Location
Description
On Thursday, June 4 at approximately 9:00 p.m., in Sakuramoto, Uchigo-cho, Iwaki City, a male in his teens, while riding a bicycle, sighted one animal believed to be a bear (about 1 meter in body length) in some brush. The animal believed to be a bear ran off toward the mountain to the east.
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
Official
Date & Time
Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Address
Iwaki 内郷内町, Fukushima
Coordinates
37.035252, 140.842548
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