken by a severe black bear incident in Hachimantai at Tadagashira on May 7, 2026, when a woman was found unconscious in the mountain forest with injuries believed to be from claws, and searchers also found the body of a woman in her 60s who had gone out to pick wild plants. The same area in Hachimantai was already tied to a missing person report from the evening of May 6, 2026, making this the most serious recent bear related event in the area.

The most active places have been Hachimantai, Shizukuishi, Takizawa, and Morioka, with Hachimantai standing out through several recent mountain incidents and Shizukuishi seeing a road crossing near the Ippongi cherry tree area on April 25, 2026. Activity peaked in November 2025 with 18 reports and stayed high in October 2025 with 11, while the area has logged 55 black bear sightings overall.