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On 2026-06-04, two bears were confirmed together on a prefectural road in Tsuboyanagi, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 大字壺楊, Fukushima

Around 7:15 AM on June 4, a bear was sighted in Tsuboyohikoshita, Inawashiro Town.

Inawashiro 大字関都, Fukushima

In Arai, Minato-machi, Aizuwakamatsu City, one bear about 50 cm long was seen walking in the bushes around 9:30 AM on May 31.

Aizuwakamatsu Minatomachi-Akai, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Takadama Futawatashi, Atami-machi, Koriyama City.

Koriyama, Fukushima

Around 4:18 PM on 2026-05-25, a bear was sighted in Takadama Futate, Atami-machi, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture.

Koriyama, Fukushima

Around 6:40 AM on May 25, a bear was sighted in Iwahara, Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture.

Inawashiro 字城南, Fukushima

One bear was seen crossing a city road in Futabishin-den, Shirakawa City, around 19:30.

Shirakawa 双石, Fukushima

A bear was sighted in Tanakadonai, Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, around 20:28 on May 22.

Sukagawa 市野関, Fukushima

Around 6:25 AM on May 22, a bear was sighted in Ouse-machi Kawauchi-Higashinagura, Koriyama City.

Koriyama, Fukushima

Around 5:00 PM on May 20, a bear was sighted in Sarashina Tohei, Bandai Town, Fukushima.

Bandai, Fukushima

Around 07:30 on the 17th, a man in a car reported to police that he saw a bear crossing the road near the west entrance of Ouse Park in Ouse-machi, Koriyama. According to the police the bear, about 1 meter long, crossed the prefectural road and entered the forest in the park; the park had been closed after another sighting on the afternoon of the 16th and staff are patrolling and using firecrackers as countermeasures.

Koriyama, Fukushima

At around 07:30 on May 17, 2026, a man in a car spotted one bear crossing the road and entering the forest near the entrance of Ouse Park in Ouse-cho, Koriyama City, and reported it to the police. Ouse Park has been closed since the 16th after staff found a bear inside the park, and the animal seen this time is believed to be the same one based on its size.

Koriyama, Fukushima

Following a bear sighting, Ouse Park in Koriyama City was closed from the evening of May 16. After safety was confirmed, the park reopened at 13:00 on May 18; Fukushima Prefecture conducted patrols and used firecrackers in the park on May 17 and 18 as countermeasures.

Koriyama 逢瀬町河内, Fukushima

Crossed National Route 49 from the recreation park side and entered the brush on the north side.

Inawashiro 大字翁沢, Fukushima

At around 16:15 on May 15, 2026, a woman spotted one bear about 0.5 meters long at the Japanese garden Shiki-no-Sato Ryokusui-en in Iwane Kawara, Motomiya City. The bear stayed on the premises briefly but then left toward the adjacent Iokawa River, and the city placed box traps in the nearby woods along the river.

Motomiya 岩根, Fukushima

On May 15 in the Atami Elementary area of Atami-machi, Koriyama City, there were two bear sightings. Around 07:00 a bear about 0.5 m long was seen running from a field into the forest in Takadama Asozawa, and at 09:15 another bear about 1 m long was seen crossing the JR Ban'etsu West Line tracks in Takadama Hirabayashi. The Koriyama North Police are on alert.

Koriyama, Fukushima

At about 18:45 on May 13, 2026, a single bear approximately 1 meter long was seen in Iwane Aza Nakamaeda, Motomiya City, running toward the forest and running away.

Motomiya 岩根, Fukushima

Around 11:55 on May 12, a man in Shirakawa City's Fujisawa mountain area witnessed an animal believed to be a bear about 1.5 meters long crossing a municipal road and entering the forest. No human injuries have been reported, and the police have urged caution.

Shirakawa 藤沢窪, Fukushima

At around 06:50 on May 12, in the area of the Ban-etsu Expressway (downward 75.6 km post) in Iwane, Motomiya City, Fukushima Prefecture, a man in his 60s witnessed a bear about 80 cm long crossing the highway from north to south. The bear went up the road embankment and no human injuries were reported; police are patrolling the area and urging caution.

Motomiya 岩根, Fukushima

On May 12, 2026, a single bear about 80 cm long was seen crossing the Ban-etsu Expressway in Motomiya City, Fukushima Prefecture.

Motomiya 岩根, Fukushima