Location
Description
Residents reported several days of sightings of a brown bear in the village rice fields. Village staff checked the area and sighted one brown bear in the field. Because of the distance, body length unknown. It then moved east across the rice field into nearby woods. About 200 m to the nearest houses.
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
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 08:50 AM
Address
Kamikoani Obayashi, Akita
Coordinates
40.028616, 140.270971
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