พิพิธภัณฑ์ศิลปะประจำจังหวัดฟูกูชิมะ เหตุการณ์หมีดำ

Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art is close to a stretch of country where a black bear was seen at about 06:10 on May 16, 2026 in Omori Nishiomote, Fukushima City, when a man walking there spotted a bear about 1.5 meters long. The bear went back into the mountains, and no one was hurt.

The busiest ground is around Fukushima City, with repeated reports from Matsukawa machi, Iizaka machi, Sahara, Takenomori, Machinawabazaka, and Shinobuyama, while Nihonmatsu City has also seen activity in Shibukawa Kubo. Reports surge in October with 216 incidents and stay very heavy in November with 213, then ease through December with 56, January with 4, February with 6, March with 14, and April with 21.

This area has recorded 1,215 black bear sightings overall, so the signs of bear movement here are not occasional strays but a steady presence across the landscape. Recent sightings have mostly come from roads, fields, and the edges of forest, showing that the bears are still moving through places people use every day.