Location
Description
Around 5:45 p.m. on September 27, in the Yabuuchi scrub area in Tenuma, Shiozawa Town, Kitakata City, a male witness watching from his home observed a single bear (about 1 m long) moving through the brush. The bear moved through the brush, then headed south 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
Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 05:45 PM
Address
Kitakata 塩川町天沼, Fukushima
Coordinates
37.595396, 139.860914
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