Kawageta

On June 21 (Sunday) at approximately 6:10 PM, near the 95.6-kilometer post on the outbound (Niigata-bound) lanes of the Ban-etsu Expressway in Mochida, Kawageta, Inawashiro Town, a driver in his 40s observed a bear approximately 1 meter in body length on the south side of the road while traveling on the Ban-etsu Expressway outbound (toward Niigata). The bear’s movements after being sighted are unknown.

Inawashiro 大字関都, Fukushima

2 weeks ago

On Tuesday, June 16, at approximately 6:06 p.m., near the 94.4-kilometer post on the downhill (eastbound) lanes of the Ban-etsu Expressway in Sekito, Inawashiro Town, a vehicle driver (male, in his 50s) traveling on the expressway toward Inawashiro spotted a bear crossing the highway from west to east. The bear, about 1 meter in body length, left the highway and went into the forested area on the east side of the expressway.

Inawashiro 大字関都, Fukushima

3 weeks ago

On June 8 (Monday) at approximately 6:30 a.m., near the 94.0-kilometer post on the outbound lanes of the Ban-etsu Expressway within Nyorai-do area, Sekito, Inawashiro Town, a vehicle driver (female in her 50s) saw a bear about 1 meter in length crossing the expressway from west to east while traveling on the outbound lanes (toward Koriyama). The bear left into the forested area on the east side of the road.

Inawashiro 大字関都, Fukushima

1 month ago

While driving a vehicle, the witness observed one bear (approximately 1 m in body length) crossing the road.

Inawashiro 大字関都, Fukushima

1 month ago

While on duty, the observer spotted one bear walking through brush (approximately 0.5 m in body length).

Inawashiro 大字八幡, Fukushima

1 month ago

On Saturday, June 6 at 1:45 p.m., a witness (male, in his 50s), while on duty at a private facility on the premises in Kawageta Aza Tennozaka, Inawashiro Town, spotted one bear (about 50 cm in body length) on the facility grounds. The bear then left heading south into the brush.

Inawashiro 大字八幡, Fukushima

1 month ago

Inawashiro 字中川原, Fukushima

7 months ago

Inawashiro 大字西舘, Fukushima

7 months ago