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In Oasare 29th district, Hachimantai City, multiple passersby saw one adult bear crossing a road.

Hachimantai 大更, Iwate

Multiple passersby spotted one adult bear crossing a road in Osore, Hachimantai City.

Hachimantai 田頭, Iwate

A bear was sighted in Kamiyonai Matsukihira, Morioka City, around 9:00 AM on June 10.

Morioka Yamagishi, Iwate

While working in a rice field, the reporter spotted one medium-sized bear on the lower slope of the nearby mountain. They scared it off with a rocket firework, and it fled up the mountain.

Morioka Kagano, Iwate

A cub was sighted in Shimoda Ishibane, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, around 6:50 a.m. on June 9. No human or property damage was reported.

Morioka Shimoda, Iwate

From a fixed live camera in Matsuo Yoriki, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture 6/3 14:33:48 – Wandering around the premises from the far right of the screen https://www.youtube.com/live/MKmhNRdc4tA?si=2USAsD2IdB92ueZx 531-31 Matsuo Yoriki, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture 028-7302 Campus no Mori (Campus Forest) Hachimantai

Hachimantai, Iwate

An adult bear was sighted near the garbage collection point.

Morioka Ueda, Iwate

An adult bear was behind the garbage collection point near the caller’s home; afterward it ran off toward the forest.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

A resident spotted one adult bear crossing a city road in Tagashira 21th district, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture.

Hachimantai 田頭, Iwate

There are bear tracks at the hands-on farm located on the south side of the elementary school.

Morioka Kagano, Iwate

Spotted one juvenile near a house.

Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate

Passed through the residential property and disappeared toward the forested mountains to the north.

Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate

Three bears (one adult, two cubs) sighted

Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate

Around 9:40 on 2026-05-28, a bear was sighted in Sumiyoshi-cho, Morioka City.

Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate

Saw what appeared to be a mother bear and her cub at night.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

I heard that a resident witnessed it.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

An adult bear was spotted near the Tsunagi multipurpose sports field. It moved toward Lake Goshō.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

An adult bear was sighted near the Tsunagi multipurpose sports field. It moved toward Goshoko (Gosho Lake).

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

Witnessed a bear (might be a serow) moving toward Kotorisawa (northbound) near the intersection of Taiyo Street and Iwatesan Street.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

There were what appeared to be droppings from a young animal on the road.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

One adult bear (suspected) sighted

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

A bear is climbing up and down a chestnut tree.

Morioka, Iwate

An elementary school student on the way to school witnessed something that appeared to be a bear running from the Takenoko Square area of Koshika Park into the woods.

Morioka, Iwate

A bear was spotted near the facility. Police patrolled but could not find it, and announcements were made advising people to be cautious in the area.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

At around 05:45 on May 20, 2026, an adult bear was sighted near Enkoji temple in Sannocho, Morioka City, and a passerby called emergency services. According to local residents the bear moved from a parking lot near the temple toward Shiekamachi; sightings have continued in the area, prompting notifications to a school and the postponement of a planned road race.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

I found large bear footprints.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

Empty honey boxes and frames were disturbed; the place where frames are stored was ransacked.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

A large tree has been knocked down. I think it was a bear.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

One bear sighted near the garage of a private residence

Morioka, Iwate

Around 08:00 on May 17, a single bear was seen walking in an irrigation canal near Ota 6-chome, Morioka City. No damage from the bear has been confirmed, and the Morioka East Police Station has urged nearby residents to be cautious.

Morioka Shimoota-Sawada, Iwate

At around 03:30 on May 17, 2026, one bear was sighted near Tegake no Matsu green space at 2-19 Takamatsu, Morioka, Iwate. No human or property damage was reported.

Morioka, Iwate

Signs of a bear were found at a beekeeping site near the home

Morioka, Iwate

There is bear scat on the road. There are bear tracks nearby.

Morioka Kawasaki, Iwate

A bear about 60 cm was sighted near Jōkō-ji Temple. It ran off into the mountains.

Morioka Kawasaki, Iwate

One bear sighted in an apple orchard.

Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate

Around 23:55 on May 14, an adult bear was sighted on a road east of Motomiya Children's Park in Motomiya 2-chome, Morioka. Police patrolled the area by patrol car and spotted the bear near the west side of Motomiya Elementary School, but it entered a residential area and its whereabouts became unknown; no damage has been reported.

Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate

Observed one bear crossing the road.

Morioka, Iwate

While gathering bracken, I saw the rear of a bear cub a few dozen meters ahead. Startled, I called out and it disappeared into the underbrush.

Morioka Kitamatsuzono 2-chome, Iwate

Found one young bear in the field.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

On the morning of May 14, 2026, one adult bear was sighted on the campus of Iwate University in Morioka, near the gymnasium. The university canceled all classes for the day and urged people to remain inside buildings.

Morioka, Iwate

On the morning of May 14, 2026, an apparently adult bear was sighted on the grounds of Iwate University in Morioka. The university urged people to stay inside buildings and canceled all classes for the day.

Morioka, Iwate

At around 07:40 on the 14th, a police officer spotted one adult bear near the Dōhō dormitory at Iwate University in Ueda, Morioka. The city ordered an emergency shooting operation and restricted passage within a 200-meter radius northwest of the university, but the bear hid in undergrowth and was lost so it could not be culled; the shooting operation was lifted around 17:00 and authorities switched to box traps and conducted night patrols. The university canceled classes from the second period onward that day and suspended in-person classes on the 15th, asking dormitory residents to stay indoors.

Morioka, Iwate

At around 07:30 on May 14, 2026, one bear was sighted on the campus of Iwate University in Morioka (near the dormitory), and it remains on the grounds. Police and city officials are using drones to monitor the situation; some morning classes were canceled, no injuries or property damage have been reported, and the city is considering capture by tranquilizer or emergency culling.

Morioka Shimoota-Shinden, Iwate

An adult bear was sighted in the woodland across from the house. It ran up the mountain.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

At around 06:30 on May 14, an adult bear was sighted near the First Gymnasium on the Iwate University campus, and about an hour later another adult bear was seen near a university dormitory. The university canceled all classes for May 14, asked dorm residents to refrain from going out and warned students to stay inside, while police and prefectural staff continued to monitor the campus. Separately, at around 05:30 the same day an adult bear was also sighted near Iwate Junior & Senior High School in Nagatacho, Morioka.

Morioka, Iwate

On May 14, 2026 at around 06:30, a bear was sighted near the First Gymnasium of Iwate University Ueda Campus in Morioka City, and at about 07:50 another sighting was reported near the Dohou student dormitory. Morioka city and the Iwate prefectural police responded, and the university canceled classes from the second period onward and urged students to go home safely.

Morioka, Iwate

Bear sightings were reported in Morioka between the 13th and the morning of the 14th; around 05:30 a bear was seen near Iwate Junior/Senior High School in Nagatacho, and around 07:40 one was seen near a dormitory on Iwate University's Ueda campus. Police officers confirmed one adult bear on the university grounds but its subsequent whereabouts are unknown; Iwate University canceled the second-period classes and urged students to stay inside.

Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate

Around 05:30 on May 14, 2026, a bear was sighted near Iwate High School in Nagata-cho, Morioka. On the same day, bears were also reported on the Iwate University campus, and the university canceled some classes.

Morioka Senbokucho, Iwate

On May 14, 2026, one bear appeared at Iwate University in Morioka City and remained on the campus. Morioka City decided to carry out an emergency culling and canceled classes, but the shooting was called off due to sunset.

Morioka, Iwate

There were what appeared to be droppings of a young animal on the road.

Morioka, Iwate

Heard a bear vocalizing near the baseball field.

Morioka Mitsuwari, Iwate

While working in an apple pre-cooling shed in an apple orchard, a bear was sighted. Outside the shed, apple boxes and the refrigerator drain pipe were damaged.

Morioka, Iwate

Saw what appeared to be a mother and cub bear at night.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

Saw what appeared to be a mother bear and cub at night.

Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate

On the evening of May 13 a single bear was filmed running north across the lawn of Takamatsu Park in Morioka City. According to the city, there were six sightings around Takamatsu Park between the 13th and the morning of the 14th, and the city and police have increased patrols and warnings.

Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate

Around 16:30 on May 13, an adult bear was sighted near the Takamatsu Park rose garden in Ueda Kogamori, Morioka; it moved north toward Uedazutsumi. Police warned nearby schools and residents and patrolled the area by patrol car; no bear-related damage has been confirmed.

Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate

Observed one bear running away toward Lake Gosho near the Sakura Garden in Gosho-ko Regional Park.

Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate

An adult bear was sighted near the Tsunagi multipurpose sports ground. It moved toward the Goshoko (Gosho Lake) area.

Morioka, Iwate

Spotted three bears (one adult, two cubs)

Morioka Atagoshita, Iwate

There were bear tracks in the field.

Morioka, Iwate

One medium-sized bear sighted in an apple orchard

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate

One bear (size unknown) was observed moving into the northern woodland.

Morioka Higashinakano, Iwate