News Black Bear Shinjo City, Yamagata Nov 8, 2025, 02:15 PM

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

Coordinates

38.765007, 140.301696

Sources