Location
Description
Around 23:00 on January 9 in Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, a bear about 1.2 m long entered a residential storage shed, put its head into a blue bucket containing household garbage, and ransacked the shed for about three minutes. When staff arrived at the shed they encountered the bear, which did not appear startled and did not flee.
Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.
Bear Type
Black Bear
Number of Bears
1
Provider Type
News
Date & Time
Friday, January 9, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Address
Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi
Coordinates
38.680891, 141.462585
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Comments (1)
夜間の物置でごみを漁ってるだけじゃなくて、人間が目の前に現れても逃げないって、相当大胆になってるんだな。
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