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Atami Baien has been seeing bears close to the roads and hills around town, and the most recent sharp reminder came on January 8, 2026, when a black bear was reported on a prefectural road in Atami City; on that same day, one male Asiatic black bear was captured within the city. Just a day earlier, January 7, 2026, another suspected black bear was sighted on a mountain road near the Izu Skyline in Atami City, which shows how close these animals have been coming to traveled routes.

The heaviest pressure has been around Atami City, with more activity also turning up in Kannami and Hakone, and the pace has been strongest in January 2026, when the area saw 7 incidents, compared with 3 in December 2025 and 1 each in February 2026 and March 2026. Across the whole record, Atami Baien has logged 39 black bear sightings, and the pattern suggests the mountains and road edges around Atami remain the main stage for these encounters.