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Ryusendo Cave has recently seen black bears in Iwaizumi town center and near Iwaizumi Elementary School, where two bears believed to be a parent and cub stayed in a persimmon tree for long stretches on November 17 and November 18, 2025. The most striking case came on November 18, 2025, when the pair remained in a residential persimmon tree near the town center long enough for the prefectural police bear response team to be deployed.

Most of the activity in this area is tied to Iwaizumi, including the residential streets around the town center, school grounds, and nearby houses, with a smaller number of encounters also recorded in Tanohata Magisawa and Iwaizumi Kamiugei. The season has been busiest in November 2025, which saw 6 reports, and the area has logged 23 black bear sightings overall.