Location
Description
On Monday, June 8 at around 6:15 p.m., in a rice field in Nōke, Amanuma, Shiogawa-machi, Kitakata City, a witness (male, in his teens) who was traveling by vehicle spotted one bear (about 1 m in body length) in the rice field to the west. The bear then ran westward and disappeared from view.
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
Monday, June 8, 2026 at 09:15 AM
Address
Kitakata 塩川町天沼, Fukushima
Coordinates
37.604807, 139.862741
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