Official Black Bear Kazuno, Akita Jun 27, 2025, 05:00 PM

Description

Around 16:50, on the east side of the sighting location’s municipal road, a second witness found a bear about 70 cm long sitting about 10 m away. Around 17:00 the bear walked further toward houses on the east side. It then moved to the eastern field, ran off toward the east into the Shibahira Power Plant area’s forest (footprints also found).

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

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 05:00 PM

Address

Coordinates

40.238390, 140.836372

Sources