News Black Bear Shinjo City, Yamagata Nov 8, 2025, 02:15 PM
Location
Description
On the afternoon of November 8 a bear entered and stayed inside the train depot on the JR Shinjo Station premises. After a staff report at around 14:15, a hunters' association set a box trap and captured the bear around 16:00. The bear measured about 50 cm and there were no injuries.
Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.
Summary
On the afternoon of the 8th a bear entered and stayed in the depot at JR Shinjo Station. After staff reported the sighting, a hunters' association captured the roughly 50 cm bear with a box trap. There were no injuries, but the incident caused one up-bound Yamagata Shinkansen service between Shinjo and Yamagata to be suspended.
Bear Type
Black Bear
Number of Bears
1
Provider Type
News
Date & Time
Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 02:15 PM
Address
Shinjo City, Yamagata
Coordinates
38.765007, 140.301696
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